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Greg Colson


Department Head, CAED Director, Professor

Agricultural & Applied Economics

Gregory Colson
Gregory Colson
Areas of expertiseEducationAwards and honorsScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Applied EconomicsMechanical EngineeringEnvironmental Science and ManagementOther Economics

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, General

Iowa State University of Science & Technology, IA, United States (2009)

Master of Science, Economics, General

Iowa State University of Science & Technology, IA, United States (2008)

Bachelor of Arts, Economics, General

University of Virginia Main Campus, VA, United States (2003)

Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding Faculty Member Award (2018)
  • Early Career Teaching Award (2018)
  • Emerging Scholar Award (2015)
  • Educator Award (2015)
  • Outstanding Faculty Member Award (2014)
  • Outstanding Selected Poster (2014)
  • Outstanding Departmental Citizen Award (2013)
  • Outstanding Faculty Member Award (2011)
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention (2010)

Scholarly Works

  • Consumers’ preferences for geographical origin labels: evidence from the Canadian olive oil market, EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, (2011).
    Menapace L, Colson G, Grebitus C, Facendola M
  • Risk Aversion, Subjective Beliefs, and Farmer Risk Management Strategies, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, (2013).
    Menapace L, Colson G, Raffaelli R
  • Risk preferences and purchase of energy-efficient technologies in the residential sector, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, (2014).
    Qiu Y, Colson G, Grebitus C
  • Climate change beliefs and perceptions of agricultural risks: An application of the exchangeability method, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS, (2015).
    Menapace L, Colson G, Raffaelli R
  • A comparison of hypothetical risk attitude elicitation instruments for explaining farmer crop insurance purchases, EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, (2016).
    Menapace L, Colson G, Raffaelli R

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Contact

gcolson@uga.edu 706-542-2481

Mailing Address

301 Conner Hall 147 Cedar Street
Athens, GA 30602

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