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Directory Profile for Xavier Villavicencio
- Instructional Assistant Professor
- Email:
- [email protected]
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Economics, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
- Graduate Education
- M.S. Economics, University of Chile
- Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Areas of Expertise
- Agricultural Policy
- Agribusiness Management
- Applied Econometrics
- Banking and Finance
Professional Summary
Xavier Villavicencio, Ph.D. is an instructional assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center in McAllen, TX. Dr. Villavicencio research interests are in the use of quantitative methods to address topics such as: price determination and consumer preferences in agricultural markets, risk assessment for farm management and climate change effect on agricultural productivity. He currently teaches Fundamentals of Agricultural Economic Analysis, Macroeconomics and Agricultural Price Analysis.