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Meilin Ma

Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2014
Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsLand Rights and ReformsConsumer Market Behavior and PricingAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Publications

58

Citations

317

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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Meilin Ma studies the economics of food and agricultural markets, focusing on how supply chains, land rights, and market structures affect farmers, retailers, and consumers. Their work examines topics such as food supply chain resilience to shocks, land tenure security, agricultural structural transformation, and pricing/competition among retailers. Much of this research combines economic theory with empirical analysis of specific markets like beef, vegetables, and yogurt in the US and China.

Food supply chain resilience and disruptionsAgricultural land rights and tenure securityMarket structure and retail competitionStructural transformation in agricultureRisk management and conservation in farming

Publication output rose sharply around 2020-2021, then settled into a more moderate but steady pace through 2022-2025.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 4 publications18192020: 10 publications202021: 18 publications18212022: 6 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 7 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×17
  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)×9
  • Harvard Dataverse×8
  • Food Policy×2
  • American Journal of Agricultural Economics×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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