Joseph Valdes Balagtas
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
86
Citations
738
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
25
Publishing since 2002
Joseph Valdes Balagtas is an agricultural and food economist who studies how markets for food and agricultural products function, including retail competition, pricing, and policy effects like soda taxes. His recent work also examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected food consumption and meat/livestock markets, and how crop yields respond to environmental factors such as warming temperatures. This research uses economic data and modeling to understand consumer behavior and market structure in the food and agriculture sector.
Publication output has been variable but fairly steady over the last decade, with occasional gaps (e.g., 2018, 2020, 2024) and a notable peak in 2021.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- A closer look at the relationship between concentration, prices, and market power in food retail—A monopolistic competition and differentiated products approach
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy · 2023
- Consumer demand for food at home and food away from home: Understanding economic linkages during the pandemic
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy · 2023
- Spatial retail competition reduces the effects of soda taxes on price and quantity: Evidence from the Philadelphia Beverage Tax
Food Policy · 2022
- The Impact of COVID-19 on United States Meat and Livestock Markets
AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA) · 2021
- Quantifying the Yield Sensitivity of Modern Rice Varieties to Warming Temperatures: Evidence from the Philippines
American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 2021
- Theme Overview: Agricultural Market Response to COVID-19
VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) · 2021
- Choices
VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) · 2021
- Effects of Package Size on Household Food Purchases
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy · 2019
- Spatial Competition and Pass-through of Soda Taxes: Evidence from Philadelphia
AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA) · 2019
- The importance of the savings device in precautionary savings: Empirical evidence from rural Bangladesh
Agricultural Economics · 2016
- AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)×6
- Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy×4
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics×2
- 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts×2
- VTechWorks (Virginia Tech)×2
- James Mintert
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Kenneth A. Foster
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Paul V. Preckel
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Charles F. Adams
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · The Ohio State University
- Meilin Ma
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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