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Ahmad Zia Wahdat

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2010
Agricultural risk and resilienceFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsConsumer Market Behavior and PricingConsumer Retail Behavior Studies

Publications

22

Citations

95

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2010

Research summary
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Ahmad Zia Wahdat studies how households respond to disruptions like natural disasters, extreme weather, and the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on food security, grocery shopping behavior, and financial risk attitudes. This work combines agricultural and applied economics methods to understand how disasters and economic shocks affect food access, spending, and consumer decision-making in the United States.

Food security and disaster impactsConsumer and household food behaviorRisk preferences and attitudes in agricultureCOVID-19 and economic policy responsesHousehold consumption and expenditure patterns

Publication activity was minimal before 2020, rose sharply in 2021-2022, dipped in 2023, and has since continued at a modest, steady pace through 2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
1718192020: 1 publication202021: 5 publications212022: 9 publications922232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials×5
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×4
  • Economics of Disasters and Climate Change×2
  • Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association×2
  • Appetite×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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