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Publications

by alumni of

Texas A&M University → Department of Agricultural Economics → Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center (AFCERC)

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Working papers

2026

  1. Mossa, Summer & Dharmasena, Senarath & Thompson, Troy, 2026, "Economic Evaluation of Drone-Based Aerial Application Technologies in U.S. Agriculture," 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 - 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 404317, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404317.

2024

  1. Hughes, Kaitlynn G. & Dharmasena, Senarath & Martin, Daniel, 2024, "Value of the Agricultural Aerial Application Industry in the United States Delineated by Crops Grown and by State: A Counterfactual Study," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343920, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343920.
  2. Baugh, Kaylyn & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2024, "Food Away from Home Expenditures in the United States as a Complex Economic System," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343933, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343933.
  3. Dharmasena, Senarath & Dong, Diansheng, 2024, "U.S. Demand for Peanut Butter Alternatives: The Case of Almond Butter, Hazelnut Butter, Walnut Butter and Mixed Nut Butter," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 344034, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344034.

2023

  1. Hawkins, Hannah & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2023, "An Application of Causal Inference in the Role of Cold Storage Stocks, Capacity and Meat Prices in the Presence of Global Shocks to the U.S. Agricultural and Food Distribution Supply Chain," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 335721.

2022

  1. Su, Tian & Dharmasena, Senarath & Leatham, David J. & Gilliland, Charles E, 2022, "Examining Joint Influence of Agricultural and Urban Factors on Texas Rural Land Values," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 322504, Aug, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.322504.

2019

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David, 2019, "Empirical Assessment of Endogeneity and Instrumental Variables in a Complex Economic System using Graph Theoretic Approach: An Application to the U.S. Food Environment," 2019 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2019, Birmingham, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 284333, Feb, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284333.

2017

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral Jr, 2017, "Consumer Demand for Nut Products in the United States: Application of Semi-parametric Estimation of Censored Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (C-QUAIDS) with Household-Level Micro Data," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 252682, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.252682.
  2. Cheng, Guo & Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral Jr, 2017, "The Taste for Variety: Demand Analysis for Nut Products in the United States," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 252719, Feb, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.252719.
  3. Senia, Mark & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2017, "Pre-Determined Demand and Theoretical Regularity Conditions: Their Importance for Consumer Food Demand Using AIDS and Policy Analysis Implications," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 252740, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.252740.
  4. Dharmasena, Senarath & Yang, Tingyi & Capps, Oral Jr., 2017, "U.S. Demand for Dairy Alternative Beverages: Attribute Space Distance and Hedonic Matric Approaches," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 252742, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.252742.

2016

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David & Capps, Oral. Jr, 2016, "On the Evaluation of Probability Forecasts: An Application to Qualitative Choice Models," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 235424, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.235424.
  2. Paukett, Michelle & Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David A., 2016, "Dynamics of the Economic Impact Associated with the 2015 Avian Flu Virus in the United States," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 235435, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.235435.
  3. Li, Jing & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2016, "Investigating Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting Consumer Demand for Coconut-milk in the United States," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 235641, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.235641.
  4. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David A. & Todd, Jessica, 2016, "Socioeconomic, Demographic and Geographic Factors Affecting Household Food Purchase and Acquisition Decisions in the United States as a Complex Economic System," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 235646, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.235646.
  5. Mark, Senia & Senarath, Dharmasena, 2016, "Ascertaining the Role of Socio-Economic-Demographic and Government Food Policy Related Factors on the Per Capita Intake of Dietary Fiber Derived from Consumption of Various Foods in the United States," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 235757, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.235757.
  6. Fei, Chengcheng & Gao, Chen & Hardin, Erin M. & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2016, "Application of Demand Analysis Framework to Understand the Price and Volume Movements of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 229798, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229798.
  7. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David A., 2016, "Decomposition of Discrete Choice Model Generated Probabilities and their Robustness to Changing Substantive Knowledge (Conditioning Variables)," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 229839, Feb, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229839.
  8. Carpenter, Ashley & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2016, "Effects Of Social Media Marketing On Small-Scale Horse Farms In The United States," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 229860, Feb, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229860.
  9. Victoria, Rachel & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2016, "Economic And Demographic Factors Affecting The Consumer Demand For Superfruit Beverages In The United States," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 229881, Feb, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229881.
  10. Hu, Yang & Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Janakirarman, Ramkumar, 2016, "U.S. Demand for Chocolate Milk as an Alternative Energy/Sports Drinks," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 229942, Feb, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229942.
  11. Wang, Zidong & Fan, Xin Xin & Liu, Pan & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2016, "Demand for Ethanol in the Face of Blend Wall: Is it a Complement or a Substitute for Conventional Transportation Fuel in the United States?," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 229960, Feb, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229960.
  12. Senia, Mark C. & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2016, "Factors Affecting the Intake of Dietary Fiber in the United States Diet," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 229982, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229982.
  13. Copeland, Alicia & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2016, "Impact of Increasing Demand for Dairy Alternative Beverages on Dairy Farmer Welfare in the United States," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 230044, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.230044.

