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Elijah Kosse

Elijah Kosse

Title

Lecturer

Office Building

Harding Hall

Office

206

Mailing Address

Harding Hall 206
Economics ABS-Box 2220
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Elijah (Eli) Kosse received his M.S. in applied economics from the University of Idaho and joined South Dakota State University in 2017. Before SDSU, he was a research associate at Texas Tech University and taught for a year at the University of Idaho. At SDSU, he teaches a variety of courses ranging from Principles of Microeconomics to Global Food Systems.

Education

  • B.A. in economics | University of Idaho | 2013
  • M.S. in applied economics | University of Idaho | 2015

Academic Interests

  • Welfare analysis of trade policies 
  • Agricultural marketing
  • International food systems

Academic Responsibilities

  • ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (2017-Present) 
  • AGEC 271 - Farm and Ranch Management (2017-Present) 
  • AGEC 354 - Agricultural Marketing/Prices (2018-Present) 
  • ABS 203 - Global Food Systems (2018-Present) 
  • AGEC 490 - Quiz Bowl (2019-Present)
  • ECON 431 - Managerial Economics (2020-Present) 

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, member, 2018-present

Awards and Honors

  • Undergraduate Teacher of the Year 2020-2021

Areas of Research

  • International trade policy
  • Welfare analysis and applied game theory
  • Profitability of bioenergy
  • Farmer tools to aid in profit-maximization

Publications

  1. Devadoss, Stephen and Elijah Kosse, “Political Economy of the U.S.-Mexican Tomato Trade Agreement”, The World Economy 43, no. 4 (2020): 1059-1075.
  2. Saul, Darin, Soren Newman, Steven Peterson, Eli Kosse, Ryan Jacobson, Robert Keefe, Stephen Devadoss, Tammy Laninga and Jill Moroney. "Evaluation of three forest-based bioenergy development strategies in the Inland Northwest, United States." Journal of Forestry 116, no. 6 (2018): 497-504.
  3. Kosse, Elijah and Stephen Devadoss. "Welfare analysis of the U.S.-Mexican tomato suspension agreement." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 48, no. 4 (2016): 430-449.
  4. Kosse, Elijah Jacob, Stephen Devadoss and Jeff Luckstead. "U.S.-Mexico tomato dispute." Journal of International Trade Law and Policy (2014).

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