Research
Research
Butcher, E. (2025). Market power in the pork industry: Accounting for heterogeneity in alternative marketing arrangements. Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization. https://doi.org/10.1515/jafio-2025-0027.
Butcher, E., & Schulz, L. L. (2025). Production dynamics and disruption responses in the pork supply chain: A structural model of hog and pig markets. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 57(4), 633-655. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2025.10015. (Job market paper)
Butcher, E., & Schulz, L. L. (2024). Economic benefits of swine manure: Regional differences and opportunities. Policy brief 24-PB 43. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. (Link)
Butcher, E., & Schulz, L. L. (2021). Hog price and volume comparisons across alternative sale types, emphasis on COVID-19 disruptions. Policy brief 21-PB 36. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. (Link)
Butcher, E., & Schulz, L. L. (2025). A novel hedonic approach to formula price integration for fed cattle.
Butcher, E. (2025). What matters more, the announcement or the data? A systemic review of USDA-AMS livestock reports.