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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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Congratulations ARE graduates of 2019!
Congratulations ARE graduates of 2019!
Soda Tax Election Changed Drinking Habits

ARE '17 alumna Rebecca Taylor, Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and graduate student Scott Kaplan's Berkeley-based soda tax research featured in Berkeley News.

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Events

Instruction Begins
Wednesday August 28, 2019

Lorenzo Rotunno - Aix-Marseille Université/ School of Economics

Weight gains from trade in foods: Evidence from Mexico
Friday August 30, 2019
150 University Hall / 1:00pm-2:30pm

JM Presentation - Manaswini Rao

Court Productivity and Firms: Evidence from District Courts in India
Friday September 06, 2019
150 University Hall / 1:00pm-2:30pm
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Department News

Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax?

The rise of electric vehicles in the U.S. has altered the effectiveness of gasoline taxes. Read more...

Highlight

ARE Alumni '14 Marshall Burke and Kyle Emerick Win American Economic Association Award for Best Paper

The annual American Economic Journal (AEJ) "Best Paper Awards" highlight the best paper published in each of the American Economic Journals. Nominations are provided by AEA members, and winners are selected by the journals' editors, co-editors, and boards of editors.