Publications

2025

• Corked Until Sunday: Blue Law Reforms and the Decline of Small-Scale Wineries, with Cristina Connolly and Marcello Graziano, Journal of Wine Economics, 2025, forthcoming.

• 2025 U.S. Trade Policy Shifts and Agricultural Exports: Mapping Retaliation Exposure and Assessing Potential Market Access Offsets in the UK and Japan, with Carlos Zurita, Choices, 2025, forthcoming.

• Harnessing Human Mobility Data for Applied Economic Research: Current Knowledge, Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities, with Cristina Connolly, Mike Vo, and Xibo Wan, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2025, forthcoming.

• Pre-Trends and Trade Effects of Temporary Trade Barriers, with Armen Khederlarian, Canadian Journal of Economics, 2025, forthcoming.

• Virtual Water Trade and Economic Integration: The Role of Trade Agreements in Global Water Redistribution, with Dongin Kim and Carlos Zurita, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2025, first published online. [Paper]

• Global Governance, Economic Sanctions, and Agricultural Trade in a Fragmenting World Economy, with Sylvanus Afesorgbor and Fabio Santeramo, The World Economy, 2025, 48(10): 2290–2294. [Paper]

• What Matters for Agricultural Trade? Assessing the Role of Trade Deal Provisions using Machine Learning, with Stepan Gordeev, Jeremy Jelliffe, and Dongin Kim, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2025, 47(4): 1469–1506. [Paper]

• Assessing the Impact of the Trade Facilitation Agreement on Agri-Food Global Value Chain Integration, with Carlos Zurita, The World Economy, 2025, 48(9): 2128–2154. [Paper]

• Trade Implications of Ending China’s Zero-Covid Policy, with Xiting Zhuang, Asian Economics Letters, 2025, 6(3): 11–22. [Paper]

• Is the WTO Passé? The Impact of Multilateral Economic Integration on Agri-Food Global Value Chains, with Dongin Kim, The World Economy, 2025, 48(9): 2063–2081. [Paper]

• The Corporatization of Veterinary Medicine: An Empirical Analysis of Its Impact on Independent Practices, Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, 2025, 4(3): 405–423. [Paper]

• The Used Cooking Oil Dilemma: Feedstock Competitiveness, Certification Integrity, and U.S. Biofuel Policy, Food Policy, 2025, 134: 102907. [Paper]

• The 2021 Container Shipping Crisis and Its Consequences for U.S. Agricultural Exports, with Colin A. Carter and Xiting Zhuang, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2025, 59(2): 110–136. [Paper]

• U.S. Agricultural Exports and the 2022 Mississippi River Drought, with Xiting Zhuang, Agribusiness, 2025, 41(1): 289–303. [Paper]

• Associations of Neighborhood Food Retail Environments with Weight Status in a Regional Pediatric Health System, with Qianxia Jiang, Lauren Fitzpatrick, Helena Laroche, Sarah Hampl, Bethany Forseth, Ann Davis, Chelsea Fairbairn, and Jordan Carlson, Childhood Obesity, 2025, 21(2): 137–147. [Paper]

• Rising Protectionism and Foreign Direct Investment, with Dongin Kim, Review of World Economics, 2025, 161: 469–510. [Paper]

2024

• Assessing the Trade Response to Pandemic-Related Non-Tariff Measures, with Soojung Ahn, Applied Economics Letters, 2024, first published online. [Paper]

• David versus Goliath? The Impact of Corporate Expansion in the Alcohol Retail Industry on Incumbent Small-Scale Retailers, with Cristina Connolly and Marcello Graziano, Journal of Wine Economics, 2024, 19(4): 343–355. [Paper]

• The Interplay of Geopolitics and Agricultural Commodity Prices, with Raghav Goyal and Edouard Mensah, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2024, 46(4): 1533–1562. [Paper]

• Potential Implications of Trade Policy Shifts after the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election for the Agri-Food Sector, with Yasin Yildirim and Carlos Zurita, Food Policy, 2024, 129: 102741. [Paper]

• Balancing Environmental Policies and Food Security Goals in the Face of Shifting U.S. Rail Transportation Regulations, Food Policy, 2024, 128: 102724. [Paper]

• U.S. Agricultural Trade Challenges Amid Climate and Geopolitical Disruptions, with Raghav Goyal, Xiting Zhuang, and Yasin Yildirim, Choices, 2024, 39(3): 1–7. [Paper]

• Robust Policy Frameworks for Strengthening the Resilience and Sustainability of Agri-Food Global Value Chains, with Titus Awokuse, Sunghun Lim, and Fabio Santeramo, Food Policy, 2024, 127: 102714. [Paper]

• Did Grain Futures Prices Overreact to the Russia–Ukraine War Due to Herding?, with Colin A. Carter, Journal of Commodity Markets, 2024, 35: 100422. [Paper]

• The Linder Hypothesis for Foreign Direct Investment Revisited, with Dongin Kim, Review of International Economics, 2024, 32(4): 1901–1928. [Paper]

• Agricultural Commodity Market Response to Russia’s Withdrawal from the Grain Deal, with Yasin Yildirim, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024, 75(3): 1004–1016. [Paper]

• Policy Options for Managing Avian Influenza in Dairy Cows, with William Nganje, Food Policy, 2024, 128: 102691. [Paper]

• Grain Futures Market Response to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, with Yasin Yildirim, German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024, 73(2): 1–22. [Paper]

• Deep Trade Agreements and Agri-Food Global Value Chain Integration, with Dongin Kim and Carlos Zurita, Food Policy, 2024, 127: 102686. [Paper]

