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.
As of July 2019, the undergraduate ABM (Agricultural Business Management) major is now known as the AFBM (Agricultural and Food Business Management) major!
A new study in the journal Nature Sustainability, illustrates how ineffective conservation measures may be when they can o...
Marine Resource Economics presented the 2018 Outstanding Article Award to OSU Applied Economics Professor Steve Dundas, Roger H. von Haefen, and Carol Mansfield for their article: “...
Consumers are more willing to pay for wine that comes with an organic or organic grape label but providing information about certification standards and organic production practices reduces consumer willingness to pay for all wines, ac...
Ellen Burnes, who received her PhD from our department in 2001, is running for the US Senate in Colorado. She is currently a Finance Professor at Colorado State University, but she moved to Colorado in 2006 to work with an engineering...