2015

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Murano, Peter, 2015, "Greek-Style Yogurt as a Protein Alternative in Child Nutrition in the National School Lunch Program in the United States," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 205114, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.205114.
  2. Dharmasena, Senarath & Senia, Mark, 2015, "Factors Affecting Food Purchase Decisions of U.S. Households with Children across Food Retail Channels over the Period 1998-2013," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 205115, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.205115.
  3. Dharmasena, Senarath & Kapilakanchana, Montalee & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2015, "Are Organic Beverages Substitutes for Non-Organic Counterparts? Household-Level Semi-parametric Censored Demand Systems Approach," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 205116, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.205116.
  4. Copeland, Alicia & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2015, "Consumer Demand for Dairy Alternative Beverages in the United States and its Implications to U.S. Dairy Industry," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 205334, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.205334.
  5. Dharmasena, Senarath & Kosub, Brooke & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2015, "Demand and Market Competitiveness of Almond Milk as a Dairy Alternative Beverage in the United States," 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 196789, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196789.
  6. Zheng, Wen & Dharmasena, Senarath & Janakirarman, Ramkumar & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2015, "Market Competitiveness, Demographic Profiling of Demand and Tax Policies Associated with Sparkling and Non-Sparkling Bottled Water in the United States," 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 196790, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196790.
  7. Dharmasena, Senarath & Wang, Jing & Bessler, David A., 2015, "Import Demand for Milk in China: Dynamics and Market Integration," 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 196792, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196792.

2014

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Fang, Lu & Bessler, David A. & Jing, Wang, 2014, "Price Discovery of World and China Vegetable Oil Markets and Causality with Non-Gaussian Innovations," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 169781, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.169781.
  2. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David A. & Todd, Jessica & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2014, "Dynamics of the Food Environment in the United States," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 169797, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.169797.
  3. Dharmasena, Senarath & Okrent, Abigail & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2014, "Consumer Demand for Greek-Style Yogurt and its Implications to the Dairy Industry in the United States," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 169799, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.169799.
  4. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2014, "Demand for Organic /Non-Organic Non-alcoholic Beverages in the United States: Application of Semiparametric Estimation of Censored Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (C-QUAIDS) with Household-Level Micro Data," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 169807, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.169807.
  5. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2014, "U.S. Demand for Wellness and Functional Beverages and Implications on Nutritional Intake: An Application of EASI Demand System Capturing Diverse Preference Heterogeniety," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 169811, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.169811.
  6. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David A., 2014, "Causes and Consequences of Macroeconomic Challenges Facing Low-Income Countries as a Complex Economic System," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 169812, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.169812.
  7. Gvillo, Rejeana & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2014, "Dynamics of Advertising and Demand for Fluid Milk in the United States: An Incomplete Demand Approach," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 170265, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.170265.
  8. Bingham, David & Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Salin, Victoria, 2014, "Demographic and Economic Factors Affecting Demand for Brand-Level Milk in Texas," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 170468, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.170468.
  9. Gvillo, Rejeana & Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2014, "Dynamics of Advertising and Demand for Milk in the United States Delineated by Milk Fat Type," 2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 162265, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162265.
  10. Dharmasena, Senarath & Ishdorj, Ariun & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Bessler, David A., 2014, "Dynamics of Macroeconomic Shocks on Food Assistance Programs in the United States," 2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 162368, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162368.

2013

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bryant, Henry L., 2013, "Model Specification Uncertainty and Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates Approach," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 150284, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.150284.
  2. Silva, Andres & Etilé, Fabrice & Boizot-Szantai, Christine & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2013, "The Impact of Beverage Taxes on Quantity and Quality of Consumption in France," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 150428, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.150428.
  3. Wang, Jing & Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David A., 2013, "Price Dynamics and Forecasts of World and China Vegetable Oil Markets," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 151150, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.151150.
  4. Dharmasena, Senarath & Wang, Jing & Rosson, C. Parr III, 2013, "Price Non-Stationary and Import Demand for Milk in China," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 151151, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.151151.
  5. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2013, "Demand Interrelationships of Organic and Non-Organic Nonalcoholic Beverages in the United States: An Application of Semiparametric Estimation of Censored Demand System," 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 142932, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.142932.

