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Kyle, Steven Charles
Cornell Faculty Member
Positions
- Associate Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management (AEM), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
I am an international professor of applied economics and management specializing in the macroeconomic policy of developing countries. I am also DGS of International Agriculture and Rural Development
Research Areas
- applied economics
- finance
- international agriculture
- international development
- natural resources
- resource policy and management
- rural development
- sustainable development
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Affiliations
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Extension
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Research
research overview
- Macro policy in developing countries and the US
research activities
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Publications
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academic article
- Fair Trade - Is It Really Better for Workers?. Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies. 26:125-150. 2007
- Macroeconomic Impact of Mineral Revenues on General Market Equilibrium and Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa . Journal of Energy and Development. 32. 2007
- Macroeconomic Impact of Mineral Revenues on General Market Equilibrium and Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa . Journal of Energy and Development. 32. 2007
- The Interaction of Social and Regional Structure with Macroeconomic Trends - The Political Economy of Angolan Growth in the Long Run. Review of African Political Economy. 32:269-293. 2005
- Determinants of Girls’ Educational Enrollment in Ghana. Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies. 21:134-160. 2002
- Portugal and the Curse of Riches: Macro Distortions and Underdevelopment in Colonial Times. Portuguese Studies Review. 10:101-125. 2002
- Retail Margins, Price Transmission and Price Asymmetry in Urban Food Markets: The Case of Kinshasa. Journal of African Economics. 9:1-23. 2000
- The Effect of Distance and Road Quality on Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Traders' Wages: Evidence from Zaire. Journal of Development Economics. 60:467-495. 1999
- Development of Angola’s Agricultural Sector. Agroalimentaria. 4:89-104. 1997
- Overshooting Agricultural Prices and the Importance of Economic Structure: Evidence from Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Economia. 49:63-83. 1995
- The Theory of Contested Markets and the Degree of Tradedness of Agricultural Commodities: An Empirical Test in Zaire. Journal of African Economies. 3:93-113. 1994
- Application of the Faustmann Principle to a Short Rotation Tree Species: An Analytical Tool for Economists, With Reference to Kenya and Leucaena. Agroforestry Systems. 21:79-90. 1993
- The Relation Between Farm Production Risk and Off-Farm Income. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 22:179-188. 1993
- National Factor Markets and the Macroeconomic Context for Environmental Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon. Development and Change. 23:7-33. 1992
- Pitfalls in the Measurement of Real Exchange Rate Effects on Agriculture. World Development. 20:1009-1019. 1992
- Economic Reform and Armed Conflict in Mozambique. World Development. 19:637-649. 1991
- What Role for Leucaena Leucocephala in Meeting Fuelwood Demand in Kenya?. Leucaena Research Reports. 12:121-123. 1991
- Amazonia: Crecimiento con Abundancia de Recursos Naturales en una Región Periférica. Revista de Análisis Económico. 5:81-93. 1990
- The Impact of Sovereign Risk on the Market Valuation of U.S. Bank Equities. Journal of Banking and Finance. 14:761-780. 1990
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- Policy Considerations Along the Interface Between Biodiversity and Agriculture. Biodiversity and Agricultural Intensification: Partners for Development and Conservation. 1996
- Structural Adjustment in a Country at War: The Case of Mozambique. Adjusting to Failed Policy in African Economies. 1994
- Distributional Effects of Global Warming and Emission Abatement. Agricultural Dimensions of Global Climate Change. 1993
- Introduction. Policy reform and natural resource management in Sub Saharan Africa, Nat. Resources Research and Extension Series No. 34. 1-10. 1989
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conference paper
