Publications

(* indicates student co-authors; ** post-docs; *** visiting scholars)

(updated November 12, 2025)

Book

Zilberman, David, Ruiqing Miao, and Jian Rong. 2025. Agricultural Economics and Policy. World Scientific Publishing Company. Singapore.

Journal Articles

47. Miao, Ruiqing, Yijia Li, Madhu Khanna, Christopher Clark, Dallas Burkholder, and Luoye Chen. forthcoming. “Quantifying the Land-Use Change due to Soybean-Based Biodiesel in the United States.” Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.70005

46. Majeed, Fahd, Madhu Khanna, and Ruiqing Miao. forthcoming. Designing Cost-Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.70025

45. Zhang, Jingfang, Emir Malikov, Ruiqing Miao, and Prasenjit Ghosh. forthcoming. “Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in U.S. Agriculture.” Journal of Regional Science. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.70014

44. Wilson, Norbert and Ruiqing Miao. 2025. “Food Waste, Date Labels, and Lost Aversion:
An Experimental Exploration.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 47(3): 1029-1057. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13507

43. Mishra Bijesh**, Ruiqing Miao, Ngbede Musa, Dennis Brothers, Madhu Khanna, Adam N. Rabinowitz, Paul Mwebaze, and James McCall. 2025. “Specialty Crop Agrivoltaics in the Southeastern USA: Profitability and the Role of Rural Energy for America Program”. Choices 40(1): 1-10. Available at: Here.

42. Bhandari, Nabin*, Joel Cuffey, Ruiqing Miao, and David Zilberman. 2025. “Heterogeneity of the
Association Between Obesity and COVID-19 Mortality and the Roles of Policy Interventions: U.S.
National-Level Analysis.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) Focus 4(3):100312.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2024.100312

41. Zhang, Jingfang, Emir Malikov, and Ruiqing Miao. 2024. “Distributional Effects of the Increasing Heat Incidence on Labor Productivity.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 125: 102998. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102998

40. Miao, Ruiqing, Recep Ulucak***, and David Zilberman. 2024. “Public Agricultural Research, Political Economy, and Climate Change: A Literature Review.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 46(3): 954-982. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13455

39. Ghosh, Prasenjit*, Ruiqing Miao, and Emir Malikov. 2023. “Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy and Irrigation Water Withdrawals in the Western United States.” The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice. 48(4): 968-992. doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-021-00252-4

38. Chaoqun Lu, Jien Zhang, Bo Yi, Ignacio Calderon, Hongli Feng, Ruiqing Miao, David A. Hennessy, Shufen Pan, and Hanqin Tian. 2023. “Riverine nitrogen footprint of agriculture in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin: do we trade water quality for crop production?” Environmental Research Letters 18(11): 114043. doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0128

37. Cuffey, Joel, Wenying Li, Yang Yu, and Ruiqing Miao. 2023. Retail food environment and household food waste: An empirical study. Food Policy 117(102457). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102457

36. Miao, Ruiqing, Jerrod Penn, and Loka Ashwood. 2023. “How to Thrive in Agricultural Economics PhD Programs: SAEA Emerging Scholar Award Winners’ Experience and Advice.” Applied Economics Teaching Resources 5: 1-20. Link: https://www.aetrjournal.org/volumes/volume-5-2023/volume-5-issue-2/feature-articles/how-to-thrive-in-agricultural-economics-phd-programs-saea-emerging-scholar-award-winners-experience-and-advice

35. Majeed, Fahd, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao, Elena Blanc-Betes, Tara Hudiburg, and Evan H. DeLucia. 2023. “Carbon Credit Markets Can Reduce the Riskiness of Bioenergy Crop Production.” Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2(2): 181-197. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.52

34. Miao, Ruiqing, Hongli Feng, David A. Hennessy, Gaurav Arora, and Charles R. Loesch. 2023. “Grassland Easement Acquisition: Conversion Hazard Rate, Additionality, Spatial Spillover, and Heuristics.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 45(2): 928-946. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13318

