Rate My Professor Trent Smith

Smith's research specializes in behavioural economics, health economics, and industrial organisation, applying economic methods from a biological perspective to phenomena such as dietary choice, obesity, addiction, economic insecurity, and mass marketing. He teaches courses including ECON 206: The World Economy, ECON 318: Behavioural Economics, ECON 410: Advanced Microeconomic Theory, and PHPE 201: Political Economy I: Method, Philosophy, Applications. Notable publications encompass '“Rational Overeating” in a Feast-or-Famine World: Economic Insecurity and the Obesity Epidemic' with Stillman and Craig in the Southern Economic Journal (2024); 'Endocrine State is the Physical Manifestation of Subjective Beliefs' in the Journal of Economic Psychology (2023); 'Economic insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insight from the Great Recession' with Clyne in New Zealand Economic Papers (2022); 'Smart food policies for obesity prevention' with Hawkes et al. in The Lancet (2015); 'The Economics of Information, Deep Capture, and the Obesity Debate' with Tasnádi in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2014); 'Economic Stressors and the Demand for “Fattening” Foods' in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2012); and 'A Theory of Natural Addiction' with Tasnádi in Games and Economic Behavior (2007). His contributions extend to book chapters on behavioural economics topics and analyses of neuroeconomics.