The University of Wisconsin Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics builds on a proud tradition of studying farm management, marketing, and land economics, which has expanded its work to issues ranging from the economic impacts of climate change to the challenges faced by rural areas in today’s economy. Our faculty strives to address today’s policy questions through rigorous academic research and data analysis. The department has four main research areas: economics of agriculture, development economics, environmental and resource economics and community economic development. In additional to statistical and econometric analysis, our faculty also engages in behavioral and experimental economic research to better understand human behavior in the real world.