2012

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2012, "Spatial Price Competition in the Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry in the United States," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 124255, Jun, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.124255.
  2. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Bessler, David A., 2012, "Modeling Advertising Expenditures and Spillover Effects Applied to the U.S. Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry: Vector Autoregression (VAR) and Polynomial Distributed Lag (PDL) Approaches," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 124363, Jun, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.124363.
  3. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2012, "Market Competitiveness and Demographic Profiles of Dairy Alternative Beverages in the United States: The Case of Soymilk," 2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 119680, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.119680.

2011

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Davis, George C. & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2011, "Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax," 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 103509, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.103509.
  2. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2011, "Is Chocolate Milk the New-Age Energy\Sports Drink in the United States?," 2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 98742, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.98742.
  3. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2011, "Demographic and Economic Profiling of U.S. Demand for Probiotics: The Case of Drinkable Yogurt," 2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 98743, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.98743.

2010

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Clauson, Annette L., 2010, "Advertising in the U.S. Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry: Are Spillover Effects Negative or Positive? Revisited using a Dynamic Approach," 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 61321, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61321.
  2. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2010, "On Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Combat the Obesity Problem," 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 61322, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61322.
  3. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2010, "Demographic and Economic Profiling of U.S. Demand for Non-Alcoholic Beverages 1998-2003: A Household Level Two-Step Analysis," 2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 56257, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.56257.

2009

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2009, "Demand Interrelationships of At-Home Nonalcoholic Beverage Consumption in the United States," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 49443, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.49443.
  2. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Clauson, Annette L., 2009, "Nutritional Contributions of Nonalcoholic Beverages to the U.S. Diet: 1998-2003," 2009 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 46386, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.46386.

Undated

  1. Silva, Andres & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "Modeling Seasonal Unit Roots as a Simple Empirical Method to Handle Autocorrelation in Demand Systems: Evidence from UK Expenditure Data," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 149928, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.149928.
  2. Li, Jing & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting the Demand for Fluid Milk Alternative Beverages in the United States," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 258418, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.258418.
  3. Cain, Stephen & Dharmasena, Senarath & Martin, Daniel, undated, "Economics of Agricultural Aviation Industry in the United States: Optimum Applicator Pricing, Effects of Regulation and Efficacy of Technologies," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 258421, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.258421.
  4. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, undated, "Consumer Demand and Variety Seeking with regards to U.S. Vegetable Juice Market: An Application of Entropy Index Augmented Semiparametric Censored Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 274052, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.274052.
  5. Gao, Long & Capps, Oral & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "Demand Interrelationships and Socio-economic Factors Associated with the Purchase of Various Dairy Products in the United States," 2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 290781, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.290781.
  6. Yang, Tingyi & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "U.S. Demand for Plant-Based Dairy Alternative Beverages: A Hedonic Metric Approach," 2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 290792, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.290792.
  7. Senia, Mark C. & Dharmasena, Senarath & Todd, Jessica E., undated, "A Complex Model of Consumer Food Acquisitions: Applying Machine Learning and Directed Acyclic Graphs to the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS)," 2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 266536, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.266536.
  8. Branch, Maggie & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting the Propensity to Consume Specialty Eggs in the United States," 2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 266560, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.266560.
  9. Cheng, Guo & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "Complex Interactions and Strategic Pricing of Brand-Level Nut Products in the United States: A Graph Theoretic Approach," 2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 266567, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.266567.
  10. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David A., undated, "Food Insecurity, Poverty, Unemployment and Obesity in the United States: Effect of (Not) Considering Back-Door Paths in Policy Modeling," 2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 266569, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.266569.
  11. Yang, Tingyi & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "Market Power in the Dairy Alternative Beverage Industry in the United States," 2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 266630, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.266630.
  12. Su, Tian & Dharmasena, Senarath & Leatham, David J. & Gilliland, Charles E, undated, "Market Integration and Price Discovery of Regional Land Markets in Texas," 2020 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2020, Louisville, Kentucky, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, number 302339, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302339.
  13. Williams, Gary W. & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Salin, Victoria & Dharmasena, Senarath & Higgins, Lindsey & Thompson, William J. & Anderson, David, undated, "Ethnic Lamb Buying and Preparation Behavior and Preferences," Reports, Texas A&M University, Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center, number 285206, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.285206.
  14. Dharmasena, Senarath & Davis, George C. & Capps, Oral, Jr., undated, "Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects Associated with a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax," Reports, Texas A&M University, Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center, number 285222, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.285222.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Senarath Dharmasena & David A. Bessler & Oral Capps, 2026, "Application of Resolution Regression and Resolution Graphs in Evaluating Probability Forecasts Generated Using Binary Choice Models," Econometrics, MDPI, volume 14, issue 1, pages 1-19, February.

2024

  1. Parum Faith & Dharmasena Senarath, 2024, "Food Price Inflation in the United States as a Complex Dynamic Economic System," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, volume 22, issue 2, pages 113-132, DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2023-0043.

