2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C.

The meatpacking industry is a crucial intermediary between ranchers and the downstream supply chain, and concentration within the industry has significant implications fo [...]

This paper aims to analyze the distribution of Market Facilitation Program payments and explain the sources of disparity of those payments by farm operator race. In this [...]

This paper starts with a brief review of some leading theories in technical change and political economy. It then discusses public agricultural R&D expenditure in the [...]

This paper tests the importance of changes in opportunity costs related to agriculture on the risk of violent conflict using data on locust swarms and conflict collapsed [...]

Understanding the overuse of chemical fertilizer is critical for global food security and environmental protection. We use a nationally representative rural household sur [...]

This case study is motivated by recent developments in the U.S. beef packing industry involving allegations of an illegal exercise of buyer and seller market power by the [...]