Edward J. Balistreri

Department Chair, Duane Acklie Chair, and Professor Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Address: HLH 525
Lincoln, NE 68588-0489
Phone: 402-472-2319 On-campus 2-2319
Email: edward.balistreri@unl.edu
Website: Google Scholar
Website: SSRN
Website: balistreri.createunl.com
Website: Economics Department

Biography

Professor Edward J. Balistreri became the Duane Acklie College of Business Yeutter Institute Chair at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in August 2020. The Acklie Chair resides in the Department of Economics and serves as a core faculty member of the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance. Professor Balistreri has contributed to climate and trade-policy debates as an academic, a research economist at the United States International Trade Commission, and as a consultant. This experience gives him a unique and informed perspective as both an educator and researcher. He has considerable expertise working with legal teams in the analysis of trade agreements and trade disputes, including a decomposition of policy impacts for US states, and with a focus on agricultural and energy products. Prior to joining the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Balistreri held academic positions at Iowa State University and the Colorado School of Mines. Balistreri earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in economics from the University of Colorado-Boulder and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Arizona State University.

Education

Ph.D., University of Colorado--Boulder (1995)
B.A., Arizona State University (1989)

Areas of Expertise

International Economics
Public Economics

Vita

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Journal Articles

Balistreri, Edward J., Suraiya Binte Ali, and Christine McDaniel (2026) `Tariff: the most beautiful word in the dictionary?' Review of International Economics, forthcoming (working-paper link).

Balistreri, Edward J. (2025) `The Trump Administration's Reciprocal Duties,' World Trade Review, 24(4), 438-45 DOI: 10.1017/S1474745625101043.

Balistreri, Edward J. and Zoryana Olekseyuk (2025) `Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement: Potential Gains,' The World Economy (open access) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/twec.13705.

Balistreri, Edward J., Christoph Böhringer, and Thomas F. Rutherford (2025) `Quantifying Disruptive Trade Policies,' Journal of Global Economic Analysis, 10(1), 1-49 https://jgea.org/ojs/index.php/jgea/article/view/280.

Balistreri, Edward J. and Maxwell Brown (2023) `Calibrating Constant Elasticity of Substitution Technologies to Bottom-up Cost Estimates,' Journal of Global Economic Analysis, 8(1), 55-76 (open access) https://jgea.org/ojs/index.php/jgea/article/view/178.

Balistreri, Edward J., Felix Baquedano, John C. Beghin (2022) `The impact of COVID-19 and associated policy responses on global food security,' Agricultural Economics, 53, 855-869 DOI: 10.1111/agec.12749.

Balistreri, Edward J. and David G. Tarr (2022) `Mathematics of Generalized Versions of the Melitz, Krugman, and Armington Models with Detailed Derivations,' Journal of Global Economic Analysis, 7(2), 66-139 (open access) https://jgea.org/ojs/index.php/jgea/article/view/156. Link to associated project files and GAMS code.

He, Xi, Edward J. Balistreri, Gyu Hyun Kim and Wendong Zhang (2022) `A General Equilibrium Assessment of COVID-19’s Labor Productivity Impacts on China's Regional Economies,' Journal of Productivity Analysis, 58, 129-150 DOI: 10.1007/s11123-022-00642-3.

Balistreri, Edward J. and David G. Tarr (2022) `Welfare gains in the Armington, Krugman and Melitz models: Comparisons grounded on gravity,' Economic Inquiry, 60(4), 1681-1703 DOI: 10.1111/ecin.13082. Link to associated project files and GAMS code.

Shin, Sangho and Edward J. Balistreri (2022) `The other trade war: Quantifying the Korea-Japan trade dispute,' Journal of Asian Economics, 79, 101442 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2022.101442.

Courses

ECON 312A Intermediate Microeconomics--Quantitative
ECON 421 International Trade
ECON 912A Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
ECON 921 Seminar in International Trade and Finance