Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
- Fall January 10
- Pullman: Yes
- GRE No minimum score required
- 550 TOEFL
Degree Description:
The PhD in Economics is designed to prepare students for careers as professional economists in academia, government, and the private sector. The program is structured so that a student with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and an appointment as a graduate assistant should be able to complete the required coursework within three academic years, excluding summer sessions. Students with a Master of Arts in Applied Economics degree may be able to complete the required coursework in less time, depending on the content and quality of the previous work. The length of time required to complete the dissertation varies greatly but students usually complete the entire program, including the dissertation, within four years.
Admission Requirements:
Statement of Purpose, Three letters of recommendation, CV, GRE
Student Learning Outcomes:
All graduates will be able to:
- Graduates will understand and be capable of applying economic theory and quantitative methods at the highest professional levels of rigor.
- Advanced economic theory and quantitative methods will be well understood.
- Emphasis is placed on development of the formal theory and quantitative tools necessary for original research contributions to the field.
- Graduates will be capable of making basic research contributions to the literature, as well as conduct applied economic analyses at the highest levels of rigor.
- Graduates will be trained in critical, integrative, and evaluative thinking at the highest professional levels of rigor.
- Graduates will be able to integrate advanced economic theory, advanced quantitative methods, and institutional knowledge relating to the economic problem context to conduct research at the frontiers of the profession in order to assist consumers, firms, and policy makers in making economically rational decisions.
- Graduates will be able to conduct advanced analysis and evaluation of broad economic and social problems concerning the allocation of individual, firm and social resources.
- Graduates with the PhD in Agricultural Economics will be differentiated by their expertise in analyzing resource decisions and institutions involved in the food and fiber sector of the economy, or in analyzing economic issues relating to natural resources and the environment.
- Graduates will have advanced communication skills oriented towards academic professionals.
- Advanced written and oral communication skills are necessary for Ph.D-level economists to contribute effectively to the economics literature, and are also necessary for efficient and clear dissemination of the knowledge generated from advanced economic analysis to target groups in the private and public sectors.
Student Opportunities:
None
Career Opportunities:
Professional Economists in academia, government, and the private sector
Career Placements:
Health Research Scientist, Texas A&M
Assistant Professor, Eastern Washington University
Economist and Research Fellow, Center for Disease Control in Atlanta
Faculty Members:
Bai, Jinhui, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Theory
Brady, Michael P, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Specialty crops
Water and irrigated agriculture
Modeling coupled human and environmental systems
Land use, value, and ownership
Chouinard, Hayley Helene, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Consumer demand for differentiated food products, auction and lottery allocation theory, and agricultural and natural resource policy.
Cowan, Benjamin, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Espinola-Arredondo, Ana Fabiola, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Environmental Economics and Game Theory
Industrial Organization and Applied Microeconomics.
Fortenbery, Randy, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
My research program currently focuses on agricultural price performance in local and national markets. It looks at impacts of new information on relative prices, as well as overall price levels. I also am engaged in studying the impact of futures price action on the stability of cash prices
Galinato, Gregmar, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Natural resource and environmental economics and issues in development economics.
Gallardo, Rosa Karina, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Agribusiness marketing, consumer demand, value-added food products .
Gibson, Mark, Ph.D.
Iles, Richard A, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Health Economics, Development Economics, Behavioral Economics
Jessup, Eric L, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Improving freight transportation efficiency across all modes and the spatial characteristics influencing facility location decisions for inter-modal truck/rail investments.
Love, Alan, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Industrial Organization, Information Economics, Supply-Chains, and Applied Econometrics.
Mandal, Bidisha, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Health Economics, Health Care Policy, Economics of Gender
McCluskey, Jill J, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Product differentiation and market power in food industries, including product quality, food safety, and food labeling issues, environmental damage and land use issues.
McCracken, Vicki A, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Specialization in General Marketing and Price Analysis, Fruit Marketing, Consumption Analysis, Applied Econometrics.
Munoz-Garcia, Felix, Ph.D.
Research Interests
– Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory and Industrial Organization.
– Public and Environmental Economics.
Neibergs, Joseph Shannon, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Production economics of livestock industries, agribusiness and the commodity markets for livestock products.
Prera, Alejandro, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Environmental and natural resources economics, international and development economics.
Shumway, Richard, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair of graduate committee
Research Interests
Production economics, taxation
Tian, Can, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Business Cycles, Industry/Firm Dynamics, Production Network, Search and Matching Theory
Wandschneider, Philip, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Non-market valuation, water economics and policy, the economics of sustainable agriculture.
Yan, Jia, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Transportation Economics, Applied Microeconomics, and Applied Econometrics.