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'''Gordon Rausser''' (born July 21, 1943) is an American economist. He is currently the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dean Emeritus, [[Rausser College of Natural Resources]] and more recently, a professor of the Graduate School at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Gordon Rausser|url=http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/gordon-rausser|access-date=2016-11-22|website=vcresearch.berkeley.edu}}</ref>. On three separate occasions, he served as chairman of the [https://are.berkeley.edu/ Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics], served two terms as Dean of the [[Rausser College of Natural Resources]], and has served on the [[Board of Trustees]] of public universities and one private university<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gordon Rausser|url=https://are.berkeley.edu/users/gordon-rausser|access-date=2016-11-22|website=Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics {{!}} University of California, Berkeley}}</ref>. Rausser has been appointed to more than 20 board of directors of both private and publicly traded companies, including chairman of several of such boards<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=OnPoint Analytics - Experts - Gordon C. Rausser|url=http://onpointanalytics.com/experts/gordon-c-rausser/|access-date=2017-08-11|website=OnPointAnalytics.com}}</ref>.
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'''Gordon C. Rausser''' (born July 21, 1943) is the [[Robert Gordon Sproul]] Distinguished Professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/gordon-rausser|title=Gordon Rausser|website=vcresearch.berkeley.edu|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://are.berkeley.edu/users/gordon-rausser|title=Gordon Rausser|website=Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics {{!}} University of California, Berkeley|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref> who served as Dean of UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources from 1994–2000.<ref name=":0" /> On three occasions he served as Chair of his academic department. He is an economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisors under President [[Ronald Reagan]] (1986–87)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/reference/ceastaff.html|title=Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Administration|website=reaganlibrary.archives.gov|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref> and as Chief Economist at the [[Agency for International Development]] (1988–90). He co-founded the Institute for Policy Reform in Washington, D.C., in 1989, and served as its president for 5 years (1990–94). Rausser received a Superior Unit Citation Award from the [[United States Agency for International Development|Agency for International Development]] (1990). Rausser is Chairman and co-founder of OnPoint Analytics, a consulting firm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://onpointanalytics.com/experts/gordon-c-rausser/|title=OnPoint Analytics - Experts - Gordon C. Rausser|website=OnPointAnalytics.com|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/committees/expert-witnesses/practice/2015/know-your-experts-financial-interests-can-undermine-credibility/|title=Know Your Experts|website=americanbar.org|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref>


His federal government service includes Senior Economist at the [[Council of Economic Advisers]], [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Council of Economic Advisers Staff List|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/reagan-administration/council-economic-advisers-staff-list|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Ronald Reagan|language=en}}</ref>, [[Chief economist|Chief Economist]] at the [[United States Agency for International Development|Agency for International Development]] and as President of the [[Institute for Policy Reform]]. His editorship contributions include serving as editor of the ''[[American Journal of Agricultural Economics]]'', associate editor of the Journal of the [[American Statistical Association]], associate editor of the [[Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control|Journal of Economic Dynamics and Contro]]<nowiki/>l, editor of [https://www.springer.com/series/1336 Agricultural Management and Economics], co-editor of four volumes of the [https://www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/handbook-of-agricultural-economics Handbook of Agricultural Economics], and more than 15 years as the editor of [[Annual Review of Resource Economics]].
Rausser has won 22 awards for original research and distinguished service from such organizations as [[Harvard University]], [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California Berkeley]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2010/05/cnr-awards|title=CNR Awards|newspaper=UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref> The [[American Antitrust Institute]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awards.concurrences.com/article/2015-winning-award-articles|title=2015 Winning Award Articles - Antitrust Writing Awards 2017|website=awards.concurrences.com|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref> [[American Agricultural Economics Association|The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaea.org/about-aaea/awards-and-honors/aaea-annual-awards/aaea-annual-award-winners/2001-aaea-annual-award-winners|title=2001 AAEA Annual Award Winners {{!}} Agricultural & Applied Economics Association|website=www.aaea.org|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref> and the [[Western Agricultural Economics Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://giannini.ucop.edu/about/history/awards/|title=Awards - Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics|website=giannini.ucop.edu|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref> He has published over 300 articles, book chapters and books. His most recent book is ''Structuring Public-Private Research Partnerships for Success: Empowering University Partners'' of which he is the lead author, published by [[Edward Elgar Publishing|Edward Elgard Publishers]]. His book ''Political Power and Economic Policy'' was published by [[Cambridge University Press]] in 2011.


Rausser has been nominated as fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], the [[American Statistical Association]], and the [[American Agricultural Economics Association|Agricultural and Applied Economics Association]], among several other national and international scholarly associations.


