11/06/2024

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Connolly, Cristina., Graziano, Marcello., and Steinbach, Sandro. (2024). “David versus Goliath? The Impact of Corporate Expansion in the Alcohol Retail Industry on Incumbent Small-Scale Retailers.” Journal of Wine Economics. (Forthcoming).

Connolly, Cristina., Cusack, Carolanne, Morzillo, Anita T., and Charles Towe. (2024). Challenges Facing Agritourism: How Are Producers Coping. Choices. 39(3).

Connolly, Cristina., Klaiber, A. (2024). Location Choice and Food Tradeoffs: Does Local Matter. Land Economics. 100(3).

Steinbach, Sandro (2024). “The Corporatization of Veterinary Medicine: An Empirical Analysis of Its

Impact on Independent Practices,” Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association. (Forthcoming).

 

Awokuse, Titus , Lim, Sunghun, Santeramo, Fabio and Sandro Steinbach. (2024). “Robust Policy Frameworks for Strengthening the Resilience and Sustainability of Agri-Food Global Value Chains,” Food Policy, 127,102714.

 

Nganje, William and Sandro Steinbach. (2024). “Policy Options for Managing Avian Influenza in Dairy Cows,” Food Policy, 128, 102691

 

Gordeev, Stepan and Sandro Steinbach (2024). “Determinants of PTA Design: Insights from Machine Learning,” International Economics, 178, 100504.

 

Lopez, Rigoberto, Marchesi, Keenan and Sandro Steinbach. (2024). “Dollar Store Expansion and Independent Grocery Retailer Contraction,” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 18(4): 514–533.

 

Connolly, Cristina, Graziano, Marcello, McDonnell, Alyssa, and Steinbach, Sandro. (2023). In Cervisia Veritas: The Impact of Repealing Sunday Blue Laws on Alcohol Sales and Retail Competition. Journal of Wine Economics. 18(4).

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

 

Schweizer, Heidi, Steinbach, Sandro and Xiting Zhuang. (2022). “A Portrait of Firms that Trade in Meat Products,” Western Economics Forum, 20(2): 6–18.

 

Dorfman, Jeffrey H., Jared D. Grant, and Julian M. Worley. (2022). "Using Truck‐to‐Trunk Programs to  Increase Food Security and Help Support Farm Incomes." Applied Economic Perspectives

and Policy, 44 (2022): 1440-1447.

Working Papers

Kim, Dongin and Sandro Steinbach (2024). “Is the WTO Passé? The Impact of Multilateral Economic Integration on Agri-Food Global Value Chains,” FREIT Working Paper 1816. (Revision requested in the World Economy.)

 

Gordeev, Stepan, Jelliffe, Jeremy and Sandro Steinbach (2024). “What Matters for Agricultural Trade? Assessing the Role of Trade Deal Provisions using Machine Learning.” (2nd revision requested in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.)

 

Donghoon, Kim, Lopez, Rigoberto, Marchesi, Keenan and Sandro Steinbach. (2024). “Survival of

Independent Grocery Retailers in a Changing Retail Landscape.” (Revision requested in the Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.)

 

Connolly, Cristina, Steinbach, Sandro, Vo, Mike and Xibo Wan. (2024). “Unlocking Insights and Overcoming Challenges with Human Mobility Data for Applied Economic Research.” (Under Review).

