• B.A., Texas Christian University, 1990
• M.A., Texas A & M University, 1992
• M.S., Texas A & M University, 1993
• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997

• ECO 341 Development Economics: Theory and Applications
• ECO 366 Public Economics (formerly Public Finance)
• GSTR 410: Senior Seminar in Contemporary Global Issues

• The SHASEA project titled 'Improving the productivity and sustainability of crop systems on fragile slopes in the highlands of south China and Thailand' is a major cooperative project between the EU, China, and Thailand. My research on this project focuses on conducting a benefit-cost analysis of alternative cultivation practices, engineering/irrigation schemes, and a household survey to analyze labour use. View Michael Cuddy's page for an informal introduction to the project and Kelang village.

• Agricultural Sector Modeling. Senior Researcher for the Common Agricultural Policy Regional Analysis [CAPRI] Modeling System

  • The work is partly funded by The EU (FAIR-program) and done in conjunction with partners in Germany, Italy, Spain, and France. The CAPRI model is a regional agricultural sector model covering all of the EU -- about 250 regions. The aim is to evaluate regional effects of EU agricultural policy options on production, income, and the environment. The CAPRI modeling system is similar to its predecessor the SPEL-System . Information on the SPEL-system can also be found on the pages maintained by EUROSTAT.
    
  • For a light hearted impression of the work we have set for ourselves click here and thank Claire Monot from the Montpellier team.
• Gender economics. "Modeling the emergence of gender-based differential advantage," presented at 'Out of the Margin 2' the IAFFE Summer Conference, June 2-5 1998, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Institutional Economics and Endogenous Institutional Change. My thesis abstract is here
• Property Rights Economics. See Department of Economics Working Paper Series No. 23: "Production, Information and Property Regimes: Efficiency Implications in the Case of Economies of Scope." The GAMS programs associated with that paper are here

• Microeconomic Modeling, Agricultural and Environmental Economics, Gender Economics, and Institutional Economics

Dr. Scott Steele's educational background is in philosophy and agricultural economics. After obtaining a B.A. and M.A. in philosophy and environmental ethics he received an M.S. from Texas A&M and his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997 where he pursued a research programme in environmental, natural resources and institutional economics.

Dr. Steele is currently engaged in research in agri-environmental economics, agricultural sector modelling, sustainable agricultural economicdevelopment in China, and industrial economics. His paper 'Property Regimes as Information Regimes' recently appeared in Environmental and Resource Economics and his paper 'Gender-Based Advantage: A model of Emergining and Constructed Opportunities' is forthcomming in Feminist Economics.