33. Gomez-Casanovas, Nuria, Paul Mwebaze, Madhu Khanna, Bruce Branham, Alson Time, Evan H. DeLucia, Carl J. Bernacchi, Alan K. Knapp, Muhammad J. Hoque, Xuzhi Du, Elena Blanc-Betes, Greg A. Barron-Gafford, Bin Peng, Kaiyu Guan, Jordan Macknick, Ruiqing Miao, Nenad Miljkovic. 2023. “Knowns, uncertainties, and challenges in agrivoltaics to sustainably intensify energy and food production.” Cell Reports Physical Science 4(8): 101518. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101518

32. You, Yongfa, Hanqin Tian, Shufen Pan, Hao Shi, Zihao Bian, Angelo Gurgel, Yawen Huang, David Kicklighter, Xin-Zhong Liang, Chaoqun Lu, Jerry Melillo, Ruiqing Miao, Naiqing Pan, John Reilly, Wei Ren, Rongting Xu, Jia Yang, Qiang Yu, and Jingting Zhang. 2022. Incorporating dynamic crop growth processes and management practices into a terrestrial biosphere model for simulating crop production in the United States: Toward a unified modeling framework. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109144

31. Yu, Shi, Yajie Zhang, Bingyan Wu, Hao Shi, Linchao Li, Ning Jin, Bin Wang, DeLi Liu, Ruiqing
Miao, Xiaoliang Lu, Qingling Geng, Chaoqun Lu, Liang He, Nufang Fang, Chao Yue, Jianqiang
He, Hao Feng, Shufen Pan, Hanqin Tian, Qiang Yu. 2022. “Building social resilience in
North Korea can mitigate the impacts of climate change on food security.” Nature Food (3):499-511. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00551-6

30. Miao, Ruiqing, David A. Hennessy, and Hongli Feng. 2022. “Grassland Easement Evaluation and Acquisition with Uncertain Conversion and Conservation Returns.” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(1):41-61. doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/cjag.12302

29. Cornish, Brian*, Ruiqing Miao, and Madhu Khanna. 2022. “Impact of changes in Title II of the 2018 Farm Bill on the Acreage and Environmental Benefits of Conservation Reserve Program.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 44(2):1100-1122. doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13185

28. Khanna, Madhu and Ruiqing Miao. 2022. “Inducing the Adoption of Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Intensification of Food and Renewable Energy Production: Insights from Applied Economics” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 66(1):1-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12461

27. Awolala, David Olufemi, Igbekele Amos Ajibefun, Kehinde Ogunjobi, and Ruiqing Miao. 2022. “Integrated Assessment of Human Vulnerability to Extreme Climate Hazards: Emerging Outcomes for Adaptation Finance Allocation in Southwest Nigeria.” Climate and Development 14(2): 166-183. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2021.1898925

26. Yu, Chengzheng*, Ruiqing Miao, and Madhu Khanna. 2021. “Maladaptation of U.S. Corn and Soybeans to a Changing Climate.” Scientific Reports. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91192-5

25. Malikov, Emir, Ruiqing Miao, and Jingfang Zhang*. 2020. “Distributional and Temporal Heterogeneity in the Climate Change Effects on U.S. Agriculture.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 104:1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102386

24. Li, Yijia*, Ruiqing Miao, and Madhu Khanna. 2020. “Neonicotinoids and Decline in Bird Biodiversity in the United States.” Nature Sustainability 3:1027-1035. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0582-x

23. Miao, Ruiqing. 2020. “Climate, Insurance, and Innovation: The Case of Drought and Innovations in Drought-Tolerant Traits in U.S. Agriculture.” European Review of Agricultural Economics 47(5):1826-1860. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa010

22. Miao, Ruiqing and Madhu Khanna. 2020. “Harnessing Advances in Agricultural Technologies to Optimize Resource Utilization in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 12:65-85. doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-110319-115428

21. Li, Yijia*, Ruiqing Miao, and Madhu Khanna. 2019. “Effects of Ethanol Plant Proximity and Crop Prices on Land-Use Change in the United States.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101(2):467-491. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay080

20. Miao, Ruiqing, Prasenjit N. Ghosh*, Madhu Khanna, Weiwei Wang, and Jian Rong. 2019. “Effect of Wind Turbines on Bird Abundance: a National Scale Analysis based on Fixed Effects Models.” Energy Policy 132:357-366. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.04.040

19. Schillerberg, Tayler A.*, Di Tian, and Ruiqing Miao. 2019. “Spatiotemporal patterns of maize and winter wheat yields in the United States: predictability and impact from climate oscillations.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 275:208-222. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.05.019

18. Anand, Mohit*, Ruiqing Miao, and Madhu Khanna. 2019. “Adopting Bioenergy Crops: Does Farmers’ Attitude toward Loss Matter?” Agricultural Economics 50(4):435-450. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12501

17. Wilson, Norbert L.W., Ruiqing Miao, and Carter S. Weis*. 2019. “When in Doubt Throw It Out! The Complicated Decision to Consume or Waste Food by Date Labels.” Choices 34(1):1-7.

