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Working Papers

2025

1. Analysis of the U.S. Sugar Safety Net and A Potential Sugar Beet Revenue Protection Program
   Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University
   Also in ARPC Report, North Dakota State University (2025)
2. Assessing the Potential Costs to Agricultural Exporters of Section 301 Annex 1 and 2 Fees
   Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University

2024

3. Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimates Across Countries, Products, and Global Trade Routes
   2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
4. Estimation of Global Crop Area Elasticities: A Bayesian Approach
   2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2023

5. Current GHG Emission Estimates Across Countries, Products and Trade Routes
   2023: The Future of (Ag-) Trade and Trade Governance in Times of Economic Sanctions and Declining Multilateralism, December 10-12, Clearwater Beach, FL, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
   Also in 2023: The Future of (Ag-) Trade and Trade Governance in Times of Economic Sanctions and Declining Multilateralism, December 10-12, Clearwater Beach, FL, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (2023)
6. Direct and Indirect Impact of Growing Season Weather Shocks on Global Agricultural Trade
   2023: The Future of (Ag-) Trade and Trade Governance in Times of Economic Sanctions and Declining Multilateralism, December 10-12, Clearwater Beach, FL, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
7. Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: How Do Partial Equilibrium Bilateral Trade Projections Compare to Realized Market Outcomes?
   2023: The Future of (Ag-) Trade and Trade Governance in Times of Economic Sanctions and Declining Multilateralism, December 10-12, Clearwater Beach, FL, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2022

8. China's Import Potential for Beef, Corn, Pork, and Wheat
   USDA Miscellaneous, United States Department of Agriculture
   Also in Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (2022)
   See also Journal Article China's Import Potential for Beef, Corn, Pork, and Wheat, Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (2022) (2022)
9. Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Initial Impacts of the War on Agricultural Trade
   2022: Transforming Global Value Chains, December 11-13, Clearwater Beach, FL, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
10. The Economic Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture
    USDA Miscellaneous, United States Department of Agriculture View citations (9)
    Also in Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (2022) View citations (8)

2021

11. Agricultural Supply Response under Extreme Market Events and Policy Shocks
    2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
12. Endogenous Adoption of International Agri-food Practices and Standards
    Conference papers, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project
13. Has Global Agricultural Trade Been Resilient Under COVID-19? Lessons from an Econometric Assessment
    2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (2)
14. Has Global Agricultural Trade Been Resilient Under Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Findings from an Econometric Assessment
    Working Papers, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium View citations (5)
15. Has Global Agricultural Trade Been Resilient Under Covid-19? Findings from an Econometric Assessment of 2020
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Chapter Has Global Agricultural Trade Been Resilient under COVID-19? Findings from an Econometric Assessment of 2020, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
16. How Thick is the U.S.-China Border Effect? Counterfactual Estimates of U.S.-China Trade Using Structural Gravity
    2021: Trade and Environmental Policies: Synergies and Rivalries, December 12-14, San Diego, CA, Hybrid, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
    Also in 2021: Trade and Environmental Policies: Synergies and Rivalries, December 12-14, San Diego, CA, Hybrid, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (2021)
17. New Estimates of Agricultural Trade Elasticities: Evidence from the 2018/19 Trade Dispute (and 2020 Tariff Removal)
    2021: Trade and Environmental Policies: Synergies and Rivalries, December 12-14, San Diego, CA, Hybrid, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2020

18. What has Been the Impact of COVID19 on Agricultural Trade? An Initial Empirical Assessment
    2020: Economic Implications of COVID-19, December 14-15, Virtual Platform, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2019

19. Discussion of “Measuring Trade Elasticities” by Michael Waugh
    2019: Recent Advances in Applied General Equilibrium Modeling: Relevance and Application to Agricultural Trade Analysis, December 8-10, 2019, Washington, DC, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
20. Impacts of the 2018-2019 Trade Dispute on U.S. and Global Agricultural Commodity Trade
    2019: Recent Advances in Applied General Equilibrium Modeling: Relevance and Application to Agricultural Trade Analysis, December 8-10, 2019, Washington, DC, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2017

