ARE is very pleased to extend congratulations to Tom Reardon on this honor. The Publication of Enduring Quality Award is granted to encourage excellence in publications in fields consistent with the AAEA Vision Statement.
Tom is a University Distinguished Professor at the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE) at MSU, and ARE alumnus '84.
Tom’s work has been highly recognized in academia, e.g., by March 2014, he had 14,338 citations in Google Scholar, 2863 in Web of Science, and top 3% of IDEAS/REPEC 39,000 listed economists. He has also had influence beyond academia: for example, he was the first agricultural/food economist to receive a personal invitation to the World Economic Forum in Davos; he was featured on the front page of the New York Times; he has keynoted a number of agribusiness conferences in the US and elsewhere; and has advised governments on strategy.