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Alexis H. Villacis

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First Name:Alexis
Middle Name:H.
Last Name:Villacis
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RePEc Short-ID:pvi490
http://ahvillacis.com
Twitter: @ahvillacis
Terminal Degree:2020 Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)
https://aede.osu.edu/
RePEc:edi:daohsus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Chakraborty, Subarta & Villacis, Alexis H. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2025. "Understanding the Choice of Marketing Channels in an Emerging Economy: A Decomposition Analysis," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO 360687, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  2. Villacis, Alexis H. & Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul & Bruns, Selina & Ortega, David L. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2024. "Gender Dynamics and Aspirational Disparities in Agriculture," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343543, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  3. Villacis, Alexis H. & Badruddoza, Syed & Mishra, Ashok K., 2024. "A Machine Learning-based Exploration of Resilience through the Lens of Food Security," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343542, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  4. Villacis, Alexis H. & Carpio, Carlos E. & Boonsaeng, Tullaya & Cabrera, Tania & Alvarado, Jose, 2023. "Labels, Taxes, and Food Reformulation: A Tale of Sugar in Soft Drinks in Ecuador," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335755, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  5. Villacis, Alexis H. & Kopp, Thomas & Mishra, Ashok K., 2023. "Government-Supported Marketing Channels Increase Incomes only for Producers of Local Staples: Evidence from Fruit and Vegetables Farmers in India," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335470, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  6. Mayorga, Joaquin & Mishra, Ashok K. & Villacis, Alexis, 2022. "Extreme Heat and Agricultural TFP: The Case of Nigerian Subsistence Agriculture," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322527, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  7. Villacis, Alexis & Bloem, Jeffrey R. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2022. "Farm Investments, Risk Preferences, and Aspirations," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322520, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  8. Mishra, Ashok K. & Villacis, Alexis H. & Miller, Cristina D. M., 2022. "Market Facilitation Program Payments, Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage and Off-Farm Employment," IZA Discussion Papers 15834, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  9. Villacis, Alexis & Badruddoza, Syed & Mayorga, Joaquin & Mishra, Ashok K., 2022. "Using Machine Learning to Test the Consistency of Food Insecurity Measures," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322472, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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  10. Villacis, Alexis & Alwang, Jeffrey & Barrera, Victor, "undated". "Does the Use of Specialty Varieties and Post-Harvest Practices Benefit Farmers? Cocoa Value Chains in Ecuador," 2020 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2020, Louisville, Kentucky 302303, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
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    repec:ags:aaea22:335470 is not listed on IDEAS
    repec:ags:aaea22:343543 is not listed on IDEAS
  11. Villacis Aveiga, Alexis H. & Alwang, Jeffrey & Delgado, Jorge, "undated". "Profit-Maximizing Nitrogen Rates For Corn Production And Tillage Systems Using Random Parameter Response Functions," 2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia 291137, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Articles

