OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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We use economic tools to understand and help solve society’s problems, from maximizing local business vitality to limiting environmental degradation and climate change.
We offer undergraduate degrees in Agricultural and Food Business Management and in Environmental Economics and Policy. Both programs offer training in economics and quantitative analysis applied to agricultural, environmental, business, and policy issues.
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We award PhD, MS, and MA degrees in Applied Economics. The program includes core courses in economic theory, econometrics, and other quantitative methods. Concentration areas include the economics of natural resources and environment, trade and development, marine resources, and rural development.
In a study by a research group that includes our Department Head Jennifer Alix-Garcia in the journal Nature Climate Change, forest loss was shown to have declined 18% in African nations where land managers and policymakers subscribe to...
Professor Kassahun Melesse recently (11/19/20) wrote an article for Foreign Policy magazine entitled "Tigray’s War Against Ethiopia Isn’t About Autonomy. It’s About Economic Power."
Professor Melesse argues that this i...
Our PhD students complete a research project during their second year in the program, and each year the department presents an award for the best Second Year Paper. In 2019-2020, the best Second Year Paper award goes to Rusty Dame for...
AEC PhD student Thamanna Vasan recently led a team of interns from Oregon State University and Southern Oregon University as a Data Science for the Public Good graduate fellow and mentor.
The team worked closely with rural...
James Sterns has just been selected to receive the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s Outstanding Choices Article Award for “Is the Emerging U.S. Hemp Industry Yet Another Boom–Bust Market for U.S. Farmers?”!
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