Experimental economics undergrads
Undergraduate students reflect on UD Center for Experimental and Applied Economics research experience
The coast is unclear
UD receives $6 million in research funding on best practices for how coastal communities can combat sea level rise
Double the degrees
UD’s statistics 4+1 program gives Audrey Bufano valuable internship experience while earning both undergraduate and graduate degrees
Eco-economics
Emma Abrams explores sustainable solutions through UD’s environmental and resource economics major
WELCOME TO APPLIED ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
Applied Economics and Statistics is concerned with agribusiness management, food marketing, the economics of environmental and resource management, and statistics.
Applied Economics courses are designed to provide a thorough background in the principles of organization and management of agribusiness firms, and includes study of financing agricultural business firms, marketing and international trade of agricultural products, price analysis, environmental economics, economics of land use, and agricultural and environmental policies.
Our mission is to cultivate learning and develop and share knowledge that benefits society. Our focus is to advance economics and statistics methods and theories, and apply them to various subjects, such as health, agriculture, natural resources, the environment, and data science.
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Climate conscious
October 04, 2024 | Written by Molly SchaferDavidson Obilor Nwaonu, an agricultural and resource economics graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, wants to reduce agriculture’s contribution to climate change. His research seeks to understand how consumers make trade-offs between climate-smart attributes and health attributes while grocery shopping. Nwaonu is a scholar at the United States Department of Agriculture’s Graduate Student Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Partners, also known as USDA GradCAMP. Climate justice is important to Nwaonu, who came to UD from an area of Nigeria polluted by oil drilling. -
Experimental economics undergrads
October 04, 2024 | Written by Katie PeikesUndergraduate students reflect on UD Center for Experimental and Applied Economics research experience. -
Meet our new faculty: Kofi Britwum
September 30, 2024 | Written by Nya WynnKofi Britwum, assistant professor of farm management and agricultural economics at University of Delaware, returned to the University a few years after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was drawn by his love for the state and the supportive atmosphere at UD's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He is developing new courses in farm business management and world food economies while conducting research at local, national and international levels. Britwum’s research focuses on consumer perceptions in the broader context of food marketing, extension education to local farmers, and food adoption in various countries. His passion lies in understanding how diverse perspectives on agricultural products shape economic behavior and preferences globally. -
UD receives $6 million in research funding on best practices for how coastal communities can combat sea level rise
September 13, 2024 | Written by Dante LaPentaIn the lowest-lying state in the country, the UD researchers are focused on the project “Risks, Impacts, & Strategies for Coastal Communities.” The project received $6 million in funding; UD will receive more than $3 million for the research. Led by principal investigator Leah Palm-Forster, the team will focus primarily on the risks of flooding and salinization on coastal land. These issues are significant not only in Delaware but also in states like Rhode Island and South Carolina, where UD partners will collaborate on the work. Emi Uchida is leading the Rhode Island team, and Norman Levine is leading the South Carolina team.
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