  1. Alexis H. Villacis & Selina Bruns & Martin Paul Jr Tabe‐Ojong & David L. Ortega & Ashok K. Mishra, 2025. "Gender dynamics and aspirational disparities in agriculture," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 47(1), pages 176-198, March.
  2. Kayode Ajewole & Ashok K. Mishra & Alexis Villacis, 2025. "Acreage and farm investments decisions amidst uncertainty: A case study of rural India," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(2), pages 544-569, April.
  3. Villacis, Alexis H. & Kopp, Thomas & Mishra, Ashok K., 2024. "Agricultural marketing channels and market prices: Evidence from high-value crop producers in India," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 1308-1321.
  4. Alexis H. Villacis & Syed Badruddoza & Ashok K. Mishra, 2024. "A machine learning‐based exploration of resilience and food security," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 46(4), pages 1479-1505, December.
  5. German Caruso & Valerie Mueller & Alexis Villacis, 2024. "Leveraging unsupervised machine learning to examine women's vulnerability to climate change," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 46(4), pages 1355-1378, December.
  6. Villacis, Alexis H. & Bloem, Jeffrey R. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2023. "Aspirations, risk preferences, and investments in agricultural technologies," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
  7. Villacis, Alexis H., 2023. "Inconsistent choices over prospect theory lottery games: Evidence from field experiments," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
  8. Miller, Cristina D. M. & Mishra, Ashok K. & Villacis, Alexis H., 2023. "Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage, Government Payments and Labor Allocation: The Case of US Farm-Operator Households," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 48(01), January.
  9. Jeffrey Alwang & Alexis Villacis & Victor Barrera, 2022. "Credence attributes and opportunities: a cautionary tale of yerba mate in Paraguay," Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 12(4), pages 567-583, April.
  10. Alexis Villacis & Jeffrey Alwang & Victor Barrera, 2022. "Cacao value chains and credence attributes: lessons from Ecuador," Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 12(4), pages 549-566, April.
  11. Villacis, Alexis H. & Mayorga, Joaquin & Mishra, Ashok K., 2022. "Experience-based food insecurity and agricultural productivity in Nigeria," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
  12. Alexis H. Villacis & Jeffrey R. Alwang & Victor Barrera & Juan Dominguez, 2022. "Prices, specialty varieties, and postharvest practices: Insights from cacao value chains in Ecuador," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 38(2), pages 426-458, April.
  13. Alexis H. Villacis & Jeffrey R. Alwang & Victor Barrera, 2021. "Linking risk preferences and risk perceptions of climate change: A prospect theory approach," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(5), pages 863-877, September.
  14. Villacis, Alexis H. & Ramsey, A. Ford & Delgado, Jorge A. & Alwang, Jeffrey R., 2020. "Estimating Economically Optimal Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer in No-Tillage Continuous Corn," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(4), pages 613-623, November.

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Working papers

  1. Villacis, Alexis & Alwang, Jeffrey & Barrera, Victor, "undated". "Does the Use of Specialty Varieties and Post-Harvest Practices Benefit Farmers? Cocoa Value Chains in Ecuador," 2020 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2020, Louisville, Kentucky 302303, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

    Cited by:

    1. Gonzalo Villa‐Cox & Francesco Cavazza & Cristian Jordan & Mijail Arias‐Hidalgo & Paúl Herrera & Ramon Espinel & Davide Viaggi & Stijn Speelman, 2021. "Understanding constraints on private irrigation adoption decisions under uncertainty in data constrained settings: A novel empirical approach tested on Ecuadorian Cocoa cultivations," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(6), pages 985-999, November.

Articles

  1. Villacis, Alexis H. & Kopp, Thomas & Mishra, Ashok K., 2024. "Agricultural marketing channels and market prices: Evidence from high-value crop producers in India," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 1308-1321.

    Cited by:

    1. Abad, Arif & Maaz, Mohd Abdul Muqeet & Shamsi, Mohd Salman, . "A new method for assessing the marketing efficiency of agricultural marketing channels," Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal, Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal, vol. 10(2).

  2. Villacis, Alexis H. & Bloem, Jeffrey R. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2023. "Aspirations, risk preferences, and investments in agricultural technologies," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Bacud, Eva Salve Tino & Heckelei, Thomas & Ihli, Hanna, 2024. "The unknown link between aspirations and livelihoods: Do aspirations explain gendered livelihood diversification?," IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India 344275, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE).
    2. Shukla, Pallavi & Messer, Kent D. & Ferraro, Paul J., 2023. "Applying behavioral science to agriculture, food, and agri-environmental policymaking," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    3. Edward Martey & John K. M. Kuwornu & Prince M. Etwire & Emmanuel K. Apiors & Samuel Kwabena Chaa Kyire & Patrick Maanikuu Muotono Izideen & Francis H. Kemeze, 2025. "Does participation in on-farm demonstrations improve aspirations formation and food security? Evidence from Ghana," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 17(1), pages 127-144, February.
    4. Robert Finger & Viviana Garcia & Chloe McCallum & Jens Rommel, 2024. "A note on European farmers' preferences under cumulative prospect theory," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(1), pages 465-472, February.
    5. Alexis H. Villacis & Selina Bruns & Martin Paul Jr Tabe‐Ojong & David L. Ortega & Ashok K. Mishra, 2025. "Gender dynamics and aspirational disparities in agriculture," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 47(1), pages 176-198, March.
    6. Si, Ruishi & Liu, Xin & Pan, Sitong & Lu, Qian & Liu, Mingyue, 2024. "Assessing the inhibitory effect and intervention mechanism of food traceability system on reducing hog farmers’ overuse of animal antibiotics in China," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).

