Our faculty members are involved in cutting-edge research projects that affect real change in the world. Topics include industrial organization and food marketing; natural resource management and environmental policy; and experimental economics.
Industrial Organization/Food Marketing
Faculty members and students are conducting exciting researching that includes the economics of food quality, certification, traceability, labeling; trade agreements and food quality; structure and strategies in the food system; price discrimination and competitiveness; and demand analysis. Work on these was done with funds from Hatch (the Experiment Station), the Food Marketing Policy Center for Research, and under a USDA AFRI grant.
Read more about research projects conducted by our faculty members:Christoph Bauner, Nathalie Lavoie, Debi Prasad Mohapatra, Yongjoon Park, Christian Rojas, and Emily Wang.
Read about our study on trimming obesity.
Natural Resource Management/Environmental Policy
Faculty and graduate students are actively conducting research on the following topics: valuation of non-market goods; natural resource and environmental regulations; fisheries policies; energy economics; and the health impacts of environmental issues.
Read more about research projects conducted by our faculty members: Tina Andarge, Nathan Chan, Christine Crago, David Keiser, Jamie Mullins, John Stranlund, John Spraggon, and Matt Woerman.
View our study about adopting renewable energy sources.
Experimental Economics
The Department has conducted a wide variety of research projects that incorporate controlled laboratory experiments. We have two faculty members whose research predominantly uses experimental methods as well as a four other faculty who use these methods as part of their research portfolio.
Visit the Experimental Economics Program website.
Read more about research projects conducted by our faculty members: Angela de Oliveira, Sherry Gao, Christian Rojas, Rong Rong, John Spraggon,and John Stranlund.
Health Economics
Read more about research projects conducted by our faculty members: Brandyn Churchill, Manasvini Singh, and Lucy Wang.
Other Current Research Topics
M.J. Alhabeeb conducts research in the area of family and household economics. Dr. Alhabeeb is conducting research on a long-term study of adolescent behavior with a new focus on how out-of-school activities contribute to positive youth development as part of a multi-university study.