2022

  1. Hughes, Kaitlynn & Dharmasena, Senarath & Martin, Daniel, 2022, "Value of the Agricultural Aerial Application Industry in the United States Delineated by Crops Grown and by State: A Counterfactual Study," Journal of Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics Association of Georgia, volume 40, issue 2, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.387625.
  2. Bakhtavoryan, Rafael & Cheng, Guo “Chris” & Capps, Oral & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2022, "A household-level demand system analysis of nuts in the United States," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, volume 51, issue 2, pages 283-310, August.

2021

  1. Cheng, Guo Chris & Capps, Oral Jr. & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2021, "Demand Interrelationships of Peanuts and Tree Nuts in the United States," Journal of Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics Association of Georgia, volume 39, issue 01, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.317857.

2019

  1. Capps, Oral Jr. & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2019, "Enhancing the Teaching of Product Substitutes/Complements: A Pedagogical Note on Diversion Ratios," Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR), Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, volume 1, issue 01, June, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.294013.
  2. Branch, Maggie & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2019, "Factors Affecting the Propensity to Purchase Specialty Eggs in the United States," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, volume 50, issue 01, March, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.292191.
  3. Senia, Mark Christopher & Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, 2019, "Can Dietary Fiber Intake Be Increased through Nutritional Education and through Subsidies on Selected Food Products?," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, volume 48, issue 3, pages 448-472, December.

2018

  1. Kim, Youngho & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2018, "Price Discovery and Integration in U.S. Pecan Markets," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, volume 49, issue 01, March, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.274602.
  2. Wen Zheng & Senarath Dharmasena & Oral Capps Jr & Ramkumar Janakiraman, 2018, "Consumer demand for and effects of tax on sparkling and non-sparkling bottled water in the United States," Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 8, issue 3, pages 501-517, September, DOI: 10.1108/JADEE-09-2017-0089.

2017

  1. Rowland, Christopher S. & Mjelde, James W. & Dharmasena, Senarath, 2017, "Policy implications of considering pre-commitments in U.S. aggregate energy demand system," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 102, issue C, pages 406-413, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.12.041.

2016

  1. Hlavinka, Alexander N. & Mjelde, James W. & Dharmasena, Senarath & Holland, Christine, 2016, "Forecasting the adoption of residential ductless heat pumps," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 54, issue C, pages 60-67, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.11.020.
  2. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David A. & Capps, Oral, 2016, "Food environment in the United States as a complex economic system," Food Policy, Elsevier, volume 61, issue C, pages 163-175, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.03.003.
  3. Andres Silva & Senarath Dharmasena, 2016, "Considering seasonal unit root in a demand system: an empirical approach," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 51, issue 4, pages 1443-1463, December, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-015-1052-6.

2014

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2014, "Unraveling Demand for Dairy-Alternative Beverages in the United States: The Case of Soymilk," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, volume 43, issue 01, pages 1-18, April, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.166028.
  2. Dharmasena, Senarath & Davis, George & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2014, "Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects Associated with a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, volume 39, issue 2, pages 1-17, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.186559.

2012

  1. Senarath Dharmasena & Oral Capps, 2012, "Intended and unintended consequences of a proposed national tax on sugar‐sweetened beverages to combat the U.S. obesity problem," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 21, issue 6, pages 669-694, June, DOI: 10.1002/hec.1738.

2011

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr. & Clauson, Annette L., 2011, "Ascertaining the Impact of the 2000 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans on the Intake of Calories, Caffeine, Calcium, and Vitamin C from At-Home Consumption of Nonalcoholic Beverages," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, volume 43, issue 01, pages 1-15, February, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.100632.

2004

  1. Dharmasena, Senarath & Bessler, David, 2004, "Weak-Form Efficiency Vs Semi-Strong Form Efficiency in Price Discovery: an Application to International Black Tea Markets," Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics, Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), volume 6, pages 1-25, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.205947.

Undated

  1. Cheng, 'Chris' Guo & Capps, Oral Jr. & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "Demand analysis of peanuts and tree nuts in the United States: a micro-perspective," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, volume 24, issue 3, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.316303.
  2. Hu, Yang & Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral Jr. & Janakiraman, Ramkumar, undated, "The Growing Market for Energy and Sports Drinks in the United States: Can Chocolate Milk Remain a Contender?," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, volume 51, issue 2, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305486.
  3. Hawkins, Hannah & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "Price Discovery and Integration in U.S. Peanut Markets," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, volume 51, issue 01, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305508.
  4. Parum, Faith & Dharmasena, Senarath, undated, "U.S. Consumers’ Intake of Food at Home (FAH) and Food Away from Home (FAFH) As a Complex Economic System," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, volume 52, issue 01, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313454.

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