Robert Shupp
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Biographical Information
Robert joined the MSU Agricultural Economics faculty as an Assistant Professor in January 2007. He is appointed in the tenure system. His primary teaching and research interests are in the area of experimental economics with a focus on application to topics in agricultural economics. Prior to joining MSU He was a faculty member at Ball State University. He is Director of the MSU Agricultural Economics Experimental Lab and is currently working on Collective Entrepreneurship for Small and Medium-Sized Farms and Using Markets To Coordinate The Provision Of Multiple Agri-Environmental Services.
Research and Outreach Interests
- Measuring risk in a development context
- Impact of risk on farmer choices
- Voluntary contribution mechanisms and common pool resources
- Valuation mechanisms (auctions and choice experiments)
- Trust and related issues in social dilemmas
- Behavioral economics and personality
- Contest theory with an emphasis on probabilistic contests
Teaching Experience
- Environmental Economics
- Vertical Coordination in the Agri-Food System
- Ecological Economics; Survey of Economics
- Information and Market Intelligence in the Agri-Food Industry
- Introductory Microeconomics
- Introductory Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Industrial Organization
Related Work
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Smallholder farmers’ and other agricultural sector stakeholders’ priorities for government spending: Evidence from Zambia
Published on December 18, 2019
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Farmer perception and valuation of seed quality: Evidence from bean and cowpea seed auctions in Tanzania and Ghana
Published on October 15, 2019
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Do Farmers Value Seeds of Different Quality Differently? Evidence from Willingness to Pay Experiments in Tanzania and Ghana
Published on February 28, 2018