Applied Economics and Policy

The applied economics and policy (AEP) area brings together over 40 Cornell SC Johnson College of Business faculty with expertise in applying rigorous economic theory and analytical methods to emerging local, national, and global public-policy and private-enterprise issues. Building on a century of commitment to impactful research and engagement at the nexus of management, policy, and economics, AEP faculty are internationally renowned in food and agricultural economics; environmental, energy, and resource economics; international and development economics; and real estate finance, and their scholarship, teaching, outreach, and service activities are critical to Cornell University’s land-grant mission and history of public engagement.

Participating area faculty from the School of Hotel Administration and the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management provide leadership in undergraduate major and minor programs in applied economics and management (with concentrations in applied economics, agribusiness management, and environmental, energy, and resource economics) and real estate. Professional degree programs include the Master of Professional Studies (MPS) programs in real estate and in agricultural and life sciences. Graduate research degrees (MS and PhD) are offered through the graduate field of applied economics and management. The Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate offers a graduate minor in real estate.

Emeriti and Affiliated

Applied Economics and Policy Publications

Murphy, David; Nourani, Vesall; Lee, David. "Chatting at Church: Information Diffusion through Religious Networks"Review of Economics and Statistics. (forthcoming).
Prasad, Eswar. The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance. Harvard University Press. (forthcoming).
Karplus, Valerie; Zhang, Junjie; Zhao, Jinhua. "Navigating and Evaluating the Labyrinth of Environmental Regulation in China"Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. (forthcoming).
Yonezawa, Koichi; Gómez, Miguel; McLaughlin, Edward. "Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases in the US Retail Sector: Full-time versus Part-time Employment"Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. (forthcoming).
Aparicio, Juan; Fried, Harold; Pastor, Jesus; Tauer, Loren. "Learning to win on the PGA tour"Applied Economics. (forthcoming).
Chen, Peimin; Kozhanov, Igor; Liu, Peng; Wu, Chunchi. "Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security Pricing with Real Estate Liquidity Risk"Real Estate Economics. (forthcoming).
Liu, Peng; Xie, Jia. "Optimal Contract Design in Residential Brokerage"Real Estate Economics. (forthcoming).
Abraham, Mathew; Pingali, Prabhu. "Shortage of Pulses in India: understanding how markets incentivize supply response"Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. (forthcoming).
Jagnani, Maulik; Barrett, Christopher; Liu, Yanyan; You, Liangzhi. "Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers"Economic Journal. 131.633 (2021): 392-419
Wang, Lingxiao; Yuqing, Zheng; Buck, Steven; Diansheng, Dong; Kaiser, Harry. "Grocery food taxes and U.S. county obesity and diabetes rates"Health Economics Review. 11.1 (2021)