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Harry Kaiser

Harry Kaiser

Visiting Distinguished Professor of Economics Major, Bachelor of Business Administration, College of Business and Management

Biography

Harry M. Kaiser teaches and conducts research in the areas of price analysis, marketing, and quantitative methods. He is the Gellert Family Professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Kaiser has written 145 refereed journal articles, five books, 17 book chapters, and over 150 research bulletins, and received $8 million in research grants in these areas, and is a fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

In 2005, Kaiser was elected president of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association. He received the highest award given to alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire—the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award. Kaiser also received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, which is the highest award conferred by the university to an alumnus. Kaiser received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, in 2009.

1. Wang, Lingxiao; Yuqing, Zheng; Buck, Steven; Diansheng, Dong; Kaiser, Harry. “Grocery food taxes and U.S. county obesity and diabetes rates”Health Economics Review (Online Only). 11.1 (2021)

2. Li, Tongzhe; Messer, Kent; Kaiser, Harry. “The Impact of Expiration Dates Labels on Hedonic Markets for Perishable Products”Food Policy. 93 (2020): 101894

3. Yeh, Dourong; Gomez, Miguel; Kaiser, Harry. “Signaling Impacts of GMO Labeling on Fruit and Vegetable Demand”PLoS ONE (Online Only). 14.10 (2019): e0223910

4. Messer, Kent; Costanigro, Marco; Kaiser, Harry. “Labeling Food Processes: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 39.3 (2017): 407–427

5. Li, Tongzhe; Bernard, John; Johnston, Zachary; Messer, Kent; Kaiser, Harry. “Consumer Preferences Before and After a Food Safety Scare: An Experimental Analysis of the 2010 Egg Recall”Food Policy. 66 (2017): 25-34

6. Zheng, Yuqing; Kaiser, Harry. “Submission Demand in Core Economics Journals: A Panel Study”Economic Inquiry. 54.2 (2016): 1319-1338

  • PhD University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1985
  • MS University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1981
  • BA University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, 1979

  • Outstanding Journal Article of the Year, Canadian J. of Agricultural Economics (2009) Canadian Agricultural Economics Association
  • Outstanding Achievement Award (2009) University of Minnesota
  • Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award (2006) University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire