Faculty and Staff
You Decide: Is the Social Safety Net a Spring Board or a Cushion?
There are few public issues that create more debate than the social safety net. What is it and how does it affect North Carolina's economy?
Gutierrez-Li on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
An excerpt from a recent NBC News article in which Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist Alejandro Gutierrez-Li discusses the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
You Decide: Will We Have the First Full Employment Recession?
Recessions have multiple factors that go into defining them, but what happens when some traditional metrics don't measure up? Economist Mike Walden looks at the current numbers and what they mean for us.
Yuyuan Che Wins AAEA Graduate Student Paper Competition
An ARE postdoc research scholar is recognized for her paper assessing peer effects in conservation technology adoption.
Can You Trim Your Neighbor’s Tree? NC Law About Trees, Damage & Property
Lawyer and Extension Assistant Professor Andrew Branan speaks with the News and Observer to offer his expert opinion on property laws in North Carolina.
No-Till Farming Study Shows Benefit to Midwestern Land Values
The analysis quantifies the monetary land value benefits of an environmentally friendly practice.
3 Faculty Awarded AAEA Best Paper
Zheng Li, Roderick Rejesus and Xiaoyong Zheng won the award for their paper, “Nonparametric Estimation and Inference of Production Risk.”
From Robots to Customers: Exploring New Opportunities for Dairy Farmers
Assistant Professor Alejandro Gutierrez-Li won a $250,000 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education grant to study Automatic Milking Systems.
Eric Edwards Selected for AEPP Best Article Award
Eric Edwards was selected to receive the AEPP Best Article Award for “The Economics of Groundwater Governance Institutions across the Globe.”
Barry Goodwin Appears on Healthy Living Healthy Planet Radio
Barry Goodwin appeared on Healthy Living Planet Radio to discuss the intersection of food production with economics and the environment.