TY - SER AU - Holt, Matthew T. AU - Homans, Frances R. AU - Lusk, Jayson AU - Nayga Jr, Rodolfo M. TI - Attracting and securing budgets for agricultural and applied economics departments SN - 2040-5804 PB - Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy KW - Advocacy KW - Relevance KW - Stakeholders KW - Strategic Alignment KW - Incentive-based Budgeting N2 - The aim of this paper is to discuss the challenges in attracting and securing adequate budgets for departments of agricultural and applied economics, while recognizing that the institutional and political contexts matter. Agricultural and applied economics departments that operate with an entrepreneurial mindset, that maintain and grow their student numbers, and that have a vibrant demand for their extension and research activities will thrive. The good news is we often have considerable control over the factors that contribute to our longer-term success UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aepp.13443 ER -