- Efeitos de Políticas Macro-Monetárias Sôbre Preços Agrícolas (Effects of Macro-Monetary Policies on Agricultural Prices). Anais do XXX Congresso Brasileiro de Economia e Sociologia Rural. 88-105. 2007
- Agricultura na Amazônia: Crescimento com Abundancia de Recursos Naturais em uma Região Periférica (Agriculture in the Amazon Growth with Abundance of Natural Resources in a Peripheral Region). Anais do XVIII Encontro Nacional de Economia. 971-985. 1990
- Macro-Linkages and Agriculture: the United States Experience: Discussion. Agriculture and Governments in an Interdependent World. 539-541. 1988
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- “Cashew Production in Guinea Bissau” (Steven Kyle) Working Paper No. 2009-25, August 2009. 2009
- “The Macroeconomic Context for Trade in Guinea Bissau” (Steven Kyle) Working Paper No. 2009-26, August 2009. 2009
- “Transport, Communications, and Electricity Priorities in Guinea Bissau” (Steven Kyle) Working Paper No. 2009-27, August 2009. “The Macroeconomic Context for Trade in Guinea Bissau” (Steven Kyle) Working Paper No. 2009-26, August 2009. “Cashew Production in Guinea Bissau” (Steven Kyle) Working Paper No. 2009-25, August 2009. 2009
- Biodiversity and Agriculture: Policy, Institutional and Economic Issues 1995
- Feedgrains and Meat Production in Venezuela. 65. 1993
- A Social Accounting Matrix for Cameroon. 54. 1990
- Financing Environmental Expenditures in Africa. 36. 1989
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review
- Review of Reforming Agricultural Markets in Africa by Mylene Kheralla, Christopher Delgado, Eleni Gabre-Mahdin, Nicholas Minot, and Michael Johnson. 120. 2004
- Review of Pathways to Economic Development by Richard Grabowski 2002
- Review of The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America, M. Painter & W. Durham, eds.. 831-832. 1996
- Review of Latin American Land Reforms in Theory and Practice by Peter Dorner. 678-683. 1994
- Review of Dam the Rivers Damn the People by Barbara Cummings. 585-586. 1993
- Fair Trade - Is It Really Better for Workers? - A Case Study of Kaisa Grass Baskets in Bangladesh 2006
- Macroeconomic Impact of Mineral Revenues on General Market Equilibrium and Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa 2006
- Oil Revenue, Non-Oil Trade, and Poverty Alleviation in Angola 2006
- A Strategy for Agricultural Development in Angola 2005
- Oil Revenue, the Real Exchange Rate and Sectoral Distortion in Angola 2005
- Oil and Politics in Angola 2005
- The Politics of Oil and the Aftermath of Civil War in Angola 2005
- Resettlement and Development - Moving from Rehabilitation to Growth in Mozambique and Angola 2004
- The Transition from Stabilization to Growth: How and Why to Move Beyond Exchange Based Stabilization in Angola 2004
- A Brief Overview of Mozambique's Rural Development and the Role of US Assistance 2003
- Political and Economic Prospects for Mozambique and Angola 2003
- Transmission of Shocks Through International Lending of Commercial Banks to LDC’s 2003
- We’re Rich!! Or Are We? Oil and Development in Sao Tome Principe 2003
- Would U.S. Economic Policy Pass Muster with the IMF and the World Bank? ( 2003
- Dutch Disease in Sao Tome Principe: Policy Options for the Coming Oil Boom 2002
- Portugal and the Curse of Riches: Macro Distortions and Underdevelopment in Colonial Times 2002
- The Political Economy of Long Run Growth in Angola - Everyone Wants Oil and Diamonds but They Can Make Life Difficult 2002
- The Shadow Economy in Post-Soviet Tajikistan 2002
- Determinants of Girls’ School Enrollment in Ghana 2001
- Measuring the Shadow Economy in Bulgaria 2001
- A Multimarket Analysis of Cashew Production in Mozambique 2000
- A Vector Autoregression Analysis of Bulgarian Inflation 2000
- Analyzing Future Growth in Angola: A Simple Macroeconomic Framework 2000
- Forecasting Industrial Sales in Bulgaria: A Leading Indicator Approach 2000
- Agriculture in Sao Tome Principe: Policy and Investment Options 1999
- Agricultural Land Use in Northwestern Uzbekistan: A Linear Programming Model for Mapping Producer Incentives 1998
- Angola: Current Situation and Future Prospects for the Macroeconomy 1998
- A Comparative Analysis of the Economic Development of Angola and Mozambique 1997
- Agriculture in the Republic of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm Oblast of Uzbekistan 1997
- Crop Budgets for the Western Region of Uzbekistan 1997
- Effective Incentives and Chickpea Competitiveness in India 1997
- Climate Change Effects in a Macroeconomic Context for Low Income Countries 1996
