Dr. Paul Castañeda Dower

Biography

Paul Castañeda Dower is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests lie at the intersection of political economy, economic history, and development economics. He focuses on how changes in land rights and agrarian reforms affect agricultural production as well as issues related to conflict, democratization, and migration. He has published extensively on development economics and has been involved in various research projects addressing the economic dynamics specific to developing areas. Dower holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University, and he has been an active participant in academic discourse through various affiliations including the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin, as well as the Wisconsin Russia Project. He regularly teaches courses such as Economic Problems in Developing Areas and Applied Microeconomic Theory.

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