Christy, Ralph Dean
J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship & Personal Enterpriseresearch
primary investigator of
- AGRICULTURAL INPUT AND OUTPUT MARKETS IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | Research Grant
research areas
- applied economics | collaborative research area (CALS)
international geographic focus
submitted impact statement
- Input and output markets in African agriculture: the role of small-to-medium business development | 2007 Impact statement
- Building capacity in small-to-medium firms in rural markets | 2006 Impact statement
- Building capacity in small-to-medium firms in rural markets | 2005 Impact statement
- Input and output markets for African agriculture | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
head of
- Cornell University Emerging Markets Program | academic program office
faculty appointment in
- Applied Economics and Management (AEM) | Cornell department
administrative appointment
- International Programs (IP/CALS) | academic program office
member of graduate field
- Applied Economics and Management | graduate field
- International Agriculture and Rural Development | graduate field
- International Development | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Entrepreneurship@Cornell | academic program office
- International Programs (IP/CALS) | academic program office
teaching
teaches
- AEM 4420 - Emerging Markets (W 07:30:PM-09:25:PM) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 4970 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CSS 6960 - Agroecological Perspectives for Sustainable Development (W 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | fall 2009 class
- IARD 6960 - Agroecological Perspectives for Sustainable Development (W 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 6960 - Agroecological Perspectives for Sustainable Development (W 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 4940 - Undergraduate Special Topics in Applied Economics and Management (W 07:30:PM-10:30:PM) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 4970 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 4980 - Supervised Teaching Experience (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 4420 - Emerging Markets (W 07:30:PM-10:30:PM) | fall 2008 class
- AEM 4640 - Economics of Agricultural Development (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | fall 2008 class
- ECON 4640 - Economics of Agricultural Development (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | fall 2008 class
service
current professional activities
- President, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1995-96
- Director, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1991-94
- Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991-93
- Director, American Agricultural Economics Association Foundation, 1992-94
- President, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 1992-93
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1980
- M.S., Michigan State University, 1977
- B.S., Southern University, 1975
awards and distinctions
- Kaplan Fellowship Award, Cornell University Public Service Center, 2007
featured in
- Ralph Christy named director of CIIFAD | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Christy, Ralph D. 1996. Markets or government: Balancing imperfect and complementary alternatives. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
- Brown, Adell, Ralph D. Christy, and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. 1995. Structural changes in U.S. agriculture: Implications for African-American farmers. In Blacks in Rural America, edited by James B. Stewart and Joyce E. Allen-Smith. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.
- Christy, Ralph D. 1994. Private strategies and public policies: The economics of information and the economic organization of markets. In Re-engineering marketing policies for food and agriculture, edited by Daniel I. Padberg. Food and Agricultural Marketing Consortium 94-1, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
- Christy, Ralph D. 1993. Economic correctness and agricultural economics. Journal of Applied and Agricultural Economics 25 (1): 1-13.
- Allen, Joyce, and Ralph D. Christy. 1992. The African-American in rural society: Needed directions in public policy. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74 (3): 826-33.
- Christy, Ralph D., and John Connor. 1989. Economic forces influencing value-added food industries: Implications for southern agriculture. Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics 21 (1): 13-22.
speaker at Cornell event
Keywords: applied economics, economic development, emerging markets, marketing, public policy, rural development, small business development