Specialization

Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Marketing and Trade, Price Analysis and Forecast, Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics

General Research Interests

• Impact of structural changes on agricultural and food market
• Commodity promotion, advertising and effectiveness
• Threshold patterns and irreversibility of economic behaviors
• Trade and market policies
• Empirical strategy to estimate willingness-to-pay
• Evaluation of the impact of regulatory change

       

Publications

• Adachi, K., and D.J. Liu. Forthcoming “Estimating Threshold Effects of U.S. Generic Fluid Milk Advertising.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics in press
• Adachi, K., and D.J. Liu. 2009. "Estimating Long Run Price Relationship with Structural Change of Unknown Timing: An Application to the Japanese Pork Market." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91:1440-1447.

Paper under Review

• Konishi, Y., and K. Adachi. " A Framework for Estimating Willingness-To-pay to Avoid Endogenous Environmental Risks.” Resubmitted to Resource and Energy Economics

Working Papers

• Buhr, B., K. McKeever and K. Adachi. 2009. "Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis on Minnesota's Cattle and Beef Sector." Staff Paper Series P09-12, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota (PDF).
• Adachi, K. and Y. Konishi. 2008. "Private Provision of Publicly Useful Information: An Empirical Analysis of Public Notification Rules for Safe Drinking Water Act." (PDF).
• Adachi, K. and D.J. Liu. 2007. "Estimating Threshold Effects of Generic Fluid Milk Advertising." NICPRE Quarterly, vol.13, no.3 (PDF).
• Adachi, K. and D.J. Liu. 2006. "Estimating Threshold Effects of Generic Fluid Milk Advertising." Staff Paper Series P06-8, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota (PDF).
• Adachi, K., J. Apland, S. Taff, and G. Sands. 2005. "A Framework for the Economic Analysis of Ditch System Management Alternatives." Staff Paper Series P05-8. Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota (PDF).

       

Research in Progress

• A Structural Change Analysis of Vertical Price Relationship in the Japanese Pork Market, essay 1 in my PhD dissertation.
• The Impact of Imports on the Japanese Hog Cycle, essay 2 in my PhD dissertation.
• Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hydropower Projects in Developing Countries: An Option Value Approach, with M. Uwasu.

       

Professional Conference Presentations

• Invited paper session organized and moderated at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, Summer 2009
• Poster presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Orland, FL, Summer 2008
• Selected paper presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, Summer 2007
• NEC-63 Meeting, Opelika, AL, October 2006
• Selected paper presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, Summer 2006