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2026

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94
Citations
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World Ranking
144
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107

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  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
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Overview

David Zilberman is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with extensive publications spanning related subfields such as General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics, Plant Science, Business and International Management, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their work covers several main topics including Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development, Genetically Modified Organisms Research, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, and Biofuel production and bioconversion.

David Zilberman has contributed to numerous publications in a variety of venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • Annual Review of Resource Economics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The list of recent papers authored or co-authored by David Zilberman includes:

  • Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2022, Journal of Economic Literature
  • Europe's Farm to Fork Strategy and Its Commitment to Biotechnology and Organic Farming: Conflicting or Complementary Goals?, 2021, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Pivoting" by food industry firms to cope with COVID-19 in developing regions: E-commerce and "copivoting" delivery intermediaries, 2021, Agricultural Economics
  • Sustainable commoditization of seafood, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Genetic Engineering of Livestock: The Opportunity Cost of Regulatory Delay, 2020, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with co-authors including Justus Wesseler, Gordon C. Rausser, Thomas Reardon, Gal Hochman, and Amir Heiman.

David Zilberman has also contributed to academic books published by organizations such as World Scientific lecture notes in economics and policy and Springer International Publishing. Notable book publications include:

  • Environmental and Resource Economics, 2022
  • Agricultural Economics and Policy, 2024
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change for Sustainable Growth, 2022
  • Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy, 2022

Best Publications

  • Adoption of agricultural innovations in developing countries: a survey

    G. Feder;R. Just;D. Silberman

  • Yield Effects of Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries

    Matin Qaim;Matin Qaim;David Zilberman

  • The agricultural innovation process: Research and technology adoption in a changing agricultural sector

    David Sunding;David Zilberman

  • The Econometrics of Damage Control: Why Specification Matters

    Erik Lichtenberg;David Zilberman

  • Review of Environmental, Economic and Policy Aspects of Biofuels

    Deepak Rajagopal;David Zilberman

  • Stochastic structure, farm size, and technology adoption in developing agriculture

    Richard E. Just;David Zilberman

  • The Choices of Irrigation Technologies in California

    Margriet Caswell;David Zilberman

  • Chapter 4 The agricultural innovation process: Research and technology adoption in a changing agricultural sector

    David Sunding;David Zilberman

  • The Effects of Well Depth and Land Quality on the Choice of Irrigation Technology

    Margriet F. Caswell;David Zilberman

  • Environmental, Economic and Policy Aspects of Biofuels

    Deepak Rajagopal;David Zilberman

  • Targeting Tools for the Purchase of Environmental Amenities

    Bruce Babcock;P. G. Lakshminarayan;J. Wu;David Zilberman

  • Targeting tools for the purchase of environmental amenities

    B. A. Babcock;P. G. Lakshminarayan;W. J. nJie;D. Zilberman

  • The Impact of Biofuels on Commodity Food Prices: Assessment of Findings

    David Zilberman;Gal Hochman;Deepak Rajagopal;Steve Sexton

  • Challenge of biofuel: filling the tank without emptying the stomach?

    D Rajagopal;S E Sexton;D Roland-Holst;D Zilberman

  • A Model of Investment under Uncertainty: Modern Irrigation Technology and Emerging Markets in Water

    Janis M. Carey;Janis M. Carey;David Zilberman

  • Biofuel-related price transmission literature: A review

    Teresa Serra;David Zilberman

  • Rapid transformation of food systems in developing regions: Highlighting the role of agricultural research & innovations

    Thomas Reardon;Rubén G. Echeverría;Julio A. Berdegué;Bart Minten

  • Economic Factors Affecting Diversified Farming Systems

    Maria S. Bowman;David Zilberman

  • Payments for ecosystem services and poverty reduction: concepts, issues, and empirical perspectives

    Erwin H. Bulte;Leslie Lipper;Randy Stringer;David Zilberman

  • Adoption of Bt Cotton and Impact Variability: Insights from India

    Matin Qaim;Arjunan Subramanian;Gopal Naik;David Zilberman

  • The Economics of Agricultural Policies

    David Zilberman

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Just
Richard E. Just University of Maryland, College Park
Gordon C. Rausser
Gordon C. Rausser University of California, Berkeley
David Roland-Holst
David Roland-Holst University of California, Berkeley
Ladislav Kristoufek
Ladislav Kristoufek Charles University
Erik Lichtenberg
Erik Lichtenberg University of Maryland, College Park
Madhu Khanna
Madhu Khanna University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David R. Just
David R. Just Cornell University
Matin Qaim
Matin Qaim University of Bonn
Andrew Schmitz
Andrew Schmitz University of Florida
Bruce A. Babcock
Bruce A. Babcock University of California, Riverside

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