Miguel Gomez

Miguel I. Gómez has a MS and a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Illinois. He is the Robert G. Tobin Food Marketing Professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. He is the Faculty Director of the Food Industry Management Program, which is globally recognized as the premier food industry education and research program.

Professor Gómez concentrates his research program on two interrelated areas under the umbrella of food marketing and distribution. The first is Food Value Chains Competitiveness and Sustainability. His work in this area involves multi-disciplinary collaborations for the development models to assess supply chain performance in multiple dimensions - economic, social and environmental. The second is Food Markets. Here, he combines theory and outreach methods to analyze food markets from farm to table, emphasizing key concepts such as demand response, consumer behavior, buyer-seller negotiations, market power, and retail performance. In addition, his research extends to economic development and environmental economics, examining incentives and barriers of smallholder farmer participation in food value chains and sustainability of food systems, with emphasis in Latin America. In addition, his applied research efforts aim at enhancing market opportunities fruit and vegetable products, benefiting producers, food processors/distributors and consumers worldwide.

His work has been published in top journals including Science, Management Science, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, World Development and Food Policy, among others. His research program has been externally funded with over 100 research grants, including the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He has won several prestigious teaching and research awards, including the Rising Star Faculty Award of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. He has consulted for multilateral development institutions such as the U.N Food and Agriculture Organization and the Inter American Development Bank.

Selected Publications

• Yonezawa, Koichi; Gómez, Miguel; Richards, Timothy. "The Robinson-Patman Act and Vertical Relationships"American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 102.1 (2020): 329-352
• Fan, Xiaoli; Gómez, Miguel; Atallah, Shady; Conrad, Jon. "A Bayesian State-Space Approach for Invasive Species Management: The Case of Spotted Wing Drosophila"American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 102.4 (2020): 1227-1244
• Hernandez-Aguilera, J. Nicolas; Conrad, Jon; Gómez, Miguel; Rodewald, Amanda. "The Economics and Ecology of Shade-grown Coffee: A Model to Incentivize Shade and Bird Conservation"Ecological Economics. 159 (2019): 110-121
• Atallah, Shady; Gómez, Miguel; Jaramillo, Juliana. "A Bioeconomic Model of Ecosystem Services Provision: Coffee Berry Borer and Shade-Grown Coffee in Colombia"Ecological Economics. 144 (2018): 129-138
• Lee, Deishin; Sönmez, Erkut; Gómez, Miguel; Fan, Xiaoli. "Combining Two Wrongs to Make Two Rights: Mitigating Food Insecurity and Food Waste through Gleaning Operations"Food Policy. 68 (2017): 40-52
• Richards, Timothy; Hamilton, Stephen; Gómez, Miguel; Rabinovich, Elliot. "Retail Intermediation and Local Foods"American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 99.3 (2017): 637–659
• Gómez, Miguel; Rickets, Katie. "Food Value Chain Transformations in Developing Countries: Selected Hypotheses on Nutritional Implications"Food Policy. 42 (2013): 139-150
• Gómez, Miguel; Barrett, Christopher; Raney, Terri; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per; Meerman, Janice; et al. "Post-Green Revolution Food Systems and the Triple Burden of Malnutrition"Food Policy. 42 (2013): 129-138
• Yuan, Hong; Gómez, Miguel; Rao, Vithala. "Trade Promotion Decisions Under Demand Uncertainty: A Market Experiment Approach"Management Science, Ed. Gérard Cachon. 59.7 (2013): 1709-1724
• Gómez, Miguel; Barrett, Christopher; Buck, Louise; De Groote, H; Ferris, S; et al. "Research Principles for Developing Country Food Value Chains"Science. 332.6034 (2011): 1154-1155

Awards and Honors

• Faculty – Outstanding Achievement in Engagement (2020) Dyson School
• Teaching Excellence in Graduate Program (2019) Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
• Research Excellence (2018) Dyson School
• Fellow (2010) David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University
• Rising Star Faculty Award 2014 (2014) College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Academic Degrees

• PhD University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1999
• MS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1995
• BEng Universidad de Los Andes, 1990