He is recipient of 34 professional awards<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Awards - Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics|url=http://giannini.ucop.edu/about/history/awards/|access-date=2016-12-13|website=giannini.ucop.edu}}</ref>, including Best Journal Articles, Annual Best Published Research awards, and Publications of Enduring Quality from the [https://www.aaea.org/ Agricultural and Applied Economics Association]<ref>{{Cite web|title=2001 AAEA Annual Award Winners {{!}} Agricultural & Applied Economics Association|url=https://www.aaea.org/about-aaea/awards-and-honors/aaea-annual-awards/aaea-annual-award-winners/2001-aaea-annual-award-winners|access-date=2016-12-13|website=www.aaea.org}}</ref>, and Outstanding Research and/or Leadership awards from other associations, such as [[Harvard University]], [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California Berkeley]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=CNR Awards|newspaper=UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources|url=https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2010/05/cnr-awards|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref> The [[American Antitrust Institute]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 Winning Award Articles - Antitrust Writing Awards 2017|url=https://awards.concurrences.com/article/2015-winning-award-articles|access-date=2016-12-13|website=awards.concurrences.com}}</ref> and the [[Western Agricultural Economics Association]].<ref name=":2" /> Rausser also received a Superior Unit Citation Award from the [[United States Agency for International Development|Agency for International Development]] (1990). Rausser is Chairman and co-founder of [https://onpointanalytics.com/ OnPoint Analytics].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Know Your Experts|url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/committees/expert-witnesses/practice/2015/know-your-experts-financial-interests-can-undermine-credibility/|access-date=2019-02-27|website=americanbar.org}}</ref>
Since 2006, Rausser has served as editor of the ''[[Annual Review of Resource Economics]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.annualreviews.org/action/doSearch?startPage=0&target=database&pubCode=directory&dbSearchType=staffDir&RefSeriesKey=resource&categoryCode=edcom|title=Editorial Committee Members for Resource Economics|last=|first=|date=|website=www.annualreviews.org|publisher=|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref> and the ''[[American Journal of Agricultural Economics]]'' and on editorial boards of four other scholarly publications, including as Associate Editor.


In 2020, the College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, was renamed the [[Rausser College of Natural Resources]] in honor of a $50 million gift by Gordon Rausser.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Manke |first1=Kara |title=College of Natural Resources receives $50 million naming gift |url=https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2020/02/college-natural-resources-receives-50-million-naming-gift |website=Rausser College of Natural Resources |accessdate=23 May 2020}}</ref>


He was most recently honored by [https://www.aaea.org/ AAEA] for named keynote addressed at the annual meetings from 2020 forward for exceptional intellectual leadership and his mentoring of leading scholars<ref>{{Cite web|title=AAEA Keynote Address Named in Honor of Gordon Rausser|url=https://are.berkeley.edu/news/2020/01/aaea-keynote-address-named-honor-gordon-rausser|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics {{!}} University of California, Berkeley|language=en}}</ref>. He was also honored in 2020 by the permanent naming of the [[Rausser College of Natural Resources|Rausser College of Natural Resources,]] UC Berkeley for his visionary leadership and philanthropic contributions<ref>{{cite web|last1=Manke|first1=Kara|title=College of Natural Resources receives $50 million naming gift|url=https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2020/02/college-natural-resources-receives-50-million-naming-gift|website=Rausser College of Natural Resources|accessdate=23 May 2020}}</ref>.{{Short description|American economist}}
Rausser directs a private foundation, the Rausser Research Institute, a site for research conferences located in Grass Valley, California.


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==
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Revision as of 01:00, 3 September 2021

Gordon Rausser (born July 21, 1943) is an American economist. He is currently the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dean Emeritus, Rausser College of Natural Resources and more recently, a professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley[1]. On three separate occasions, he served as chairman of the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, served two terms as Dean of the Rausser College of Natural Resources, and has served on the Board of Trustees of public universities and one private university[2]. Rausser has been appointed to more than 20 board of directors of both private and publicly traded companies, including chairman of several of such boards[1][3].


His federal government service includes Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President[4], Chief Economist at the Agency for International Development and as President of the Institute for Policy Reform. His editorship contributions include serving as editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, associate editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association, associate editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, editor of Agricultural Management and Economics, co-editor of four volumes of the Handbook of Agricultural Economics, and more than 15 years as the editor of Annual Review of Resource Economics.


He is recipient of 34 professional awards[5], including Best Journal Articles, Annual Best Published Research awards, and Publications of Enduring Quality from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association[6], and Outstanding Research and/or Leadership awards from other associations, such as Harvard University, University of California Berkeley,[7] The American Antitrust Institute,[8] and the Western Agricultural Economics Association.[5] Rausser also received a Superior Unit Citation Award from the Agency for International Development (1990). Rausser is Chairman and co-founder of OnPoint Analytics.[3][9]


He was most recently honored by AAEA for named keynote addressed at the annual meetings from 2020 forward for exceptional intellectual leadership and his mentoring of leading scholars[10]. He was also honored in 2020 by the permanent naming of the Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley for his visionary leadership and philanthropic contributions[11].

Selected publications

  • Rausser, Gordon; Swinnen, Johan; Zusman, Pinhas (2011), Political Power and Economic Policy, vol. 1, Cambridge University Press

References

  1. ^ a b "Gordon Rausser". vcresearch.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  2. ^ "Gordon Rausser". Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics | University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  3. ^ a b "OnPoint Analytics - Experts - Gordon C. Rausser". OnPointAnalytics.com. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. ^ "Council of Economic Advisers Staff List". Ronald Reagan. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  5. ^ a b "Awards - Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics". giannini.ucop.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  6. ^ "2001 AAEA Annual Award Winners | Agricultural & Applied Economics Association". www.aaea.org. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  7. ^ "CNR Awards". UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  8. ^ "2015 Winning Award Articles - Antitrust Writing Awards 2017". awards.concurrences.com. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  9. ^ "Know Your Experts". americanbar.org. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  10. ^ "AAEA Keynote Address Named in Honor of Gordon Rausser". Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics | University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  11. ^ Manke, Kara. "College of Natural Resources receives $50 million naming gift". Rausser College of Natural Resources. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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