My research focuses on pricing and labour relations in the broader context of agricultural economics. My work often speaks to other subfields of economics such as development; food and nutrition policy; retail pricing; natural resource management, and trade.
Current appointment
Assistant Professor of Food Industry Economics and Management.
- University of Guelph. Department of Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics.
Research interests
- Retail Pricing
- Industrial Organization
- Contract Theory
- Labor Economics
Currently working on
- Matching and Local Labor Market Size in Mexico. Working Paper
- Resubmitted after revisions (July 2025). - Regional Science and Urban Economics.
- The relationship between informal agreements and sustainable practices in farmland rentals.
- Under revision (June 2025). - Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.
- How do multi-product sellers approximate complex pricing mechanisms.
- The impacts of trade tariffs, disease, and inter-provincial barriers on Ontario’s beef industry.
- The impacts of trade tariffs on Ontario’s pork industry.
Education
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics. Purdue University, IN, USA.
Contact information
jnuno [at] uoguelph [dot] ca
50 Stone Road East.
J.D. MacLachlan Building
Office 307
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1