• Determinants of PTA Design: Insights from Machine Learning, with Stepan Gordeev, International Economics, 2024, 178: 100504. [Paper]

• Global Container Shipping Disruptions, Pop-Up Ports, and U.S. Agricultural Exports, with Xiting Zhuang, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2024, 46(2): 553–571. [Paper]

• Dollar Store Expansion and Independent Grocery Retailer Contraction, with Rigoberto Lopez and Keenan Marchesi, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2024, 18(4): 514–533. [Paper]

2023

• In Cervisia Veritas: The Impact of Repealing Sunday Blue Laws on Alcohol Sales and Retail Competition, with Cristina Connolly, Marcelo Graziano, and Alyssa McDonnell, Journal of Wine Economics, 2023, 18(4): 312–323. [Paper]

• Agricultural Commodity Markets in the Wake of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, with Raghav Goyal, Economics Letters, 2023, 231: 111297. [Paper]

• Retaliatory Tariffs and Container Shipping Disruptions Cause Considerable Trade Damages to California’s Almond Industry, with Xiting Zhuang, Choices, 2023, 38(2): 1–9. [Paper]

• An Empirical Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Food Environment Exposure and Retail Market Concentration, with Qianxia Jiang, Debarchana Ghosh, and Kristen Cooksey Stowers, Public Health Nutrition, 2023, 26(9): 1850–1861. [Paper]

• Supply Chain Disruptions and Containerized Agricultural Exports from California Ports, with Colin A. Carter and Xiting Zhuang, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2023, 45(2): 1051–1071. [Paper]

• The Impact of COVID-19 Trade Measures on Agricultural and Food Trade, with Soojung Ahn, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2023, 45(2): 911–927. [Paper]

• The Impact of Maritime Shipping Disruptions on U.S. Tree Nut Exports and Inventories, with Xiting Zhuang, Agribusiness, 2023, 39(3): 904–911. [Paper]

• The Russia-Ukraine War and Global Trade Reallocations, Economics Letters, 2023, 226: 111075. [Paper]

• Agri-Food Trade Resilience among Food-Deficient Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Soojung Ahn, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2023, 26(3): 397–408. [Paper]

• Exchange Rate Volatility and Global Food Supply Chains, Sandro Steinbach, Chapter in Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains, Editors: Pol Antràs and David Zilberman, University of Chicago Press, 2023. [Paper]

• The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Grain and Oilseed Trade, with Soojung Ahn and Dongin Kim, Agribusiness, 2023, 39(1): 291–299. [Paper]

2022

• A Portrait of Firms that Trade in Meat Products, with Heidi Schweizer and  Xiting Zhuang, Western Economics Forum, 2022, 20(2): 6–18. [Paper]

• Hungry for Antitrust Enforcement: Retail Discounters and Food Deserts in America, with Connor Nolan, Chapter in Reforming America's Food Retail Markets, 2022, Editor: Austin Frerick, Yale University. [Paper]

• An Empirical Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Food Swamp Exposure and Food Retail Market Concentration, with Qianxia Jiang and Kristen Cooksey Stowers, Chapter in Reforming America's Food Retail Markets, Editor: Austin Frerick, Yale University. [Paper]

• Spatial Perspectives in Family Health Research, with Coman Emil and Gufeng Cao, Family Practice, 2022, 39(3): 556–562. [Paper]

• Port Congestion, Container Shortages, and U.S. Foreign Trade, Economics Letters, 2022, 213: 110392. [Paper]

2021

• COVID-19 Trade Actions in the Agricultural and Food Sector, with Soojung Ahn, Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2021, 52(2): 51–75. [Paper]

2020

• Biological Weed Control to Relieve Millions of Allergy Sufferers in Europe, with Urs Schaffner, Yan Sun, Carsten A. Skjøth, Letty A. de Weger, Suzanne T. Lommen, Benno A. Augustinus, Maira Bonini, Gerhard Karrer, Branko Šikoparija, Michel Thibaudon, and Heinz Müller-Schärer, Nature Communications, 2020, 11: 1745. [Paper]

2019

• The Impact of Ambient Air Pollution on Hospital Admissions, with Massimo Filippini and Giuliano Masiero, European Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 20: 919–931. [Paper]

2018

• Short-Term Effects of India’s Demonetization of the Rural Poor, with Heng Zhu, Anubhab Gupta, and Binoy Majumder, Economics Letters, 2018, 170: 117–121. [Paper]

Predoctoral

• Epidemiological and Economic Evaluation of Alternative On-Farm Management Scenarios for Ovine Footrot in Switzerland, with Dana Zingg, Christian Kuhlgatz, Matthias Rediger, Gertraud Schüpbach-Regula, Matteo Aepli, Gry M. Grøneng, and Salome Dürr, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017, 4: 70. [Paper]

• The Impact of the Soviet Legacy on Agri-Food Trade in the Former Soviet Union," Chapter in Agricultural Transition in Post-Soviet Europe and Central Asia after 25 Years, 2015, Editors: Ayal Kimhi and Zvi Lerman, IAMO. [Paper]

• A Study on Regional Specialization of China’s Agricultural Production: Recent Trends and Drivers, with Meilin Ma and Junqian Wu, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2014, 4(2): 113–127. [Paper]

• Soviet Heritage and Post-Soviet Economic Integration: Ukrainian Export Trade Patterns Reviewed, Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2012, 4(4): 96–113. [Paper]

• Soviet Heritage and Export Trade: Cross-Country Evidence from Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, with Mariusz Rybak, Revue des Sciences Politiques, 2012, 33/34: 130–142. [Paper]