21. Firms and Agricultural Trade Policy: New Evidence from China
    2017: Globalization Adrift, December 3-5, 2017, Washington, D.C., International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
22. Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures: Assessment, Measurement, and Impact
    Commissioned Papers, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium View citations (12)

2016

23. Revealed Concerns: A New Look at the Impact of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures on Agri-Food Trade
    2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)

2015

24. Agriculture in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Tariffs, Tariff-Rate Quotas, and Non-Tariff Measures
    Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (9)
25. Asia-Pacific Integration with China vs. the United States: Examining trade patterns under heterogeneous agricultural sectors
    2015 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 3-5, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (10)
26. Estimating the Effects of Selected Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade on U.S.-EU Agricultural Trade
    Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (17)
27. Non-Tariff Measures and Agri-Food Trade: Assessment, Measurement, Impact
    2015: Trade and Societal Well-Being, December 13-15, 2015, Clearwater Beach, Florida, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
28. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and Agriculture: A Quantitative Analysis
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (7)

2014

29. Agriculture in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
    Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (19)
30. Japan’s Agri-Food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (4)
31. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Effects on U.S., EU, and World Agriculture
    Conference papers, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project
32. Vietnam's Agri-food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (4)

2013

33. FDI and investment barriers in developing economies
    IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO) View citations (2)
34. Regional Investment Liberalization and FDI
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
35. Tariff Liberalization and Agriculture in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Region
    2013: Employment, Immigration and Trade, December 15-17, 2013, Clearwater Beach, Florida, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2012

36. Heterogeneous Multinational Firms and Productivity Gains from Falling FDI Barriers
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
    Also in IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO) (2012)
    See also Journal Article Heterogeneous multinational firms and productivity gains from falling FDI barriers, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer (2014) View citations (5) (2014)
37. How Big? The Impact of Approved Destination Status on Mainland Chinese Travel Abroad
    Working Papers, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (2)
38. How China's Approved Destination Status Policy Spurs and Hinders Chinese Travel Abroad
    Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa (2012) View citations (1)

2011

39. Simulating Heterogeneous Multinational Firms
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (3)
    Also in IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO) (2011) View citations (3)

2009

40. The Impact of Approved Destination Status on Chinese Travel Abroad: An Economic Analysis
    Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics View citations (10)

Journal Articles

2025

1. How California’s New Locomotive Regulation Could Impact Midwest Agriculture
   farmdoc daily, 2025, 14, (121)

2024

2. Consolidation and Concentration in U.S. Meat Processing: Updated Measures Using Plant-Level Data
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2024, 64, (1), 35-56
3. Factors affecting recent food price inflation in the United States
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2024, 46, (2), 648-676 View citations (3)
4. Perspectives on high U.S. retail food prices during 2020–2022
   Food Policy, 2024, 129, (C)
5. Secondary Impacts from Rising Used Cooking Oil Demand on Crop-Oil Prices
   farmdoc daily, 2024, 14, (230) View citations (1)

2023

6. Econometric assessment of the effects of COVID-19 outbreaks on U.S. meat production and plant utilization with plant-level data
   Food Policy, 2023, 119, (C)
7. Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: The War’s Initial Impacts on Agricultural Trade
   Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2023, 38, (2) View citations (2)
8. Stocking up and stocking out: Food retail stock‐outs, consumer demand, and prices during the COVID‐19 pandemic in 2020
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2023, 45, (3), 1618-1633 View citations (1)
9. Theme Overview: Turmoil in Global Food, Agricultural, and Input Markets: Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
   Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2023, 38, (2)
   Also in Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2023, 38, (2) (2023)

