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.

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Areas of Research

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

Areas of Research

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Environmental Economics & Policy (EEP) Major

ARE's undergraduate 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

Levi Crews | University of Chicago Phd Candidate

Faculty Search Presentation

A Dynamic Spatial Knowledge Economy

Monday February 06, 2023

241 Giannini Hall

Hannah Druckenmiller | Fellow at Resources for the Future

Faculty Search Presentation

Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation? The Coastal Barrier Resources Act as a Natural Experiment

Wednesday February 08, 2023

241 Giannini Hall | 4:10pm -5:30pm

Department News

Current Issue of the JAAEA Includes Research from Scott Kaplan and David Zilberman

ARE alumnus '21 Scott Kaplan and Professor David Zilberman's research article "Estimating worldwide benefits from improved bananas resistant to Fusarium Wilt Tropical race 4," assesses the economic welfare implications of developing and introducing a gene-edited banana with resistance against an emerging plant disease, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical race 4, on global banana production.

Highlight

"Behavioral Agricultural Economics"

The journal of Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy has published ARE Professor David Zilberman's, alumnus '01 David Just's and co-authors' recent research addressing the general convergence of all social sciences, and the overlap of general and agricultural economics with psychology, sociology, anthropology, and political science. Read the article here.