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Working Papers

2024

1. Food Away from Home Expenditures in the United States as a Complex Economic System
   2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
2. U.S. Demand for Peanut Butter Alternatives: The Case of Almond Butter, Hazelnut Butter, Walnut Butter and Mixed Nut Butter
   2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
3. Value of the Agricultural Aerial Application Industry in the United States Delineated by Crops Grown and by State: A Counterfactual Study
   2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2019

4. Demand Interrelationships and Socio-economic Factors Associated with the Purchase of Various Dairy Products in the United States
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
5. Empirical Assessment of Endogeneity and Instrumental Variables in a Complex Economic System using Graph Theoretic Approach: An Application to the U.S. Food Environment
   2019 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2019, Birmingham, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
6. U.S. Demand for Plant-Based Dairy Alternative Beverages: A Hedonic Metric Approach
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2018

7. A Complex Model of Consumer Food Acquisitions: Applying Machine Learning and Directed Acyclic Graphs to the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS)
   2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
8. Complex Interactions and Strategic Pricing of Brand-Level Nut Products in the United States: A Graph Theoretic Approach
   2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
9. Consumer Demand and Variety Seeking with regards to U.S. Vegetable Juice Market: An Application of Entropy Index Augmented Semiparametric Censored Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System
   2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
10. Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting the Propensity to Consume Specialty Eggs in the United States
    2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
11. Food Insecurity, Poverty, Unemployment and Obesity in the United States: Effect of (Not) Considering Back-Door Paths in Policy Modeling
    2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
12. Market Power in the Dairy Alternative Beverage Industry in the United States
    2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2017

13. Consumer Demand for Nut Products in the United States: Application of Semi-parametric Estimation of Censored Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (C-QUAIDS) with Household-Level Micro Data
    2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)
14. Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting the Demand for Fluid Milk Alternative Beverages in the United States
    2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
15. Economics of Agricultural Aviation Industry in the United States: Optimum Applicator Pricing, Effects of Regulation and Efficacy of Technologies
    2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
16. Pre-Determined Demand and Theoretical Regularity Conditions: Their Importance for Consumer Food Demand Using AIDS and Policy Analysis Implications
    2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)
17. The Taste for Variety: Demand Analysis for Nut Products in the United States
    2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (2)
    Also in Reports, Texas A&M University, Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center (2017) View citations (2)
18. U.S. Demand for Dairy Alternative Beverages: Attribute Space Distance and Hedonic Matric Approaches
    2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2016

19. Application of Demand Analysis Framework to Understand the Price and Volume Movements of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
20. Ascertaining the Role of Socio-Economic-Demographic and Government Food Policy Related Factors on the Per Capita Intake of Dietary Fiber Derived from Consumption of Various Foods in the United States
    2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
21. DYNAMICS OF MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS ON FOOD ASSISTACE PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
    Also in 2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association (2014) View citations (1)
22. Decomposition of Discrete Choice Model Generated Probabilities and their Robustness to Changing Substantive Knowledge (Conditioning Variables)
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
23. Demand for Ethanol in the Face of Blend Wall: Is it a Complement or a Substitute for Conventional Transportation Fuel in the United States?
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
24. Dynamics of the Economic Impact Associated with the 2015 Avian Flu Virus in the United States
    2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
25. ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE CONSUMER DEMAND FOR SUPERFRUIT BEVERAGES IN THE UNITED STATES
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
26. EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING ON SMALL-SCALE HORSE FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
27. Factors Affecting the Intake of Dietary Fiber in the United States Diet
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
28. Impact of Increasing Demand for Dairy Alternative Beverages on Dairy Farmer Welfare in the United States
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (4)
29. Investigating Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting Consumer Demand for Coconut-milk in the United States
    2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
30. On the Evaluation of Probability Forecasts: An Application to Qualitative Choice Models
    2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
31. Socioeconomic, Demographic and Geographic Factors Affecting Household Food Purchase and Acquisition Decisions in the United States as a Complex Economic System
    2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
32. U.S. Demand for Chocolate Milk as an Alternative Energy/Sports Drinks
    2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2015

33. Are Organic Beverages Substitutes for Non-Organic Counterparts? Household-Level Semi-parametric Censored Demand Systems Approach
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
34. Consumer Demand for Dairy Alternative Beverages in the United States and its Implications to U.S. Dairy Industry
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
35. Demand and Market Competitiveness of Almond Milk as a Dairy Alternative Beverage in the United States
    2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
36. Factors Affecting Food Purchase Decisions of U.S. Households with Children across Food Retail Channels over the Period 1998-2013
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
37. Greek-Style Yogurt as a Protein Alternative in Child Nutrition in the National School Lunch Program in the United States
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
38. Import Demand for Milk in China: Dynamics and Market Integration
    2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (2)
39. Market Competitiveness, Demographic Profiling of Demand and Tax Policies Associated with Sparkling and Non-Sparkling Bottled Water in the United States
    2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2014

40. Causes and Consequences of Macroeconomic Challenges Facing Low-Income Countries as a Complex Economic System
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
41. Consumer Demand for Greek-Style Yogurt and its Implications to the Dairy Industry in the United States
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
42. Demand for Organic /Non-Organic Non-alcoholic Beverages in the United States: Application of Semiparametric Estimation of Censored Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (C-QUAIDS) with Household-Level Micro Data
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
43. Demographic and Economic Factors Affecting Demand for Brand-Level Milk in Texas
    2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (2)
    Also in 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2014) View citations (2)
44. Dynamics of Advertising and Demand for Fluid Milk in the United States: An Incomplete Demand Approach
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
45. Dynamics of Advertising and Demand for Milk in the United States Delineated by Milk Fat Type
    2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
46. Dynamics of the Food Environment in the United States
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
47. Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects Associated with a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
    Reports, Texas A&M University, Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects Associated with a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
48. Price Discovery of World and China Vegetable Oil Markets and Causality with Non-Gaussian Innovations
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
49. U.S. Demand for Wellness and Functional Beverages and Implications on Nutritional Intake: An Application of EASI Demand System Capturing Diverse Preference Heterogeniety
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2013

