Agricultural & Resource Economics

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.

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Areas of Research

Agricultural & Resource Policy, Development Economics, and Environmental & Energy Economics

Areas of Research
EEP Major

The undergraduate Environmental Economics & Policy (EEP) program takes a problem-solving approach to issues involving renewable and fixed natural resources, and is based on a foundation in micro-economic theory and the economics of resources and the environment.

Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) Major
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Events

ARE Commencement | 7pm
Sunday May 18, 2025

Administrative & Academic Holiday
Monday May 26, 2025

Summer Session A (Six Weeks) Begins
Tuesday May 27, 2025
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Department News

Congratulations to the Spring 2025 EEP Honors Students!

In this photo, l-r: ARE Professor Sofia Villas-Boas; EEP Honors students: Gaurav Bharti, Ethan Ignoffo, John Chung, and Sadie Shoemaker and Hannah Menth, who won the ARE Citation and EEP Major Citation, respectively. Hannah Menth also received the Spring 2025 RCNR Honors Symposium Melis Medal in Social Sciences for her thesis titled "Monitoring and Minimization: Reductions in the Bay Area Refinery Flaring Emissions." 

Highlight

Katie Baker Wins the 2025 Sidney Hoos Award for Best Second Year Paper

Katie Baker won the award for best second year paper with a well-executed paper titled "Heat and Bottled Water Expenditures: Evidence from California."  Katie wondered if households adapt to extreme temperatures and domestic well failures by purchasing bottled water in retail chains.