 

Craig Gundersen, Jared D. Grant, Jeffrey H. Dorfman. The Geography of Black-White Differences in Food Insecurity in the United States. (Under Review)

Steinbach, Sandro and Yasin Yildirim. (2024). “Diverging Trends in National and Local Market Concentration for Veterinary Services.” (In preparation for submission)

Jiang, Qianxia, Steinbach, Sandro and Kristen Cooksey Stowers (2022). “Obesity for a Dollar: What a Bargain!” (In preparation for submission)

Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Jared D. Grant, and Craig Gundersen. The Relative Strength of Relationships between Food Access Components and Food Insecurity. (In preparation for submission)

Jared D. Grant and Joel Cuffey. Equity in Access to SNAP Healthy Eating Incentives: Are GusNIP Retailers Located in Black Communities? (In preparation for submission)

Zhao, Jiahui, Meng, Ziyi, Gordeev, Stepan, Pan, Zijie, Song, Dongjin, Steinbach, Sandro and Caiwen Ding (2023). “Key Information Retrieval to Classify the Unstructured Data Content of Preferential Trade Agreements,” Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence AI4TS Workshop, 1–5.

 

Book Chapters

Nolan, Connor and Steinbach, Sandro. (2022). “Hungry for Antitrust Enforcement: Retail Discounters and Food Deserts in America,” Chapter in Reforming America’s Food Retail Markets, Editor: Austin Frerick, Yale University.

 

Jiang, Qianxia, Steinbach, Sandro and and Kristen Cooksey Stowers (2022). “An Empirical Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Food Swamp Exposure and Food Retail Market Concentration,” Chapter in Reforming America’s Food Retail Markets, Editor: Austin Frerick, Yale University.

 

Outreach and Technical Publications

William Nganje, Steinbach, Sandro and Yasin Yildirim (2024). “Urgency for Enhanced Policy Intervention to Combat Avian Influenza in Dairy Cows,” Farmdoc Daily, (14): 95.

 

Lopez, Rigoberto,  Marchesi, Keenan and Sandro Steinbach. (2024). “Dollar Store Entry Affects Rural Grocery Stores More Than Urban,” USDA Amber Waves, May 6, 2024.

 

King, Martha and Sandro Steinbach. (2024). “How Global Trade and Innovation Shape the Future of Farming: Lessons from Golden Rice,” GAP Report, forthcoming.

Fuglie, Burlin, Lim, Siew, Steinbach, Sandro and Mawuena Tome. (2024). “Unlocking Livestock

Opportunities for North Dakota Soybean Meal in Canada,” CAPTS Report, 2024-01.

 

 

Presentations

Gundersen, C, J.D. Grant, J.H. Dorfman, “ The Geography of Black-White Differences in Food Insecurity in the United States”, Paper presented at the Agricultural Economics Society Conference Edinburgh, Scotland, March, 2024.

Grant, J. D, “Survival Analysis of SNAP Allowable Retailers.” Paper presented at the SNAP Healthy Eating Incentives Workshop, Auburn, AL., October, 2023.

Gant, J. D, “Moving Toward a Continuous Local Food Access Measure” Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Meeting, Washington D.C., July, 2023.

Connolly, C., Graziano, M., Steinbach, S. David versus Goliath: The Impact of Corporate Expansion in the Alcohol Retail Industry on Small-Scale Retailers. American Association of Wine Economists Annual Meeting, Lausanne CH, 2024.

Connolly, C., Graziano, M., McDonnell, A., and Steinbach, S. The Competitive Interplay Between Chain and Independent Liquor Stores: The Connecticut Case. Wine Business Conference, Willimantic, 2024.

 

Grants

USDA-NIFA, 2023, $650,000, PI: Cristina Connolly, Project Name: “Consumer Choices and Behavior of Visitors to Farmers’ Markets: New Insights from Human Mobility Data and Artificial Intelligence”

NIFA Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems, 2021, $1,000,000, PI: Cristina Connolly, Project Name: “DSFAS-CIN: Harnessing Mobility Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Through a Transdisciplinary Research Network in Food Production, Processing, and Consumption Systems”

02/08/2026

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Chenarides, L., Hanks, A. S., Berard, J., Carlson, A. C., Davis, G., & Finaret, A. B. (2025). A review of data linkages for policy-informing research in food and agricultural economics. Food Policy, 137, 102996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102996

Dorfman, J. H., Grant, J. D., & Gundersen, C. (2025). The relative strength of relationships between food access components and food insecurity. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 4(4), 523-548. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.70029

Jiang, Q., Fitzpatrick, L., Laroche, H., Hampl, S., Steinbach, S., Forseth, B., Davis, A., Fairbairn, C., & Carlson, J. (2025). Associations of neighborhood food retail environments with weight status in a regional pediatric health system. Childhood Obesity, 21(2), 137–147.

