REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Zheng, X. and T. Vukina (2007): “Efficiency Gains from Organizational Innovation: Comparing Ordinal and Cardinal Tournament Games in Broiler Contracts,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 25, 4, 843-859. 

2. Vukina, T. and X. Zheng (2007): “Structural Estimation of Rank-Order Tournaments with Private Information,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89, 3, 651-664.

3. Zheng, X. and D. M. Zimmer (2008): “Farmers' Health Insurance and Access to Health Care,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 90, 1, 267-279.

5. Vukina, T., X. Zheng, M. Marra and A. Levy: “Do Farmers Value The Environment? Evidence from a Conservation Reserve Program Auction,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, forthcoming.

6. Zheng, X. and C. Zhen: “Healthy Food, Unhealthy Food and Obesity,” Economics Letters, forthcoming.

7. Zheng, X.: “Semiparametric Bayesian Estimation of Mixed Count Regression Models,” Economics Letters, forthcoming.

8. Zheng, X. and D. M. Zimmer: “Racial Differences in Health Care Utilization: Analysis by Intensity of Demand,” Contemporary Economic Policy, forthcoming.

9. Zheng, X. and T. Vukina: “Do Alternative Marketing Arrangements Increase Pork Packers' Market Power?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

1. Zheng, X. (2007): Book Review of “Identification and Inference for Econometric Models” by Andrews and Stock, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89, 2, 555-556.

2. Vukina, T., M.K. Muth, N.E. Piggott, C. Shin, M.K. Wohlgenant, X. Zheng, S.C. Cates, M.C. Coglaiti, S.A. Karns, J. Lawrence, J.L. Taylor, and C.L. Viator (2007): “GIPSA Livestock and Meat Marketing Study, Volume 4. Hog and Pork Industries,” Final Report prepared for USDA, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Washington, DC. 

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS:

“Entry and Competition Effects in First-Price Auctions: Theory and Evidence from Procurement Auctions,” with T. Li.     

“Information Acquisition or/and Bid Preparation: A Structural Analysis of Entry and Bidding in Timber Sale Auctions,” with T. Li.  

“Quantifying the Cost of Excess Market Thickness in Timber Sale Auctions.”

“Homogenous and Heterogeneous Contestants in Piece Rate Tournaments: Theory and Empirical Analysis,” with T. Vukina.

“Moral Hazard, Heterogeneous Agents, and Imperfect Monitoring: A Structural Approach,” with M. Bellemare.

“The Importance of Entry and Adjustment Costs in International Agricultural Markets,” with I. Kandilov.