Professor Annan and co-author Professor Belinda Archibong's working paper, "The Value of Communication for Mental Health," is featured on the NBER home page today.
Russian Weaponization of Food Rattles Global Markets
Co-authors Colin A. Carter and Sandro Steinbach's above-titled article can be in found in the current edition of the Giannini Foundation's ARE Update, along with two other articles, one co-authored by UCB-ARE Faculty Gordon Rausser and David Zilberman regarding the bioeconomy, and a third article co-authored by UCD-ARE PhD candidate Yanan Zheng et al., addressing the proposed regulation of nitroguanidine-substituted neonicotinoid insecticides.
Social Networks and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Church Mergers in the U.S. Midwest
This is the title of the current article published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics co-authored by ARE alumni '17, Fiona Burlig, Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Andrew Stevens.
Wildfire Smoke and Pollution
ARE alumnus '14 and Stanford associate professor Marshall Burke was recently interviewed by KQED-FM regarding his research showing that increased wildfire smoke is having a big impact on air pollution, reversing some of the country’s progress on clean air. You can listen to the interview here.
Open Faculty Position in ARE
ARE is currently recruiting for an Assistant Professor of Energy, Environmental, and Resource Economics.
New Book 'Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains' Now Available
David Zilberman and co-editor Pol Antras have collected articles that combine conceptual analysis with empirical case studies. The emphasis is on the vulnerabilities of supply chains to shocks, their resilience and their capacity to adapt - among the studies is a pivot in response to the pandemic and adaptation to climate change shocks. Several ARE alumni contributed to the book.
Pollution and Fatal Traffic Accidents in California Counties
ARE Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and co-author Mark Braun estimate pollution's causal effect on fatal traffic accidents using instrumental variables. You can read their Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy article here.
Nature Energy Features New Work by Jiang Lin
Jiang Lin and co-authors' Nature Energy research article entitled 'Assessing the Roles of Efficient Market Versus Regulatory Capture in China’s Power Market Reform' is featured in the Nature Energy News & Views article 'Tensions between local interests and broader gains'.
Ellen Bruno Interviewed on MyAgLife Podcast
Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension Ellen Bruno was interviewed by MyAgLife podcast host Taylor Chalstrom to discuss the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in 2023, and how to best support its implementation moving forward. Listen here.
ARE Welcomes Student Cohort 2023!
Please join ARE in a warm welcome to (l-r) Pramod Manohar, Manavi Gupta, Liz Saunders, Ei Thandar Myint, Lucas Li, and Katie Baker (bottom center). Best wishes to each of the new ARE graduates as they embark on their first year of doctoral study in the department.
Max Auffhammer Named Chair of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate
Congratulations Max and best wishes in this new leadership appointment!
Aaron Smith will Join ARE Faculty in July 2024
ARE is excited to announce that UC Davis Professor Aaron Smith will be joining Berkeley ARE next summer. Welcome!
Get to Know ARE Professor Francis Annan's Work by Reading his Interview with "Economics That Really Matters"
Economics That Really Matters is a blog run by a rotating group of graduate students and early career researchers from several institutions. Their aim is to contribute to the discourse of development economics, encourage debate relevant to poverty reduction and agricultural development, and share thoughts from their research experiences. Read the interview with Professor Annan here.
A Love Letter From Iceland
ARE's Max Auffhammer shares some energy-related observations made while visiting beautiful Iceland. Read his EI blog post here.
Patterns of US Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and co-authors ARE alumnus '21 Scott Kaplan, and Justin S. White questioned if patterns of US emergency department (ED) visits and mental health (MH)–related ED visits changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their findings have been published in the current issue of the JAMA Network, a monthly open access medical journal published by the American Medical Association covering all aspects of the biomedical sciences.
Studying the Real Impacts of Climate Change Policies
A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development at Harvard University, Robert Stavins, interviewed ARE Professor Meredith Fowlie on his podcast, "Environmental Insights." Listen here to the interview entitled "The Regulatory and 'Just Transition' Dynamics of Climate Policy: A Conversation with Meredith Fowlie."
Congratulations to ARE's Staff Spot Award Recipients!
ARE is very pleased to announce that Department Manager Alana Silva and Graduate Student Affairs Officer Carmen Karahalios are amongst the 35 RCNR staff recipients of the 2022-2023 Cal Staff Spot Award, recognizing special contributions made by staff.
Congratulations Alana and Carmen!
Advancing a Collaborative Agenda to Meet California’s Emergent Groundwater Management Needs
On June 6th, 2023, roughly 60 practitioners, researchers, and community members met at UC Berkeley to discuss social and economic issues around groundwater management in California. Organized by University of California Cooperative Extension Specialists, Kristin Dobbin and Ellen Bruno, the convening aimed to identify how researchers, practitioners, and communities can work together to support SGMA implementation.
Generic Aversion and Observational Learning in the Over-the-Counter Drug Market
ARE Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and co-author Marianna Carrera tested three hypotheses for consumer aversion to generic over-the-counter drugs in a paper recently published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Their findings have policy implications for promoting evidence-based, cost-effective choices. Read more about their research here.
Got (Clean) Milk? Organization, Incentives, and Management in Indian Dairy Cooperatives
ARE is pleased to share that alumnus '20 Manaswini Rao, and co-author Ashish Shenoy, have had their research published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Read the article here.