Michael Vassalos

Associate Professor of Agribusiness
Director of Graduate Studies for the Dept. of Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Sciences Department

Office: 233 McAdams Hall
Phone: 864-656-2439

Email: mvassal@clemson.edu

Educational Background

PhD Agricultural Economics
University of Kentucky 2013

M.Sc. Agricultural Economics
University of Kentucky 2008

B.Sc. Agricultural Economics
Agricultural University of Athens 2005

Courses Taught

Agriculture and Society (AGRB 2050) - Taught every Fall semester since 2013

Economics of Farm Management (AGRB 3020) - Taught every Fall semester since 2013

Agribusiness Management (AGRB 3190) - Taught every Spring semester since 2014

Agricultural Policy (AGRB 4520/AGRB6520) - Taught every Spring semester since 2014

Research Methods (AGSC 8890) - Co-instructor with Dr. Karthikeyan since Spring 2022

Internship (AGRB 4190) - Taught every Fall semester since 2013

Production Economics (AGRB 4020) - Taught Spring 2016 to Spring 2019

Research Interests

My research interests lie primarily in the areas of farm/agribusiness management and production economics. Specifically, I am particularly interest in applied oriented economic research focusing on several aspects of farm decision making and the influence of risk on growers' choices.

Publications

Behler, S., F. Silva, M. Vassalos, and J. Ureta. 2024. Consumer Willingness to pay for Visually Imperfect Organic Kale” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 56(1): 21-45

Rossi, J., M. Vassalos, C. Schmidt, R. Lamie and A. Wade.2023. "Consumer Perceptions of Craft Breweries in the American South" Journal of Food Distribution Research 54(3): 102-116.

Jeffers, A.H., B. Bridget, M. Vassalos, W. Bridges, and S. White. 2023. "Consumer Purchase Likelihood of Landscape Management Pest Scouting Program" HortTechnology 33(6): 493-498.

Richards, S., and M. Vassalos. 2023. "Marketing Opportunities and Challenges for Locally Raised Meats: An Online Consumer Survey in South Carolina" Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 12(2): 159-184

Ureta, J.C, M. Motallebi, M. Vassalos, S. Seagle, and R. Baldwin. 2022. Estimating Residents' WTP for ecosystem services improvement in a payments for ecosystem services (PES) program: A Choice Experiment approach. Ecological Economics https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107561.

Richards, S., M. Vassalos and M. Motallebi. 2022. Factors Affecting Consumer Purchasing Decisions and Willingness to Pay for Oysters in South Carolina. Journal of Food Distribution Research: 53(2): 1-25

Ureta, J., M. Motallebi, M. Vassalos. M. Alhassan, and JC Ureta. 2021. "Valuing Stakeholder Preferences for Environmental Benefits of Stormwater Ponds: Evidence from Choice Experiment" Journal of Environmental Management https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112828