2022

10. Adopt or not adopt? Mirror clauses and the European Green Deal
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022, 44, (4), 2014-2033 View citations (1)
11. China's Import Potential for Beef, Corn, Pork, and Wheat
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2022, 2020, (Economic Research Report Number (ERR-310))
    See also Working Paper China's Import Potential for Beef, Corn, Pork, and Wheat, USDA Miscellaneous (2022) (2022)
12. Evaluating change in property tax regime on noncommercial food production using a modified positive mathematical programming model
    SN Business & Economics, 2022, 2, (9), 1-20
13. Has global agricultural trade been resilient under coronavirus (COVID-19)? Findings from an econometric assessment of 2020
    Food Policy, 2022, 107, (C) View citations (33)

2021

14. Agricultural exports and retaliatory trade actions: An empirical assessment of the 2018/2019 trade conflict
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (2), 619-640 View citations (8)
15. Has COVID-19 Caused a Great Trade Collapse? An Initial Ex Post Assessment
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2021, 36, (3) View citations (7)
16. Hidden obstacles to trade: The case of the EU’s Ban on beef hormones
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2021, 43, (6), 1332-1343 View citations (2)

2019

17. Examining USDA 2019 Acreage and Yield Estimates
    farmdoc daily, 2019, 09, (185)
18. Market Reaction to USDA’s August Corn Crop Reports
    farmdoc daily, 2019, 09, (186) View citations (2)
19. Tariff Retaliation Weakened the U.S. Soybean Basis
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2019, 34, (4) View citations (5)
20. The 2018–2019 Trade Conflict: A One-Year Assessment and Impacts on U.S. Agricultural Exports
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2019, 34, (4) View citations (5)

2017

21. Modeling the Interplay between Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Tariff-rate Quotas under Partial Trade Liberalization
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 99, (4), 1078-1095 View citations (25)
22. Reducing transatlantic barriers on U.S.-EU agri-food trade: What are the possible gains?
    Food Policy, 2017, 68, (C), 233-247 View citations (26)
23. When does it pay to cooperate? Strategic information exchange in the harvest of common-pool fishery resources
    Ecological Economics, 2017, 131, (C), 1-11 View citations (3)

2016

24. Does policy reform promote FDI in developing economies? a firm-level simulation approach
    Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2016, 19, (3), 281-304
25. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade: How Much Do They Impact U.S.-EU Agricultural Trade?
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2016, (07), 1 View citations (1)
26. The impact of regional investment liberalization on foreign direct investment: A firm-level simulation assessment
    Japan and the World Economy, 2016, 37-38, 17-26 View citations (1)

2015

27. Asia-Pacific Integration with China versus the United States: Examining Trade Patterns under Heterogeneous Agricultural Sectors
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 97, (5), 1324-1344 View citations (10)
28. Japan, Vietnam, and the Asian Model of Agricultural Development and Trade
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2015, (01), 1

2014

29. Can Local Farms Survive Globalization?
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2014, Prepublication Previews, 22 View citations (2)
    Also in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2014, 43, (2), 22 (2014) View citations (2)
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2014, 43, (2), 227-248 (2014) View citations (2)
30. Effect of Approved Destination Status on Mainland Chinese Travel Abroad
    Asian Economic Journal, 2014, 28, (3), 217-237 View citations (1)
31. Heterogeneous multinational firms and productivity gains from falling FDI barriers
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2014, 150, (1), 83-113 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Heterogeneous Multinational Firms and Productivity Gains from Falling FDI Barriers, Discussion papers (2012) View citations (1) (2012)

2013

32. Do emerging multinational enterprises possess South-South FDI advantages?
    International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2013, 8, (4), 329-353 View citations (1)

2011

33. Impact of Approved Destination Status on Chinese Travel Abroad: An Econometric Analysis
    Tourism Economics, 2011, 17, (5), 983-996 View citations (14)

Undated

34. Low Mississippi River Barge Disruptions: Effects on Grain Barge Movement, Basis, and Fertilizer Prices
    farmdoc daily, 12, (164)

Chapters

2021

1. Has Global Agricultural Trade Been Resilient under COVID-19? Findings from an Econometric Assessment of 2020
   A chapter in Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains, 2021 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Has Global Agricultural Trade Been Resilient Under Covid-19? Findings from an Econometric Assessment of 2020, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (5) (2021)