Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics | University of California, Berkeley

UC Berkeley's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics is top-ranked worldwide for its outstanding contributions to questions in agriculture and resource policy, development economics, environmental and energy economics, and international trade.

https://arebeta.berkeley.edu/about/letter-chair

Yelp ratings give restaurants a boost

Every wonder whether those crowd-sourced reviews online actually make a difference in a business’s bottom line? For restaurants, the answer is an unequivocal yes, according to a new study by UC Berkeley economists.

Read the story on the UC ANR Food Blog

Energy-hungry air conditioners in a Hong Kong apartment building.

Why are climate change experts worried about the future?

ARE economists consider the worldwide human and economic toll of climate change.

http://nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs/sp13/why-are-these-climate-change-exper...

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Events

Jeremy Magruder

UC Berkeley, ARE

Can Network Theory Based Targeting Increase Technology Diffusion

Friday November 21, 2014

ARE Departmental Seminar, noon, 201 Giannini Hall

Justin Caron

MIT

Per capita income, consumption patterns and CO2 emissions

Wednesday December 10, 2014

Environment and Resource Economics Seminar, noon, 332 Giannini

Jim Sallee

University of Chicago

The Economics of Attribute-Based Regulation: Theory and Evidence from Fuel-Economy Standards

Friday December 12, 2014

ARE Departmental Seminar, noon, 201 Giannini Hall

Job Candidates

We are proud to provide interested institutions with a preview of our Ph.D. candidates who are available for employment in 2014-2015.

Please contact our Placement Officer to set up on-campus interviews, or if you have questions about our placement process.

Prospective Students

Why study at UC Berkeley's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics?

Our graduate program in agricultural and resource economics produces outstanding researchers in development economics, environmental and energy economics, international trade, and agricultural and resource policy.

Read a letter to prospective graduate students from the chair of our department, David Sunding.