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Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

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Agricultural, Environmental, and Dev Economics

Foundations & Frontiers of Agricultural Economics

This course focuses on three fundamental agricultural inputs: land, labor, and risk. Each has 1) papers that provide the theoretical foundations of these markets and 2) papers that empirically evaluate how they function. In addition, we will spend at least one class per input discussing papers that describe and test the effectiveness of various government interventions in these markets. The goal is to provide the theoretical foundations and the empirical applications that underlie a working knowledge of how advanced-economy agriculture functions.

Cost Benefit Analysis

The course covers calculus-based benefit-cost analysis theory and methods and their application to projects pertaining to public infrastructure, agriculture, the environment, natural resources, and human health. It aims to:

  • Foster familiarity with Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), its applications, advantages, and disadvantages
  • Allow students to apply CBA theory and tools to real-life problems
  • Teach students to communicate findings clearly and provide recommendations to a variety of audiences.

Project Management for Sustainability and Applied Economics

An introduction to project management concepts and techniques focusing on how to initiate, plan, manage, control, and close projects related to sustainability and applied economics. This course will provide students with theoretical concepts, applications, the newest technology concepts, a variety of tools and processes, and practical insights to help them understand how to successfully manage projects. This course is packed with study aids, real- time projects, and tools to provide plenty of hands-on practice and to prepare students for the CAPM certification exam.

Emerging Issues in Agribusiness and Applied Economics

AEDECON 3300 Emerging Issues in Agribusiness and Applied Economics has been developed in response to stakeholder, advisor, and faculty interest in creating an opportunity for students to explore emerging domestic and international issues in agriculture through the lens of applied economics. Students will be exposed to research, a breadth of perspectives, and expert analysis of contemporary issues in agriculture. The course is designed to create a space where students in the major and those new to it, engage with the content to create a common understanding of the issues.

Agricultural Finance

This course will focus on the application of financial theories to agricultural economics. Topics include asset pricing, capital structure, capital budgeting, risk, financial stress, and financial institutions. Prereq: 7140, Econ 8714, and 8732; or permission of instructor.

Seminal Readings in Applied Economics

This course introduces students to seminal readings in the fields of Agricultural, Environmental, Development and Regional Economics. Students are introduced to a set of seminal readings in each field and are introduced to the critical skills necessary to critically analyze, review, and translate these readings into research proposals. Prereq: 7140, Econ 8714, and 8732; or permission of instructor.

PhD Research Seminar

PhD Students presenting and discussing research in agricultural, environmental, and development economics under the guidance of an instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. This course is graded S/U.

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