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Kenneth A. Foster

Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1976
Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsAgricultural Economics and PolicyEconomic and Environmental ValuationConsumer Market Behavior and PricingGlobal trade and economics

Publications

128

Citations

1,745

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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This researcher works in agricultural economics, studying topics such as agricultural productivity measurement, commodity prices and transportation costs, farm policy effects, and food/commodity quality management (e.g., coffee storage). The work often combines applied econometric methods with real-world agricultural markets in the US, Colombia, and Brazil.

Agricultural economics and productivity measurementCommodity markets and price forecastingAgricultural transportation and logistics economicsFarm policy and production economicsFood and commodity quality management

Publication output has been uneven over the last decade, with a peak in 2018 followed by a general slowdown and low, sporadic activity in recent years (about 1 publication per year on average over the last five years).

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
172018: 8 publications8182019: 3 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 3 publications24252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)×3
  • Journal of Stored Products Research×2
  • Ecos de Economía×2
  • Island Press/Center for Resource Economics eBooks×1
  • Agribusiness×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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