K Aleks Schaefer

Biographic Data

ID4422727
NAMEK Aleks Schaefer
GIVEN NAMESK Aleks
FAMILY NAMESchaefer
SIGNATURESCHAEFER K A
AFFILIATIONSOklahoma State University
ORCID0000-0002-9516-7238
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Local News Deserts and Community Social Capital Erosion

    Open AccessTess Haddock, K Aleks Schaefer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Regional Science2026

    The disappearance of local newspapers across the United States has sparked growing concern about its implications for community life in rural America. This study examines the societal consequences of local news deserts, focusing on three critical dimensions of community social capital: crime, civic engagement, and political polarization. Using a difference‐in‐differences framework and a novel panel dataset of U.S. counties from 1990 to 2016, we f…

  • The effects of U.S. poultry industry consolidation on employee productivity and labor costs

    Open AccessTina L Saitone, K Aleks Schaefer et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2026

  • Trade protection via tariff rate quota administration

    Open AccessK Aleks Schaefer, Christopher A WolfARTICLEFood Policy2025Cited by: 2References: 1

  • Economic impacts of the Indian ban on non-Basmati rice exports

    Open AccessKjersti Nes, K Aleks Schaefer et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2025Cited by: 1References: 7

  • International trade and Ukraine's pursuit of self‐determination

    Open AccessNataliya Boyko, Natalia Boyko et al.ARTICLEWorld Economy2024

    In this research, we assess the international trade implications of Ukraine's pursuit of self‐determination through the lens of the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement and the contemporaneous war with Russia in the years preceding the 2022 Russian Invasion. To do so, we construct a dataset with annual, bilateral export and import flows for Ukraine and a set of comparator countries at the 6‐digit level of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule (HS) for years…

  • Animal disease outbreaks and upstream soybean trade

    Open AccessWuit Yi Lwin, K Aleks Schaefer et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2024Cited by: 1References: 1

    Animal disease outbreaks have been extremely disruptive to global livestock industries in recent years. In light of the modern integration of international supply chains, to what extent have these disruptions been experienced by upstream stakeholders? This research investigates the upstream impacts of global animal disease outbreaks in the international soybean market. We employ a two-step procedure to deduce the impacts of animal disease on upst…

  • Expanding the phytosanitary exclusion zone for Mexican avocados

    Open AccessIrvin Rojas, K Aleks SchaeferARTICLEFood Policy2024References: 1

    Due to phytosanitary concerns, the U.S. has historically only allowed the importation of avocados from one Mexican state—Michoacán. In Michoacán, avocados have become a source of cartel conflict and violence. In August 2022, authorized shipments of avocados from an additional Mexican state – Jalisco – were allowed to enter the U.S. This research investigates the market impacts and unintended consequences of expanding the phytosanitary exclusion z…

  • Resolving the reality gap in farm regulation voting models

    Open AccessKelsey A Hopkins, Melissa G S McKendree et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2022References: 7

  • Covid-19 morbidity and mortality in U.S. meatpacking counties

    Open AccessTina L Saitone, K Aleks Schaefer et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2021Cited by: 11

  • Realized and potential global production effects from genetic engineering

    Open AccessDaniel Scheitrum, K Aleks Schaefer et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2020

  • International sourcing decisions in the wake of a food scandal

    Open AccessK Aleks Schaefer, Daniel Scheitrum et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2018Cited by: 1References: 4

    This research investigates whether and how the 2013 Horsemeat Scandal has altered European food retailers’ efforts to mitigate fraud in the international agri-food supply chain. We construct an econometric model that matches fraud alert data from the European Union (EU) Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) from 2006 to 2016 with annual data on bilateral trade flows. We find that—prior to the horsemeat scandal—detection of fraud along the …