Faculty
Spiro E. Stefanou
Professor of Agricultural Economics
(Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1983)
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Email address: spiros@psu.edu Telephone:1-814-863-8635 Fax: 1-814-865-3746 Office address: 208B Armsby Building University Park, PA 16802 |
Research Interests
My 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.
Current/Recent Courses
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AG BM 440: Food Product Innovation Management
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AEREC 510: Econometrics
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AEREC 534: Advance Production Economics
Recent Selected Publications
Gehlhar, M., A. Regmi. S.E. Stefanou and B. Zoumas, forthcoming, Brand leadership and product innovation as firm strategies in global food markets, Journal of Product and Brand Management.
Stokes, J.R., R. Rajagopalan and S.E. Stefanou, 2008, Investment in a methane digester: an application of capital budgeting and real options, Review of Agricultural Economics 30 (4), 664-676.
Kerstens, K. and S.E. Stefanou, editors, Special Issue on the Context of Discovery: An Experiment in Modeling R&D in Agriculture, Journal of Productivity Analysis 30 (August), 91 pp.
Wen, F.I. and S.E. Stefanou, 2007, Social learning and production heterogeneity, Journal of Developing Areas 41, 1, (Fall 2007), 91-115.
Silva, E. and S. E. Stefanou, 2007, Nonparametric dynamic efficiency measurement: theory and application, American J of Agricultural Economics 89 (May), 398-419.
Rungsuriyawiboon, S. and S.E. Stefanou, 2007, Dynamic efficiency estimation: an application to US electric utilities, J of Business and Economic Statistics 25, (April), 226-238.
Choi, O., S.E. Stefanou and J.R. Stokes, 2006, The dynamics of efficiency improving input allocations and reorganization costs, Journal of Productivity Analysis,25, (April), 159-71.
Silva, E. and S.E. Stefanou, 2003, Nonparametric dynamic production analysis and the theory of cost, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 19 (January), 5-32.
Recent awards, honors and recognitions
Board Member, Foundation of the European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007-
Board of Directors, Agricultural and American Economics Association, 2006-2009.
Fellow, American Agricultural Economics Association, 2006
Mansholt Senior Scholar, Business Economics, Wageningen University, 2006
Marie Curie Senior Fellow, Economics, University of Crete, 2006
Thesis Advisor of MEMS Torries Prize for Outstanding Graduate Research student, 2003
Harbaugh Faculty Scholar Award, Penn State University, 2001
Co-Editor, Agricultural Economics Review, 2004-
Associate Editor, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2001-2008
Associate Editor, AgBioForum, 2003-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2002-present
Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997-2002