Policy Analysis and Outreach
Policy Analysis and Outreach
2026
Evaluating the Temporary Tariff Relief in the U.S. Agricultural Machinery Sector, with Dongin Kim, ARPC Brief, 2026-17. [Paper]
Proposition 12 Two Years In: Retail Prices, Wholesale Segmentation, and the Amplification Gap, with Wuit Yi Lwin, Andrew Keller, Shawn Arita, and Joseph Cooper, ARPC Brief, 2026-14. [Paper]
The Cost of a Frozen Tariff: Over-Quota Imports and the US Sugar Market, with Shawn Arita and Ming Wang, ARPC Brief, 2026-11. [Paper]
The Costly Destruction of California Wine Exports, with Colin A. Carter and Ming Wang, ARE Update, 2026, 29(4): 1–4. [Paper]
Strait of Hormuz Disruption Scenarios and Fertilizer Purchasing Risks for U.S. Crop Producers, with Shawn Arita, Ming Wang, Jiyeon Kim, and Rwit Chakravorty, Farmdoc Daily, 2026, (16): 75. [Paper]
2025 U.S.-China Trade Conflict Harms California Agriculture, with Colin A. Carter and Yasin Yildirim, ARE Update, 2026, 29(3): 1–5. [Paper]
Strait of Hormuz Closure and Fertilizer Supply Risks for U.S. Agriculture, with Shawn Arita, Rwit Chakravorty, Jiyeon Kim, and Wuit Yi Lwin, Farmdoc Daily, 2026, (16): 48. [Paper]
Subsidy Capture in Livestock Risk Protection, with Yifei Zhang, Andrew Keller, and Shawn Arita, ARPC Brief, 2026-04. [Paper]
2025
One-Year Suspension of Section 301 Port Fees Eases Shipping Cost Pressures, with Jiyeon Kim, Shawn Arita, and Matthew Gammans, ARPC Brief, 2025-15. [Paper]
What Repeated Crop Insurance Premium Interest Deferrals Mean for Farmers, with Hongxi Zhao, Francis Tsiboe, and Dylan Turner, ARPC Brief, 2025-12. [Paper]
California Pork Market Responds to Proposition 12 with Higher Prices and Lower Consumption, with Wuit Yi Lwin, Joseph Cooper, and Seth Meyer, ARPC Brief, 2025-07. [Paper]
New Port Fee Policy Raises Costs for U.S. Agricultural Exports; However, Significant Reduction from Earlier Proposal, with Jiyeon Kim, Matthew Gammans, and Shawn Arita, ARPC Brief, 2025-02. [Paper]
2024
State-Level Effects of Potential Trade Policy Shifts on Southern U.S. Agriculture, with Raghav Goyal, Yasin Yildirim, and Carlos Zurita, Southern Ag Today, 2024, 4(50.4). [Paper]
Further Trade Wars Will Harm California Agriculture, with Colin A. Carter and Yasin Yildirim, ARE Update, 2024. [Paper]
Regional Integration, Sustainability and Food Security in South Asia, with Gopinath Munisamy and Poornima Varma, IATRC Policy Brief, PB-2024-10. [Paper]
Trade Policy Scenarios after the U.S. Presidential Election and What They Could Mean for Southern U.S. Agriculture, with Raghav Goyal, Yasin Yildirim, and Carlos Zurita, Southern Ag Today, 2024, 4(44.4). [Paper]
Trade Policy Shifts and Their Potential Implications for U.S. Agricultural Exports, with Yasin Yildirim and Carlos Zurita, Farmdoc Daily, 2024, (14): 165. [Paper]
How California’s New Locomotive Regulation Could Impact Midwest Agriculture, with Shawn Arita, Seth Meyer, and Sharon Sydow, Farmdoc Daily, 2024, (14): 121. [Paper]
Urgency for Enhanced Policy Intervention to Combat Avian Influenza in Dairy Cows, with William Nganje and Yasin Yildirim, Farmdoc Daily, 2024, (14): 95. [Paper]
Dollar Store Entry Affects Rural Grocery Stores More Than Urban, with Rigoberto Lopez and Keenan Marchesi, USDA Amber Waves, May 6, 2024. [Paper]
Revoking China’s Preferred Trade Status Would Be Costly for California Agriculture, with Colin A. Carter, Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 2024, 27(4): 1–4. [Paper]
Did the Black Sea Grain Initiative Lower Prices of Agricultural Futures?, Vox Ukraine, February 19, 2024. [Paper]
Panama Canal Traffic Delays Threaten Southern Ag Global Supply Chains, with Sunghun Lim and Xiting Zhuang, Southern Ag Today, 2024, 4(8.4). [Paper]
Ripple Effects of Shipping Lane Disruptions on U.S. Agriculture, with Xiting Zhuang and Yasin Yildirim, Farmdoc Daily, 2024, (14): 19. [Paper]
Southern U.S. Agriculture Faces Headwinds in Asia Amid Red Sea Shipping Disruptions, with Raghav Goyal, Xiting Zhuang, and Yasin Yildirim, Southern Ag Today, 2024, 4(4.4). [Paper]
2023
Russian Weaponization of Food Rattles Global Markets, with Colin A. Carter, Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 2023, 26(6): 1–4. [Paper]
Agricultural Commodity Markets Navigate Uncharted Waters Amidst Russia-Ukraine Conflict, with Raghav Goyal, Southern Ag Today, 2023, 3 (34.4). [Paper]
Economic Consequences of Capping Premiums in Crop Insurance, with David W. Bullock, Farmdoc Daily, 2023, (13): 102. [Paper]
Southern Economic Impacts of Premium-to-Liability Ratio Limits in U.S. Crop Insurance, with David W. Bullock and Sunghun Lim, Southern Ag Today, 2023, 3 (25.4). [Paper]
Down the River: How the 2022 Mississippi River Drought Damaged Southern U.S. Agricultural Trade, with Xiting Zhuang, Southern Ag Today, 2023, 3 (18.4). [Paper]
2022
California Almond Industry Harmed by International Trade Issues, with Colin A. Carter, Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 2022, 26(1): 1–4. [Paper]
International Market Concentration in the Southern Meat Trading Market, with Heidi Schweizer and Xiting Zhuang, Southern Ag Today, 2022, 2 (29.4). [Paper]
Shipping Container Disruptions Cause Considerable Export Losses for Southern Ports, with Xiting Zhuang, Southern Ag Today, 2022, 2 (17.4). [Paper]
2021
‘Containergeddon’ and California Agriculture, with Colin A. Carter, Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 2021, 25(2): 1-4. [Paper]
2020
2018 Trade War, Mitigation Payments, and California Agriculture, with Colin A. Carter and Jiayi Dong, Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 2020, 24(2): 1-4. [Paper]
The Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on Agricultural and Food Trade, with Colin A. Carter, CATO Research Briefs in Economic Policy, 2020, No. 243. [Paper]
Impact of the U.S.-China Trade War on California Agriculture with Colin A. Carter, Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 2020, 23(3): 9-11. [Paper]
Predoctoral
China’s Growing Role in Agricultural Trade, with Colin A. Carter, Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 2013, 17(1): 9-11. [Paper]