ARE is very pleased to welcome the incoming 2020 Graduate Student Cohort to the department and to UC Berkeley!
Peter Berck to be Commemorated in AAEA August 2020 (virtual) Conference Session
Berckonomics (Bonding over Economics, Resources, Coffee and Kindness) will be the highlight at an AAEA (virtual) session scheduled August 10, 2020 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM (CDT). The session has been organized by ARE Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and ARE Alumnus ( '17) Andrew Stevens will lead the discussion.
ARE Professor David Sunding and ARE Alumnus ('96) Steve Hamilton Publish in AJAE
"Joint Oligopsony‐Oligopoly Power in Food Processing Industries: Application to the US Broiler Industry" examines settings in which food processors jointly exercise oligopsony power over farmers in the upstream market and oligopoly power over consumers in the downstream market.
ARE Professors deJanvry and Sadoulet Publish in AER with ARE Alumna ('09) Jing Cai
"Subsidy Policies and Insurance Demand" studies the impact of subsidy policies on weather insurance take-up.
New Research by ARE Professor Villas-Boas and Colleagues in the News
A paper was recently published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics by ARE Professor Sofia Berto Villas-Boas, Joshua Berning, and three ARE Alumni: Kristin Kiesel ('09), Hayley Chouinard ('02), and Jill McCluskey ('98) titled "Consumer and Strategic Firm Response to Nutrition Shelf Labels." The paper features experimental evidence on nutrition claims.
ARE Students' COVID-19 Research in the News
ARE students have been interviewed across several media outlets relating to recent research on the effectiveness of policies intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19, research recently highlighted on this department website. Read the June 9th, 2020 article.
Paper by ARE's Villas-Boas Recognized for its Long Term Impact
A 2009 paper by ARE Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and coauthors was recently recognized as a finalist for the 2020 Long Term Impact Award given by the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science.
ARE Graduates Publish Research on Large-Scale Contagion Policy and COVID-19 in Nature
Current ARE graduates Sébastien Annan-Phan, Hannah Druckenmiller, Luna Yue Huang, Andrew Hultgren, Peiley Lau, Jaecheol Lee, and ARE alumnus '17 Kenny Bell, along with leading author and ARE affiliated faculty member Professor Solomon Hsiang have just published in Nature magazine.
ARE Graduate Student Advisor Carmen Karahalios Recipient of UC Berkeley Staff Achievement Award
ARE congratulates Carmen on this much deserved recognition!
How Has the Coronavirus Pandemic Impacted California Food, Agriculture, and Environment?
A new report explores the effect on California's agricultural industries, food security, and the environment. Included in the report, an article by ARE Professor Michael Anderson addresses vehicle traffic (and associated pollution) in California.
ARE Graduate Students Kate Pennington and Carly Trachtman Recipients of Teaching Effectiveness Award
ARE graduate students Kate Pennington and Carly Trachtman win award from UC Berkeley's Graduate Council’s Advisory Committee for GSI Affairs and the Graduate Student Instructor Teaching & Resource Center. Congratulations Carly and Kate!
ARE Graduate Leila Safavi Recipient of 2020 Sidney Hoos Award
ARE is very pleased to announce Leila Safavi as winner of the 2020 Sidney Hoos Award for best 2nd year paper.
ARE Alumna '95 Madhu Khanna Voted AAEA President-Elect
Congratulations to newly elected AAEA President Khanna!
ARE Extension Specialist Ellen Bruno Featured in Current CNR Breakthroughs Magazine
"Cooperative Extension Specialists: Incubating Climate Change Solutions".
Using Agriculture for Development: Supply- and Demand-Side Approaches
ARE Professors of the Graduate School Elisabeth Sadoulet and Alain de Janvry address how agriculture-based countries can use agriculture for development.
The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy
A new working paper by ARE Associate Professor Joe Shapiro shows that, in most countries, trade policies are biased in favor of industries that produce more CO2 per dollar of output.
The Coronavirus and the Food Supply Chain
In the recent pulbication of the ARE UPDATE, Cooperative Extension Specialist Ellen Bruno and co-authors address public response and policies stemming from the spread of COVID-19 and the interruption to food availability.
ARE Alumnus Jon Proctor Wins 2020 AAEA Outstanding Dissertation Award
The AAEA has named ARE 2019 graduate Jon Proctor the winner of the 2020 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.