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Lee J. Alston
Professor
	Office: Econ 202 Contact Information: Telephone: 303.492.4257 Fax: 303.492.8960 Dept. Phone: 303.492.6394 Email: lee.alston@colorado.edu Webpage: http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/EB/alston/ Office hours

Fields: Economic History · Economic Development · Political Economy · Environmental Economics · New Institutional Economics Current Research Interests: Research interests focus on the political economy of Latin America and the U.S., and issues of agricultural contracting in the U.S. and Latin America. Affiliations: Director, Institute of Behavioral Science, Environment & Society Research Associate at the NBER International Society for the New Institutional Economics Economic History Association The Cliometrics Association Center on Peace and Liberty, The Independent Institute

Short CV
Education: Ph.D. - University of Washington M.A. - University of Washington B.A. - Indiana University, with distinction

Ph.D., University of Washington, 1978, is a professor whose current research interests focus on agricultural tenancy in the historical U.S. and present day Latin America. Alston is also engaged in analyzing the political institutions and resulting policy outcomes in Brazil.

update: 5/2/2008

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