Connolly, C., Steinbach, S., Vo, M., & Wan, X. (2025). Harnessing human mobility data for applied economic research: Current knowledge, challenges, and emerging opportunities. Journal of Economic Surveys, forthcoming.

Steinbach, S., Connolly, C., & Graziano, M. (2025). Corked until Sunday: Blue law reforms and the decline of small-scale wineries. Journal of Wine Economics, forthcoming.

Working Papers

Chenarides, L., Ladislau, R., Parashar, M., Hook, D., Porter, S., & Lane, J. (2025). Data-usage descriptors as search metadata: the case of food security data and the National Data Platform (2015-2025). Under review at Nature: Scientific Data — Collection: Data on Science and Innovation Processes, Outputs and Outcomes

Grant, J. D., & Dorfman, J. H. Establishing grocery stores in underserved areas: A trust/investment game approach. Under review.

Grant, J. D., & Cuffey, J. Racial differences in access to retailers offering fruit and vegetable incentives to SNAP households. Under review.

Connolly, C., Graziano, M., Fiaschetti, M., & Steinbach, S. (2025). When access isn’t an asset: The housing market impact of supermarket proximity. Under review (submitted August 6, 2025).

Connolly, C., Steinbach, S., & Wan, X. (2025). Bringing the local farm to the table: Can farmers’ markets help reduce food disparity? In preparation for submission.

Liu, Y., Astill, G., Connolly, C., Dong, X., & Klaiber, H. Urbanization and crop diversification on local farms: Micro-level evidence from central Ohio using the Cropland Data Layer. Under review.

Book Chapters

(None reported.)

 

Outreach and Technical Publications

Chenarides, L., & Lane, J. (June 2025). Building trust in data for research and decision-making in food and agriculture. Market Corner News, Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics.

 

Presentations/Webinars

Industrial organization in agricultural economics: Trends and frontiers. (October 2025). Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics Webinar Series. Moderator: L. Chenarides.

Envisioning food and agricultural data for the future: Engaging communities to identify trusted data. (June 2025). Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics Webinar Series. Organizer and panelist: L. Chenarides.

Chenarides, L. (August 2025). The future of the U.S. statistical system. American Statistical Association virtual focus group. Contribution to The Nation’s Data at Risk: 2025 Report (published December 2025).

Grant, J. D., Dorfman, J. H., & Gundersen, C. (March 2025). The relative strength of relationships between food access components and food insecurity. Paper presented at the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO.

Grant, J. D., & Cuffey, J. (February 2025). Equity in access to SNAP healthy eating incentives: Are GusNIP retailers located in Black communities? Paper presented at The Ohio State University Glenn College Colloquium, Columbus, OH.

Rijal, A., Posey, S., & Grant, J. D. (November 2024). Access to fresh produce: Examining the impact of cultural and non-cultural barriers to farmers’ markets. Paper presented at the Tennessee State University Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science Seminar, Nashville, TN.

Grant, J. D. (October 2024). SNAPshot: Analyzing food access over time. Paper presented at the Tennessee State University Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science Seminar, Nashville, TN.

Steinbach, S., Connolly, C., & Graziano, M. (July 2025). Corked until Sunday: Blue law reforms and the competitiveness of small-scale wineries. Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Steinbach, S., Connolly, C., & Graziano, M. (June 2025). Corked until Sunday: Blue law reforms and the competitiveness of small-scale wineries. Paper presented at the American Association of Wine Economists Annual Meeting, San Luis Obispo, CA.