16. Wilson, Norbert L.W., Ruiqing Miao, and Carter S. Weis*. 2018. “Seeing is Not Believing: Perceptions of Date Labels over Food and Attributes.” Journal of Food Products Marketing 24(5):611-631. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10454446.2018.1472700

15. Tian, Hanqin, Chaoqun Lu, Shufen Pan, Jia Yang, Ruiqing Miao, Wen Ren, Qiang Yu, Bojie Fu, Fei-Fei Jin, Yonglong Lu, Jerry Melillo, Zhiyun Ouyang, Cheryl Palm, John Reilly. 2018. “Optimizing Resource Use Efficiencies in the Food-Energy-Water nexus for Sustainable Agriculture: From Conceptual Model to Decision Support System.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 33:104-113. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.04.003

14. Miao, Ruiqing and Madhu Khanna. 2017. “Effectiveness of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program: Roles of Behavioral Factors, Credit Constraint, and Program Design.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 39(4): 584-608. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aepp/ppx031

13. Miao, Ruiqing and Madhu Khanna. 2017. “Costs of Meeting a Cellulosic Biofuel Mandate with Perennial Energy Crops: Implications for Policy.” Energy Economics 64: 321-334. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.03.018

12. Miao, Ruiqing, Madhu Khanna, and Haixiao Huang. 2016. “Responsiveness of Crop Yield and Acreage to Price and Climate.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 98(1): 191-211. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aav025

11. Miao, Ruiqing, David A. Hennessy, and Hongli Feng. 2016. “The Effect of Crop Insurance Subsidies and Sodsaver on Land Use Change.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41(2): 247-265.

10. Miao, Ruiqing, Hongli Feng, David A. Hennessy, and Xiaodong Du. 2016. “Assessing Cost-effectiveness of the Conservation Reserve Program and Its Interaction with Crop Insurance Subsidies”. Land Economics 92(4): 593-617. doi: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.92.4.593

9. Miao, Ruiqing and David A. Hennessy. 2015. “Optimal Protein Segregation Strategies for Wheat Growers.” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 63(3): 309-331. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cjag.12046

8. Du, Xiaodong, Cindy L. Yu, David A. Hennessy, and Ruiqing Miao. 2015. “Geography of Crop Yield Skewness.” Agricultural Economics. 46(4): 463-473 (lead article). doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12174

7. Miao, Ruiqing, David A. Hennessy, and Hongli Feng. 2014. “Sodbusting, Crop Insurance and Sunk Conversion Costs.” Land Economics. 90(4): 601-622. doi: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.90.4.601

6. Miao, Ruiqing and Madhu Khanna. 2014. “Are Bioenergy Crops Riskier than Corn? Implications for Biomass Price”. Choices. 29(1).

5. Miao, Ruiqing and David A. Hennessy. 2014. “To Learn or To Change: Optimal R&D Investments under Uncertainty in the Case of Climate Change.” Natural Resource Modeling. 27(2): 235-257. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12032

4. Miao, Ruiqing. 2013. “Impact of Ethanol Plants on Local Land Use Change.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 42(2): 275-293. doi: https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.155314

3. Feng, Hongli, David A. Hennessy, and Ruiqing Miao. 2013. “The Effects of Government Payments on Native Grassland Conversion, the CRP, and Corn Acreage Changes in the Dakotas.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 95(2): 412-418. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aas112

2. Miao, Ruiqing, David A. Hennessy, and Bruce A. Babcock. 2012. “Investment in Cellulosic Biofuel Refineries: Do Waivable Biofuel Mandates Matter?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 94(3): 750-762. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aar142

1. Miao, Ruiqing. 2011. “Bargaining between Firms and Environmental Protection Bureaus: Water Pollution in China.” China Agricultural Economic Review. 3(1): 80-91. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/17561371111103561