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Michael E. Wetzstein

Energy · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1978

Publications

226

Citations

3,633

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

48

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
AI-generated

This bibliographic record appears to combine work from at least two distinct research areas: agricultural and environmental economics (covering topics like biodiesel investment, food waste, food recalls, energy policy, and microfinance) and astrophysics (contributions to the Euclid space telescope survey preparation). The economics work generally examines how policy, financial incentives, and information affect consumer and firm decisions related to energy, food, and agricultural markets. Because the name-matched publication list mixes these unrelated fields, it likely reflects a naming collision between different researchers rather than a single coherent research program.

Agricultural and food economicsEnergy policy and biofuelsBehavioral and experimental economicsEnvironmental valuation and incentivesAstrophysical survey calibration (likely a distinct co-author record)

Publication output has generally declined over the last decade, dropping from around 6-7 papers per year in 2017-2018 to about 1-2 per year in recent years (2023-2025).

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 7 publications7172018: 6 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)×8
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics×3
  • American Journal of Agricultural Economics×2
  • Applied Economics Letters×2
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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