David Just

Biography

David R. Just received his PhD (2001) and MS (1999) degrees in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA (1998) in economics from Brigham Young University. He is the Susan Eckert Lynch Professor of Science and Business in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the area coordinator for applied economics and policy in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Education

PhD University Of California, Berkeley, 2001
MS University Of California, Berkeley, 1999
BA Brigham Young University, Provo, 1998

Research

• Caputo, Vincenzina; Just, David. "Adjustments, evidence and political tensions in the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program"Nature Food. (2025)
• Okello, Julius; Just, David; Verschoor, Arjan; Mulwa, Chalmers; Xie, Mingcong; et al. "Behavioral Interventions in Informal Seed Systems to Nudge Delivery and Sustainable Demand for Quality Seed of Sweetpotato"Agricultural Systems. 229 (2025): 104421
• Just, David; Gabrielyan, Gnel. "On Nudging and Psychological Reactance"Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 47.4 (2025): 1600 – 1620
• Just, David; Messer, Kent. "The Behavioral Revolution in Agricultural and Resource Economics: A Perspective on the Past and the Future"Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 50.4 (2025): 804-829
• Just, David; Jiao, Jie. "Using Multiple Methods to Improve Validity"European Review of Agricultural Economics. (2025)
• Haws, Adrian; Just, David; Price, Joseph. "Who (actually) gets the farm? Intergenerational farm succession in the United States"American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 107.1 (2025): 3-26
• Byrne, Anne; Just, David. "What is free food worth? A nonmarket valuation approach to estimating the welfare effects of food pantry services"American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 105.4 (2023): 1063-1087
• Byrne, Anne; Just, David; Barrett, Christopher. "But it came from a food pantry: Product stigma and quality perceptions of food pantry offerings"Agricultural Economics. 54.2 (2023): 327-344
• Just, David. "On the policy relevance of agricultural economics"European Review of Agricultural Economics. 50.4 (2023): 1256-1276
• Wuepper, David; Bukchin-Peles, Shira; Just, David; Zilberman, David. "Behavioral agricultural economics"Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 45.4 (2023): 2094-2105

Awards

• Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Fellow (2020) Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
• Outstanding Journal Article (2016) American Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Award for Outstanding Public Service through Economics (2016) Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
• Quality of Research Discovery Award for “The Welfare Impacts of Commodity Price Volatility: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia.” (2013) Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
• Quality of Research Discovery Award, for “The Flat-Rate Pricing Paradox: Conflicting Effects of ‘All-You-Can-Eat’ Buffet Pricing.” (2011) European Association of Agricultural Economics