Dr. Stefanou’s research focuses on production economics, the economics of productivity and innovation, the dynamics of economic adjustment, and economic policy issues.  This research program can be classified broadly as dynamic economic modeling with more recent efforts focusing on the dynamic generalizations of scale and scope economies, efficiency, productivity growth, learning-by-doing, capacity utilization, and product innovation.  

He is a Fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association and was a Marie Curie Senior Fellow at the University of Crete (Rethymno, Greece), Mansholt School Fellow at Wageningen University, and Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and has held visiting positions at the Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University (Netherlands), Wageningen University (Netherlands), the Institute for Advanced Studies (Vienna, Austria), and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute (at Chania).

Dr. Stefanou is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Productivity Analysis, the European Review of Agricultural Economics, AgBioForum and Agricultural Economics Review.  He has also served as Editor (1997-2002) and Associate Editor (1991-97) of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (1997 - 2001) and on the editorial board of the Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (1989-91).

Representative Publications                                                          

Wen, F.-I. and S.E. Stefanou. “Social learning and production heterogeneity,” Journal of Developing Areas, forthcoming.

Silva, E. and S.E. Stefanou. “Nonparametric dynamic efficiency analysis,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89 (May 2007), 398-419.

Rungsuriyawiboon, S. and S.E. Stefanou. “Dynamic efficiency estimation: an application to US electric utilities,” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 25, (April 2007), 226-238.

Choi, O., S.E. Stefanou and J.R. Stokes, “ Explaining efficiency differences: the case of U.S. agricultural banks,” Agricultural Finance Review, 67, 1 (Spring 2007), 55-73.

Stefanou, C. R., S.E. Stefanou and F.-I. Wen, “Unifying theories of learning and economic decision making,”  Education, Knowledge and Economy, 1, (March 2007), 1-13.

Choi, O., J.R. Stokes and S.E. Stefanou. “The dynamics of efficiency improving input allocations and reorganization costs,” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 25 (2006), 159-71.

Silva, E. and S.E. Stefanou. “Nonparametric dynamic production analysis and the theory of cost,” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 19 (2003), 5-32.

Hernandez-Serrano, J., S.E. Stefanou, L.F. Hood, and B. Zoumas. “Using experts’ experiences through stories in teaching new product development,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 19 (2002): 54-68.

Oude Lansink, A., E. Silva and S.E. Stefanou. “Inter-firm and intra-firm efficiency measures,” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 15 (2001), 185-99.

Oude Lansink, A., E. Silva and S.E. Stefanou. ”Decomposing productivity growth allowing for efficiency gains and technical progress,” European Review of Agricultural Economics, 27(2000): 487-519.

Oude Lansink, A., E. Silva and S.E. Stefanou. “Inter-firm and intra-firm efficiency measures,” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 15 (May 2001), 185-99.

Celikkol, P. and S.E. Stefanou. “Measuring the impact of price-induced innovation on technological progress: application to the U.S. food processing and distribution sector,” Journal of Productivity Analysis 12 (September 1999), 135-52.

Oude Lansink, A. and S.E. Stefanou. "Asymmetric adjustment of dynamic factors at the firm level," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(Nov 1997), 1340-51.

Luh, Y.-H., and S.E. Stefanou. "Estimating dynamic dual models under nonstatic price expectations," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78(Nov 1996), 991-1003.

Silva, E. and S.E. Stefanou. "Generalization of nonparametric tests for homothetic production," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78(Aug 1996), 542-46.

Fousekis, P. and S.E. Stefanou. "Capacity utilization under dynamic profit maximization," Empirical Economics 21(1996), 335-59.

Luh, Y.-H., and S.E. Stefanou. "Learning-by-doing and the sources of productivity growth: a dynamic model with application to u.s. agriculture." Journal of Productivity Analysis 4 (1993): 353-70.