Michael S. Delgado

Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Purdue University
delgado2@purdue.edu
765-494-4211

Agricultural and Rural Economics

Journal Articles

"Is Working with Your Spouse Really So Bad? An Examination of the Effect of a Coprenuerial Business Structure on Profit," with Tia McDonald and Maria I. Marshall, accepted by Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

"Benefit or Damage? The Productivity Effects of FDI in Chinese Food Industry," with Shaosheng Jin, Haiyue Guo and H. Holly Wang, accepted by Food Policy.

"Are Local Market Relationships Undermining Organic Fruit and Vegetable Certification? A Bivariate Probit Analysis," with Ariana P. Torres, Maria I. Marshall and Corrine E. Alexander, Agricultural Economics, accepted.

"A Test on Adverse Selection of Farmers in Crop Insurance: Results from Inner Mongolia in China," with Yuanfeng Zhao, Zhihui Chai and Paul V. Preckel, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, accepted.

"An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Crop Insurance on Farmers’ Income: Results from Inner Mongolia in China," with Yuanfeng Zhao, Zhihui Chai and Paul V. Preckel, China Agricultural Economic Review, 2016, 8 (2), 299-313.

"The Transition to Modern Agriculture: Contract Farming in Developing Countries," with H. Holly Wang and Yanbing Wang, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014, 96 (5), 1257-1271.

"Productivity in China's High Technology Industry: Regional Heterogeneity and R&D," with Rui Zhang, Kai Sun and Subal C. Kumbhakar, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2012, 79 (1), 127-141.



In Submission

"The Economic Implications of Social Capital on Hispanic Entrepreneurship," with Ariana P. Torres and Maria I. Marshall, revise and resubmit.

"Pixel Level Cropland Allocation and the Marginal Impacts of Biophysical Factors," with Jingyu Song, Paul V. Preckel and Nelson B. Villoria.



In Progress