Journal Articles
Cao, Xiang, Darrell J. Bosch, and James Pease. "Recycling Irrigation Water on Ornamental Nursery Operations: Could Consumer Premiums Compensate for Grower Adoption Costs?" HortScience 52.12 (2017): 1780-1789.
Cao, Xiang, Guan, Z., Vallad, G. E., & Wu, F. (2019). Economics of fumigation in tomato production: the impact of methyl bromide phase-out on the Florida tomato industry. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 1-12. doi: 10.22434/IFAMR2018.0074
Working Papers
Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Xiang Cao, and Berna Karali. "The Market Impact of USDA Crop and Livestock Reports in the Big Data Era." (Journal of Commodity Markets, under review)
Mountain, Travis P., Xiang Cao, and Namhoon Kim. “Millennials' Future Homeownership and the Role of Student Loan Debt.” (Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Revise & Resubmit)
Cao, Xiang, Lisa O. House, Zhengfei Guan, and Zhifeng Gao. “Determining the Impact of State-Specific Signs and Labels on Tomato Marketing.” (Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, under review)
Work in Progress
Cao, Xiang, Kevin J. Boyle, Shyamani Siriwardena, and Thomas P. Holmes. “Estimating Demand for Urban Tree Cover Using a Residential Sorting Model.” (Target journal: Ecological Economics)
Cao, Xiang, Travis P. Mountain. “Student Loan, Financial Literacy, and Debt Composition among Millennials in the United States: A Fractional Multinomial Logit Approach.” (Target journal: Journal of Consumer Affairs)
Conference Proceedings
Cao, Xiang, Travis P. Mountain, and Namhoon Kim. “Student Loan Debt and Homeownership among Millennials in the United States.” Selected paper presentation, Annual Meeting, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Atlanta, GA, July 2019.
Travis P. Mountain, Xiang Cao, and Namhoon Kim. “Student Loan, Financial Literacy, and Homeownership among Millennials in the United States.” Selected paper presentation, American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI), Washington D.C., May 2019.
Cao, Xiang, Kevin J. Boyle, Shyamani Siriwardena and Thomas P. Holmes. “Estimating Demand for Urban Tree Cover Using a Residential Sorting Model.” Selected paper presentation, Annual Meeting, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Washington D.C., August 2018.
Cao, Xiang, Darrell J. Bosch and Jim Pease. “Recycling Irrigation Water on Ornamental Nursery Operations: Could Consumer Premiums Compensate for Grower Adoption Costs?” Selected poster presentation, Annual Meeting, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Chicago, IL, July 2017.
Isengildina-Massa, O., B. Karali, S. H. Irwin, M. K. Adjemian, and Xiang Cao. (2016). “The Value of USDA Information in a Big Data Era.” Proceedings of the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. St. Louis, MO. [http://www.farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134].
Cao, Xiang, Lisa O. House, Zhengfei Guan, Zhifeng Gao. “Determining the Impact of State-Specific Signs and Labels on Tomato Marketing.” Selected poster, Annual Meeting, Southern Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, San Antonio, TX, March 2016.
Cao, Xiang, Zhengfei Guan, Gary E. Vallad. “An Economic Analysis of Fumigation Alternatives, the Methyl Bromide Ban, and its Implication: Evidence from the Florida Tomato Industry.” Selected poster presentation, Annual Meeting, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Minneapolis, MN, July 2014.
Cao, Xiang, Lisa House, Zhengfei Guan, and Zhifeng Gao. “Marketing Strategies to Promote Florida Tomatoes.” The Florida Tomato Proceedings 2014, 14-16.
Cao, Xiang, Zhengfei Guan, Feng Wu. “An Overview of U.S. Blueberry Industry.” Selected poster presentation, Florida Agriculture Exposition, Wimauma, FL, November 2013.