Campanile framed by flowers
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.

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

Soda Tax Election Changed Drinking Habits
1
2
3
Pause

Events

Shuang Zhang-Job Candidate Presentation

University of Colorado Boulder-Economics
Willingness to Pay for Clean Air: Evidence from Air Purifier Markets in China
Wednesday January 22, 2020
311 Wellman - 12:10-1:30pm

Will Rafey-Job Candidate Presentation

MIT Economics
Droughts, Deluges, and (River) Diversions: Valuing Market-Based Water Reallocation
Friday January 24, 2020
150 University Hall - 12:00pm-1:30pm

Anouch Missirian-Job Candidate Presentation

Columbia | SIPA
Yes, In Your Backyard: Forced Technological Adoption and Spatial Externalities
Monday January 27, 2020
311 Wellman - 12:10-1:30pm
Go to News & Events

Department News

Would a Carbon Tax Hurt the Economy?

Carbon pricing around the world is demonstrating an important proof of concept.

Highlight

AAEA Keynote Address Named in Honor of Gordon Rausser

ARE is pleased to announce that the keynote address at the American Agricultural and Applied Economics Association's annual meeting in Kansas, Missouri, July 26-28, 2020 and onward will be in the name of Professor Gordon Rausser.