Research

Spatial Procurement of Farm Products and the Supply of Processed Foods: Application to the Tomato Processing Industry

Stephen Hamilton, Scott Kjorlien, Ethan Ligon, and Aric Shafran

Review of Industrial Organization 64 (2024): 11–33 · DOI

We study how transport costs and spatial sourcing shape the supply of processed foods, using detailed data from a California tomato processor.

Agricultural risk and farmer expectations

This project studies what choices between federal agricultural programs can reveal about farmers’ expectations of production risk. A manuscript is in preparation.

Evaluating Welfare Effects of Crop Insurance

With Ethan Ligon

Least-Cost Diets for Healthy Human Gut Microbiomes and Beyond

With Jules Larke, Danielle Lemay, and Ethan Ligon