- The G-3 Free Trade Agreement: A Preliminary Empirical Assessment 1996
- The G-3 Free Trade Agreement: Member Countries’ Agricultural Policies and its Agricultural Provisions 1996
- Asymmetry In Wholesale - Retail Food Price Transmission In An African Metropolitan Area: The Case Of Kinshasa (Zaire) 1995
- Price Transmission and Price Integration in Food Retail Markets: The Case of Kinshasa (Zaire) 1995
- The Effect of Distance and Road Quality on Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Traders' Wages: Evidence from Zaire 1995
- The Impact of International Prices and Exchange Rates on Domestic Food Prices in Zaire 1995
- Development of Angola's Agricultural Sector 1994
- Overshooting Agricultural Prices: Evidence from Brazil 1993
- Sustainable Development and Economic Growth in the Amazon Rainforest 1992
- The Effects of Carbon Taxes on Economic Growth and Structure: Will Developing Countries Join a Global Agreement? 1992
- What Role for Leucaena Leucocephala in Meeting Kenya's Fuelwood Demand?: A Bioeconomic Model 1991
- Debt for Nature Swaps and the Environment in Africa 1990
- Farm Production Risk and Reliance on Off-Farm Income 1990
- Mozambique in the 1980's: Economic Reform and Armed Conflict 1990
- National Factor Markets and the Macroeconomic Context for Environmental Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon 1990
- Pitfalls in the Measurement of Real Exchange Rate Effects on Agriculture 1990
- Natural Resources, Structural Adjustment, and Sustainable Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critique of Policy Recommendations 1989
- Structural Adjustment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources in Africa 1989
- Essays on the Market Value of Developing Country Debt 1985
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Teaching
teaching overview
- Macroeconomics, Development
teaching activities
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Spring 2013
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- IARD-5970: Independent Study in IARD (for M.P.S. Students) - Spring 2013
- IARD-5980: International Development M.P.S. Project Paper - Spring 2013
- IARD-5990: International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Paper - Spring 2013
- IARD-6970: International Development M.P.S. Seminar - Spring 2013
- IARD-6990: International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Seminar - Spring 2013
- AEM-4970: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2012
- AEM-4990: Undergraduate Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2012
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- ECON-1120: Introductory Macroeconomics - Fall 2012
- IARD-4960: International Internship in International Agriculture - Fall 2012
- IARD-5980: International Development M.P.S. Project Paper - Fall 2012
- IARD-5990: International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Paper - Fall 2012
- IARD-6970: International Development M.P.S. Seminar - Fall 2012
- IARD-6990: International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Seminar - Fall 2012
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Spring 2012
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- ECON-1120: Introductory Macroeconomics - Spring 2012
- IARD-5970: Independent Study in IARD (for M.P.S. Students) - Spring 2012
- IARD-5980: International Development M.P.S. Project Paper - Spring 2012
- IARD-5990: International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Paper - Spring 2012
- IARD-6970: International Development M.P.S. Seminar - Spring 2012
- IARD-6990: International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Seminar - Spring 2012
- AEM-4970: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2011
- AEM-4990: Undergraduate Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2011
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- ECON-1120: Introductory Macroeconomics - Fall 2011
- IARD-4960: International Internship - Fall 2011
- IARD-6970: International Development M.P.S. Seminar - Fall 2011
- IARD-6990: MPS International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Seminar - Fall 2011
Service
outreach overview
- Macroeconomics and outlook for US economy
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University 1985
- M.A. in Economics, Harvard University 1983
- B.A. in Economics, Swarthmore College 1977
awards and honors
Other
college
- CALS
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- Professor