Siddhartha S. Bora

Siddhartha S. Bora is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Resource Economics and Management within the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design at West Virginia University. His academic focus centers on agricultural economics with specialized expertise in commodity price analysis and forecasting methodologies.

He teaches courses in futures markets and commodity price dynamics at WVU. Bora earned his Ph.D. in 2022 from the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University, establishing his foundational expertise in agricultural policy analysis and quantitative methods.

Research Focus: Bora's research integrates traditional econometric approaches with emerging computational techniques. Primary domains include:

• Commodity market volatility and price transmission mechanisms
• Forecast evaluation frameworks for agricultural outputs
• Machine learning applications in agricultural decision systems
• USDA projection methodologies and their economic impacts

Publication Trends: His scholarly work consistently examines USDA forecasting systems through econometric and machine learning lenses. Recent publications demonstrate a focus on forecast accuracy evaluation, rationality testing under asymmetric loss conditions, and enhancement of income projection models using baseline data.

Achievements:

• 2021 Outstanding Research Award from AAEA's Agricultural Finance and Management section for foundational work on USDA forecast rationality