  3. Alexis Villacis & Jeffrey Alwang & Victor Barrera, 2022. "Cacao value chains and credence attributes: lessons from Ecuador," Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 12(4), pages 549-566, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Villacis, Alexis H. & Bloem, Jeffrey R. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2023. "Aspirations, risk preferences, and investments in agricultural technologies," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    2. Villacis, Alexis H. & Kopp, Thomas & Mishra, Ashok K., 2024. "Agricultural marketing channels and market prices: Evidence from high-value crop producers in India," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 1308-1321.
    3. Alexis H. Villacis & Selina Bruns & Martin Paul Jr Tabe‐Ojong & David L. Ortega & Ashok K. Mishra, 2025. "Gender dynamics and aspirational disparities in agriculture," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 47(1), pages 176-198, March.
    4. Vizuete-Montero, Marco & Carrera-Oscullo, Pablo & Barreno-Silva, Nancy De Las Mercedes & Sánchez, Maritza & Figueroa-Saavedra, Hilter & Moya, Wladimir, 2024. "Agroecological alternatives for small and medium tropical crop farmers in the Ecuadorian Amazon for adaptation to climate change," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 218(C).

  4. Villacis, Alexis H. & Mayorga, Joaquin & Mishra, Ashok K., 2022. "Experience-based food insecurity and agricultural productivity in Nigeria," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Ryota Nakatani, 2024. "Food companies' productivity dynamics: Exploring the role of intangible assets," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 40(1), pages 185-226, January.
    2. Azomahou, Théophile T. & Boucekkine, Raouf & Kazianga, Harounan & Korir, Mark & Ndung'u, Njuguna, 2022. "Guest Editors’ Introduction: The role of policy in reducing malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    3. Anyebe, Daniel & Wołoszyn, Andrzej, 2024. "Macroeconomic Environment and Entrepreneurship in Nigeria," Roczniki (Annals), Polish Association of Agricultural Economists and Agribusiness - Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistow Rolnictwa e Agrobiznesu (SERiA), vol. 2024(2).
    4. Younas Khan & Shahzaib Ashraf & Mussawar Shah, 2024. "Determinants of food security through statistical and fuzzy mathematical synergy," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(6), pages 14981-14999, June.
    5. Ana Felis & Ugo Pica-Ciamarra & Ernesto Reyes, 2025. "Dairy’s Development and Socio-Economic Transformation: A Cross-Country Analysis," World, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-27, August.
    6. Philbert Mperejekumana & Lei Shen & Shuai Zhong & Fabien Muhirwa & Assa Nsabiyeze & Jean Marie Vianney Nsigayehe & Anathalie Nyirarwasa, 2023. "Assessing the Capacity of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Burundi," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-14, September.
    7. Relwendé A. Nikiema & Sakiko Shiratori & Jules Rafalimanantsoa & Ryosuke Ozaki & Takeshi Sakurai, 2023. "How are higher rice yields associated with dietary outcomes of smallholder farm households of Madagascar?," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(3), pages 823-838, June.

