Azzeddine Azzam
Professor of Agricutural Economics at the 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 the University of Dubai, where he also taught undergraduate microeconomics and MBA managerial economics. He is a lifetime research fellow of the Economic Research Forum, a member of Phi Beta Delta, the Honor Society of International Scholars; and the recipient of the University of Nebraska 2008 Excellence in Graduate Education Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education. He is founder and past director of CAFIO: Center of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization, founder and editor of JAFIO: Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization, and founder and managing editor of RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences. He served as associate editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness: An International Journal, and Middle East Development Journal.
Areas of Interest:
- Agricultural and Applied Microeconomics
- Empirical Industrial Organization
- International Trade and Development
Education:
- Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska, 1984
- M.S., Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1980
- B.S., Economics and Business, University of Wisconsin, 1977
Experience:
- Roy Frederick Professor, University of Nebraska (Jan 1, 2019 - Present)
- Professor, University of Nebraska (July 1, 1996- December 2018)
- Associate Professor, University of Nebraska (July 1, 1991-June 30, 1996)
- Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska (April 1, 1987-June 30, 1991)
Latest Publications:
- Lopez, L. A., X. Xi, and A. Azzam. 2018. "Stochastic Frontier Estimation of Market Power in the Food Industries." Journal of Agricultural Economics 69:3-17.
- Parcel, J., J. Schroeter, and A. Azzam. 2017. "A Re-Examination of Multistage Economies in Hog Farming." Special Issue In Honor of Professor Emilio Pagoulatos Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 15 (Issue 2).
- Li, J. and A. Azzam. 2017. "U.S. Mushroom Import Demand Estimation with the Source-Dierentiated AIDS Model." International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 10:339-349.
Inference of Oligopoly Power with Limited Data: Manufacturing in Morocco
Areas of Interest: Agricultural and Applied Microeconomics Empirical Industrial Organization International Trade and Development Education: Ph.D., Agricultural Economics,... Read More
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