MA Rechercher Image d'avatar Interview: Azzeddine Azzam - Professor of agricultural economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,USA

April 29, 2014

OCP Policy Center Seminar Series Optimal Commodity Taxation and Consumer Welfare

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Azzeddine Azzam
Professor of agricultural economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,USA
Azzeddine Azzam is Judith and Roy Frederick professor of agricultural economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Azzeddine has broad research and teaching interests including empirical industrial organization, applied microeconomics, agricultural and natural resource economics, mathematical and quantitative methods. More recently, he has developed research interest in local food economics and the environmental and health consequences of dietary choices. Azzam taught applied microeconomics as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University and empirical industrial organization as a Fulbright Scholar at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He served as senior economic advisor at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and as chair of the economics department at ...

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