  5. Alexis H. Villacis & Jeffrey R. Alwang & Victor Barrera & Juan Dominguez, 2022. "Prices, specialty varieties, and postharvest practices: Insights from cacao value chains in Ecuador," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 38(2), pages 426-458, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Villacis, Alexis H. & Bloem, Jeffrey R. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2023. "Aspirations, risk preferences, and investments in agricultural technologies," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    2. Villacis, Alexis H. & Kopp, Thomas & Mishra, Ashok K., 2023. "Government-Supported Marketing Channels Increase Incomes only for Producers of Local Staples: Evidence from Fruit and Vegetables Farmers in India," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335470, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Taufik Nur & Akhmad Hidayatno & Andri D. Setiawan & Komarudin Komarudin & Amalia Suzianti, 2023. "Environmental Impact Analysis to Achieve Sustainability for Artisan Chocolate Products Supply Chain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-23, September.
    4. Juan Diego Valenzuela-Cobos & Fabricio Guevara-Viejó & Purificación Vicente-Galindo & Purificación Galindo-Villardón, 2023. "Eco-Friendly Biocontrol of Moniliasis in Ecuadorian Cocoa Using Biplot Techniques," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-12, February.
    5. Villacis, Alexis H. & Kopp, Thomas & Mishra, Ashok K., 2024. "Agricultural marketing channels and market prices: Evidence from high-value crop producers in India," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 1308-1321.
    6. Alexis H. Villacis & Selina Bruns & Martin Paul Jr Tabe‐Ojong & David L. Ortega & Ashok K. Mishra, 2025. "Gender dynamics and aspirational disparities in agriculture," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 47(1), pages 176-198, March.
    7. José Díaz-Montenegro & Raúl Minchala-Santander & Marco Faytong-Haro, 2025. "Risk Perception and Management Strategies Among Ecuadorian Cocoa Farmers: A Comprehensive Analysis of Attitudes and Decisions," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-25, April.

  6. Alexis H. Villacis & Jeffrey R. Alwang & Victor Barrera, 2021. "Linking risk preferences and risk perceptions of climate change: A prospect theory approach," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(5), pages 863-877, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Villacis, Alexis H., 2023. "Inconsistent choices over prospect theory lottery games: Evidence from field experiments," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    2. Schrieks, Teun & Botzen, W.J. Wouter & Haer, Toon & Aerts, Jeroen C.J.H., 2024. "Drought risk attitudes in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Kenya," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    3. Villacis, Alexis H. & Bloem, Jeffrey R. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2023. "Aspirations, risk preferences, and investments in agricultural technologies," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    4. Roland Azibo Balgah & Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi & Ngwa Kester, 2024. "Nonprofit commercialization: What shapes the perceptions of top managers?," Public Administration & Development, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 44(5), pages 460-474, December.
    5. Jens Rommel & Julian Sagebiel & Marieke Cornelia Baaken & Jesús Barreiro-Hurlé & Douadia Bougherara & Luigi Cembalo & Marija Cerjak & Tajana Čop & Mikołaj Czajkowski & María Espinosa-Goded & Julia Höh, 2022. "Farmers' risk preferences in eleven European farming systems: A multi-country replication of Bocquého et al. (2014)," Working Papers 2022-24, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.
    6. Christoph Duden & Oliver Mußhoff & Frank Offermann, 2023. "Dealing with low‐probability shocks: The role of selected heuristics in farmers’ risk management decisions," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 54(3), pages 382-399, May.
    7. Feyisa, Ashenafi Duguma & Maertens, Miet & de Mey, Yann, 2023. "Relating risk preferences and risk perceptions over different agricultural risk domains: Insights from Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    8. Xiao Liu & Qingjin Wang & Zhengrui Li & Shan Jiang, 2025. "An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Decision-Making and Interaction Mechanisms of Chinese Energy Enterprises, the Public, and the Government in Low-Carbon Development Based on Prospect Theory," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-20, April.
    9. Robert Finger & Viviana Garcia & Chloe McCallum & Jens Rommel, 2024. "A note on European farmers' preferences under cumulative prospect theory," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(1), pages 465-472, February.
    10. Alexis H. Villacis & Selina Bruns & Martin Paul Jr Tabe‐Ojong & David L. Ortega & Ashok K. Mishra, 2025. "Gender dynamics and aspirational disparities in agriculture," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 47(1), pages 176-198, March.
    11. Jens Rommel & Julian Sagebiel & Marieke Cornelia Baaken & Jesús Barreiro‐Hurlé & Douadia Bougherara & Luigi Cembalo & Marija Cerjak & Tajana Čop & Mikołaj Czajkowski & María Espinosa‐Goded & Julia Höh, 2023. "Farmers' risk preferences in 11 European farming systems: A multi‐country replication of Bocquého et al. ()," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(3), pages 1374-1399, September.

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  1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (4) 2022-08-15 2022-08-22 2023-01-23 2025-12-08. Author is listed
  2. NEP-BIG: Big Data (1) 2022-08-15
  3. NEP-CMP: Computational Economics (1) 2022-08-15
  4. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2019-08-19
  5. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2023-01-23

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