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CSDE Research Affiliate

Brian Dillon

Assistant Professor of Development Economics and Applied Econometrics Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Mgmt., Cornell University


CSDE Research Areas:

  • Health of People and Populations
  • Migration and Settlement
  • Wellbeing of Families and Households


    Brian Dillon is an economist specializing in the study of food and agricultural markets in developing countries, with an emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. His work ranges from microeconomic issues up to the level of international trade, covering topics such as household- and firm-level decision making, the operation of domestic markets for agricultural inputs and outputs, and links between domestic and international markets. He is also interested in the general topic of choice under uncertainty, with an emphasis on methodological and econometric issues related to the measurement of expectations.