Jordan van Rijn studied how loan decisions affected the performance of two types of financial institutions during an economic crisis.
Faculty
Do last name initials affect college major choices?
Guanming Shi examined if and how seemingly small experiences during our K-12 education shape the decisions we make at the transition from high school to college.
Do border carbon adjustments help reduce global emissions?
The EU is proposing carbon tariffs for certain imported goods. But Thomas Rutherford questions their ability to become a cost-effective tool for reducing global emissions.
Supply chain strategies for putting more vegetables on Kenyan plates
Charles Nicholson works with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition to develop new approaches for increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables in urban Kenya.
How does land ownership affect wind farm installations?
Dominic Parker studied the link between rural landholdings and wind farms—and what it might mean for future wind energy development.
The economics of sustainable corn growing
Paul Mitchell helps farmers balance the competing demands of agricultural sustainability and rural livelihood.
Environmental markets should guide federal land use
The benefits of flipping environmental market rules
Corbett Grainger showed that cap-and-trade programs can be more efficient under rules that avoid a “race to allocations.”
Farms with horizontal diversification fared better during pandemic
Do breeding investments increase the productivity of Wisconsin dairy farms?
Sheldon Du showed that choosing bulls wisely helps increase the revenue of Wisconsin’s dairy farmers.