Agricultural Economics - Research Overview

The mission of the Department of Agricultural Economics is to acquire and transmit new economic knowledge to the citizens of Indiana, the nation, and the world to support more informed decisions.

Dr. Nicole Olynk Widmar

Dr. Channing Arndt & Dr. Erwin Corong

Dr. Valerie Kilders

The Global Trade Analysis Project’s (GTAP) network connects the department with over 34,000 policy analysts and researchers worldwide

Research Areas

Agribusiness
Prices And Markets
Production/Farm Management
Agriculture Policy
Environmental/Energy/Resources
International Trade and Development
Regional And Spatial Economics
Small Business/Community Development

Research Centers

Center for Commercial Agriculture
Center for Food & Agricultural Business
Center for Food Conservation and Waste Reduction
Center for Food Demand Analysis & Sustainability
Center for Global Trade Analysis (GTAP)
Center for Rural Development
Digital Innovation in Agri-Food Systems Laboratory
Indiana Council for Economic Education
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Purdue Institute for Family Business
State Utility Forecasting Group

Dr, Farzad Taheripour

Renee Wiatt

FACULTY BY RESEARCH AREA

Jay Akridge akridge@purdue.edu
Joana Colussi jcolussi@purdue.edu
Scott Downey downeyws@purdue.edu
Brenna Ellison bdelliso@purdue.edu
Chad Fiechter cfiechter@purdue.edu
Ken Foster kfoster@purdue.edu
Allan Gray gray@purdue.edu
Bhagyashree Katare bkatare@purdue.edu
Valerie Kilders vkilders@purdue.edu
Trey Malone tjmalone@purdue.edu
Maria Marshall mimarsha@purdue.edu
Lourival Monaco lmonacon@purdue.edu
Kwamena Quagrainie kquagrai@purdue.edu
Ariana Torres torres2@purdue.edu
Ellen Van Loo evanloo@purdue.edu
Nicole Olynk Widmar nwidmar@purdue.edu
Steven Wu sywu@purdue.edu

Channing Arndt carndt@purdue.edu
Jonathan Bauchet jbauchet@purdue.edu
Maksym Chepeliev mchepeli@purdue.edu
Bernhard Dalheimer bdalheim@purdue.edu
Michael Delgado delgado2@purdue.edu
Thomas Hertel hertel@purdue.edu
Carson Reeling creeling@purdue.edu
Juan Sesmero jsesmero@purdue.edu
Gerald Shively shivelyg@purdue.edu
Farzad Taheripour tfarzad@purdue.edu
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe vandermd@purdue.edu

Joana Colussi jcolussi@purdue.edu
Chad Fiechter cfiechter@purdue.edu
Michael Langemeier mlangeme@purdue.edu
Nicole Olynk Widmar nwidmar@purdue.edu

Joseph Balagtas balagtas@purdue.edu
Bernhard Dalheimer bdalheim@purdue.edu
Brenna Ellison bdelliso@purdue.edu
Chad Fiechter cfiechter@purdue.edu
Ken Foster kfoster@purdue.edu
Allan Gray gray@purdue.edu
Roman Keeney rkeeney@purdue.edu
Valerie Kilders vkilders@purdue.edu
Todd Kuethe tkuethe@purdue.edu
Meilin Ma mameilin@purdue.edu
Trey Malone tjmalone@purdue.edu
Laura Montenovo lmonteno@purdue.edu
Jacob Ricker-Gilbert jrickerg@purdue.edu
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe vandermd@purdue.edu
Ellen Van Loo evanloo@purdue.edu
Nicole Olynk Widmar nwidmar@purdue.edu
Steven Wu sywu@purdue.edu

Channing Arndt carndt@purdue.edu
Uris Baldos ubaldos@purdue.edu
Jonathan Bauchet jbauchet@purdue.edu
Maksym Chepeliev mchepeli@purdue.edu
Bernhard Dalheimer bdalheim@purdue.edu
Ken Foster kfoster@purdue.edu
Thomas Hertel hertel@purdue.edu
Russell Hillberry rhillber@purdue.edu
Meilin Ma mameilin@purdue.edu
Maria Marshall mimarsha@purdue.edu
Jacob Ricker-Gilbert jrickerg@purdue.edu
Gerald Shively shivelyg@purdue.edu
Farzad Taheripour tfarzad@purdue.edu
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe vandermd@purdue.edu

Channing Arndt carndt@purdue.edu
Joseph Balagtas balagtas@purdue.edu
Jonathan Bauchet jbauchet@purdue.edu
Joana Colussi jcolussi@purdue.edu
Bernhard Dalheimer bdalheim@purdue.edu
Ken Foster kfoster@purdue.edu
Russell Hillberry rhillber@purdue.edu
Mindy Mallory mlmallor@purdue.edu
Jacob Ricker-Gilbert jrickerg@purdue.edu
Ellen Van Loo evanloo@purdue.edu
Nicole Olynk Widmar nwidmar@purdue.edu
Steven Wu sywu@purdue.edu

Jonathan Bauchet jbauchet@purdue.edu
Roberto Gallardo robertog@purdue.edu
Trey Malone tjmalone@purdue.edu
Maria Marshall mimarsha@purdue.edu
Kwamena Quagrainie kquagrai@purdue.edu
Jacob Ricker-Gilbert jrickerg@purdue.edu
Ariana Torres torres2@purdue.edu

Michael Delgado delgado2@purdue.edu
Russell Hillberry rhillber@purdue.edu
Guy Tchuente gtchuent@purdue.edu

Nicole Olynk Widmar, Department Head

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Agricultural Economics