50. Demand Interrelationships of Organic and Non-Organic Nonalcoholic Beverages in the United States: An Application of Semiparametric Estimation of Censored Demand System
    2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
51. Model Specification Uncertainty and Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates Approach
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
52. Modeling Seasonal Unit Roots as a Simple Empirical Method to Handle Autocorrelation in Demand Systems: Evidence from UK Expenditure Data
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
53. Price Dynamics and Forecasts of World and China Vegetable Oil Markets
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
54. Price Non-Stationary and Import Demand for Milk in China
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
55. The Impact of Beverage Taxes on Quantity and Quality of Consumption in France
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)

2012

56. Market Competitiveness and Demographic Profiles of Dairy Alternative Beverages in the United States: The Case of Soymilk
    2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
57. Modeling Advertising Expenditures and Spillover Effects Applied to the U.S. Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry: Vector Autoregression (VAR) and Polynomial Distributed Lag (PDL) Approaches
    2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
58. Spatial Price Competition in the Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry in the United States
    2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2011

59. Demographic and Economic Profiling of U.S. Demand for Probiotics: The Case of Drinkable Yogurt
    2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
60. Ethnic Lamb Buying and Preparation Behavior and Preferences
    Reports, Texas A&M University, Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center
61. Is Chocolate Milk the New-Age Energy\Sports Drink in the United States?
    2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (2)
62. Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
    2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (3)

2010

63. Advertising in the U.S. Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry: Are Spillover Effects Negative or Positive? Revisited using a Dynamic Approach
    2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)
64. Demographic and Economic Profiling of U.S. Demand for Non-Alcoholic Beverages 1998-2003: A Household Level Two-Step Analysis
    2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (1)
65. On Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Combat the Obesity Problem
    2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (4)

2009

66. Demand Interrelationships of At-Home Nonalcoholic Beverage Consumption in the United States
    2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (6)
67. Nutritional Contributions of Nonalcoholic Beverages to the U.S. Diet: 1998-2003
    2009 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (2)

Undated

68. Market Integration and Price Discovery of Regional Land Markets in Texas
    2020 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2020, Louisville, Kentucky, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Journal Articles

2024

1. Food Price Inflation in the United States as a Complex Dynamic Economic System
   Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2024, 22, (2), 113-132

2022

2. A household-level demand system analysis of nuts in the United States
   Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2022, 51, (2), 283-310 View citations (1)

2021

3. Demand Interrelationships of Peanuts and Tree Nuts in the United States
   Journal of Agribusiness, 2021, 39, (01)
4. Demand analysis of peanuts and tree nuts in the United States: a micro-perspective
   International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2021, 24, (3) View citations (2)

2019

5. Can Dietary Fiber Intake Be Increased through Nutritional Education and through Subsidies on Selected Food Products?
   Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2019, 48, (3), 448-472 View citations (3)
6. Enhancing the Teaching of Product Substitutes/Complements: A Pedagogical Note on Diversion Ratios
   Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR), 2019, 1, (01) View citations (3)
7. Factors Affecting the Propensity to Purchase Specialty Eggs in the United States
   Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2019, 50, (01)

2018

8. Consumer demand for and effects of tax on sparkling and non-sparkling bottled water in the United States
   Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2018, 8, (3), 501-517
9. Price Discovery and Integration in U.S. Pecan Markets
   Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2018, 49, (01)

2017

10. Policy implications of considering pre-commitments in U.S. aggregate energy demand system
    Energy Policy, 2017, 102, (C), 406-413 View citations (10)

2016

11. Considering seasonal unit root in a demand system: an empirical approach
    Empirical Economics, 2016, 51, (4), 1443-1463 View citations (1)
12. Food environment in the United States as a complex economic system
    Food Policy, 2016, 61, (C), 163-175 View citations (12)
13. Forecasting the adoption of residential ductless heat pumps
    Energy Economics, 2016, 54, (C), 60-67 View citations (10)

2014

14. Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects Associated with a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2014, 39, (2), 17 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects Associated with a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax, Reports (2014) View citations (4) (2014)
15. Unraveling Demand for Dairy-Alternative Beverages in the United States: The Case of Soymilk
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2014, 43, (01), 18 View citations (16)
    Also in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2014, 43, (1), 140-157 (2014) View citations (16)

2012

16. Intended and unintended consequences of a proposed national tax on sugar‐sweetened beverages to combat the U.S. obesity problem
    Health Economics, 2012, 21, (6), 669-694 View citations (55)

2011

17. Ascertaining the Impact of the 2000 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans on the Intake of Calories, Caffeine, Calcium, and Vitamin C from At-Home Consumption of Nonalcoholic Beverages
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2011, 43, (01), 15 View citations (3)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2011, 43, (1), 13-27 (2011) View citations (3)

2004

18. Weak-Form Efficiency Vs Semi-Strong Form Efficiency in Price Discovery: an Application to International Black Tea Markets
    Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2004, 06, 25 View citations (2)

Undated

19. Price Discovery and Integration in U.S. Peanut Markets
    Journal of Food Distribution Research, 51, (01)
20. The Growing Market for Energy and Sports Drinks in the United States: Can Chocolate Milk Remain a Contender?
    Journal of Food Distribution Research, 51, (2)
21. U.S. Consumers’ Intake of Food at Home (FAH) and Food Away from Home (FAFH) As a Complex Economic System
    Journal of Food Distribution Research, 52, (01)