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Steven Helfand

Associate Professor of Economics

Mailing Address:

Economics
Sproul Hall /4102
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Phone: (951) 827-1572
Fax: (951) 827-5685
Email: steven.helfand@ucr.edu
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Degree(s):

PhD 1994 University of California, Berkeley
MS 1989 University of California, Berkeley
BA 1985 University of California, Berkeley

College/Division Affiliation:

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Agricultural Economics; Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Brazil

Awards / Honors:

Research Grant to study “Spatial Integration and Supply Response in the Brazilian Agricultural Sector.” This is part of a larger project called NEMESIS (Núcleo de Estudos e Modêlos Espaciais Sistêmicos (http://www.nemesis.org) (br/ ) 2002 Rui Miller Paiva Award for the best article published in the journal Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural. The article cited is “The Changing Structure of the Brazilian Agricultural Sector and the Limitations of the 1995/96 Agricultural Census.

Research Summary:

• Development Economics
• Agricultural Economics
• Brazil, Latin America
• Research Agenda
  1. Regional Diversity in Pathways out of Rural Poverty in Brazil (funded by USAID, 2004-06)
  2. Spatial Economic Studies of the Brazilian Economy--NEMESIS (funded by PRONEX)
  3. Farm Size and the Determinants of Productivity in the Brazilian Agricultural SectorAppendix to article in CEP 22(2), 2004" (Excel format)

Selected Publications:

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