Public Policy Analysis
Graduate study in Public Policy Analysis prepares students to evaluate the role of government in a market economy. This would include food and agricultural policy, various regulatory policies (e.g. food and environmental safety, IPR and market structure), and rural development policy and assess the impacts of such domestic and international government interventions. Such skills are suitable for further graduate studies and careers in teaching, research and market analysis at universities, government agencies and agribusiness. The Public Policy Analysis emphasis benefits from the resources and work of the internationally recognized Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), Community Policy Analysis Center (CPAC), Economics and Management of Agrobiotechnology Center (EMAC), and Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI).
Public Policy Analysis is one of the three emphasis areas for graduate studies in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri. Students who complete the program earn a M.S. or Ph.D. degree in agricultural economics. The curriculum includes core courses in neoclassical economics and neo-institutional theory, statistics, econometrics and research methodology, and specialized courses in welfare economics, theory of markets and agricultural price, policy and trade analysis.
Ph.D. students in Public Policy Analysis are required to take two courses:
- AgEc 9265 Food, Agricultural and Rural Public Policy, which is a survey course in policy, and
- at least one course from a list of more specialized courses in Agricultural Policy, Regulation, or Rural and Regional Policy.
Core Faculty
- Georgeanne Artz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University
- Scott Brown, Research Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri
- Jan Dauve, Teaching Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University
- Thomas Johnson, Professor, Ph.D., Oregon State University
- Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida
- Seth Meyer, Research Assistant Professor
- William Meyers, Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
- Michael Sykuta, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
- Wyatt Thompson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
- Patrick Westhoff, Research Associate Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University
- Abner Womack, Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
- Yin Xia, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Oregon State University
