Christopher B. Barrett
Scholar

Christopher B. Barrett

Google Scholar ID: 221a1fkAAAAJ
SB&JG Ashley Prof. of Applied Econ; Int'l Prof of Agr.; Prof. of Public Policy
food securityagricultural economicsresource economicsdevelopment economicspoverty
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Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
26,901
 
H-index
85
 
i10-index
263
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
72
 
Contact
Emailcbb2@cornell.edu
Publications
2 items
Food Insecurity Among Military Veterans
2026
Cited
0
The Probability of Food Security: A new longitudinal data set using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
2025
Cited
0
Resume
Academic Achievements
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Food Policy (with Holly Wang, Purdue University)
  • Editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Series on Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
  • Featured in the 2025 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile
  • Testified before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Research widely covered by major media outlets including NPR and The Daily Show
Research Experience
  • Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University
  • International Professor of Agriculture at Cornell University
  • Professor at the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University
  • Faculty Fellow, Cornell Institute for Food Systems
  • Senior Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
  • Leads a research group working on projects related to agricultural economics and food policy