Publications
68. Chandio, Rabail, Mykel Taylor, Chrystol Thomas, and Wendong Zhang. 2026. "Teaching Farm and Rural Property Appraisal at America's Colleges: Synthesis and Reflections." forthcoming at Journal of the ASFMRA. (published version)
67. Tong, Jingyi, Michael Bootsma, Wendong Zhang, and Wei Wang. 2026. "Factors Influencing the Adoption of Flexible Lease Arrangements in Iowa." forthcoming at Journal of the ASFMRA. (published version)
66. He, Xinyue, Lee Schulz, Tao Xiong, Dermot Hayes, Wendong Zhang, 2026. "Tracking U.S. Hog and Pig Inventory in Real-time using Nowcasting" forthcoming at Food Policy (published version)
65. Hinds, Alan, Zixia Huang, and Wendong Zhang. 2026. "SNAP's New Reality: Expanded Work Requirements, Cost Shifts to States, and Benefit Adjustment Changes." forthcoming at Applied Economic Extension and Education (AEEE) (published version)
64. Wan, Xibo, Yongwang Ren, Ruohao Zhang, Jiameng Zheng, Wendong Zhang. 2026. "Quantifying Recreational Benefits from Fish Consumption Advisories: Insights from Cellphone Mobility Data." forthcoming at Land Economics. (published version)
63. Wang, Yu, Gregory Howard, Wendong Zhang, Marilyn Brown, Abigail Morton, Kristen Cetin, James McCalley. 2026. "Financial Incentives and Intrinsic Motives for Residents' Participation in Demand Response Programs." forthcoming at Energy Policy (published version)
62. Kang, Minseong, Seungki Lee, Ian Sheldon, and Wendong Zhang. 2026. "Uneven State-Level Exposure to Potential U.S. Tariff Disputes with Canada and Mexico." forthcoming at Choices Magazine (published version)
61. C. Liao,J. Kao-Kniffin,M. Reid, W. Zhang, P. Tshabalala,E. Andrus,Z. Butler-Jones,J. LaPoint,S. Zhou,R. Rafols,S. Shin,M. Ichihara,A. Pereira,N. Butler,Y. Tu, & S.R. McCouch, Rice farming for climate change adaptation in the Northeastern United States, Proceedings of National Academies of Sciences (PNAS) U.S.A. 122 (49) e2402181122 (2025). (published version)
60. Mei, Yingdan, Jixiang Qiu., Wendong Zhang, Pengfei Liu, and Sookti Chaudhary. 2025. “Do Carbon Markets Promote Environmental Justice? Evidence from China’s Certified Emission Reduction Program.” Forthcoming at Nature Communications (published version)
59. Ai, Jianwei, Minghao Li, Terry Zhang, and Wendong Zhang. 2025. "the Impacts of the 2025 Trade Wars on Global Agricultural Markets and US Agricultural Trade" Forthcoming at International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR) (published version)
58. Si Un Lee, Jeff Hyde, Yangxuan Liu, Rudy Nayga Jr., and Wendong Zhang. 2025. "Is There an Extension Discount for Agricultural Economics Faculty?" forthcoming at Journal of Extension (published version)
57. Li, Zhiyun, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Wendong Zhang. 2025. "The Impact of Solar-Enabling Legislations on Farmland Values" Forthcoming at Land Economics (published version)
56. Qu, Xiaorui and Lu, Qinan and Li, Minghao and Zhang, Wendong, 2025. Broadband Internet Speed Upgrades and the Farmland Market: A Shift-Share Instrumental Variable Approach. Forthcoming at American Journal of Agricultural Economics (published version)
55. Cheng, Nieyan, Tao Xiong and Wendong Zhang. 2025. The Impact of China's Place-Based Environmental Regulations on Its Hog Industry and Water Quality: A Synthetic Difference-in-differences Approach. Forthcoming at Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (Corresponding Author) (published version)
54. Zhang, Wendong and Wan, Xibo and Ji, Yongjie and Fan, Wenran. 2024. Uncovering Disparities in Water-Based Outdoor Recreation using Cell Phone Mobility Data. forthcoming at Environmental Research Letters. (published version) (AI Google NotebookLM - podcast)
53. Jingyi Tong, Wendong Zhang, Catherine De Long, Jamie Benning, and Madeline Schultz. 2024. What Women Landowners Want to Know about Conservation? forthcoming at Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (published version)
52. Li, Miao, Tao Xiong, Ziran Li, Wendong Zhang, 2024. Designated Market Makers and Agricultural Futures Market Quality: Evidence from China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange. forthcoming at Agricultural Economics. (published version)
51. Wan, Xiaolan, Greg Howard, and Wendong Zhang. 2025. Enrollment Restrictions and the Adoption of Conservation Practices in the U.S. Corn Belt. forthcoming at Land Economics (published version)
50. Graziano, Marcello, Pengfei Liu, Kevin Meyer, and Wendong Zhang. 2024. Impact of Waterborne E. coli Outbreaks on Local Communities: Evidence from Housing Transactions in Michigan. forthcoming at Agricultural and Resource Economic Review (published version) (AI Google NotebookLM - podcast)
49. Fiechter, Chad, Todd Kuethe, and Wendong Zhang. 2025. Information Rigidities and Farmland Value Expectations, Forthcoming at Land Economics (published version)
48. Rodriguez, Lulu, Shuyang Qu, Wendong Zhang, Minghao Li, and Erin Cork. 2024. “What Midwest Farmers Think about the Trade Dispute with China: Concerns, Claims, Solutions, and Information Needs”, Forthcoming at Sage Open
47. Cheng, Nieyan, Tang Chuan, Pengfei Liu, Minghao Li, and Wendong Zhang. 2024. Pipeline Incidents and Property Values. Forthcoming at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (published version) (AI Google NotebookLM - podcast)
46. Li, Haoran, Xibo Wan, and Wendong Zhang. 2024. Do Firms Hedge Against Political Tensions? Evidence from Chinese Food Importers of Norwegian Salmon. Forthcoming at the World Economy (Corresponding Author) (published version)
45. Shr, Jimmy, and Wendong Zhang. 2024. Omitted Downstream Attributes and the Benefits of Nutrient Reductions: Implications for Choice Experiments. Forthcoming at Ecological Economics (published version)
44. Mphande, Kephas, Badilla-Arias, Sharon, Cheng, Nieyan, González-Acuña, Jose F., Nair, Ajay, Zhang, Wendong, & Gleason, Mark L. 2024. Evaluating Pollination and Weed Control Strategies under Mesotunnel Systems for Organic Muskmelon Production in Iowa. HortTechnology, 34(3), 265-279. (published version)
43. Plastina, Alejandro, Wendong Zhang, and Wendiam Sawadgo. 2024. By How Much Can Appraised Farm Values
Differ Across Appraisers? Journal of the ASFMRA (published version)
42. Wang, Fangyao, Wendong Zhang, and Mykel Taylor. 2024. Mapping and Contexualizing Foreign Ownership and Leasing of US Farmland. Journal of the ASFMRA (Corresponding Author) (published version)
41. Lu, Qinan, Nieyan Cheng, Wendong Zhang, and Pengfei Liu. 2023. Disamenity or Premium: Do Electricity Transmission Lines Affect Farmland Values and Housing Prices Differently? Journal of Housing Economics (Corresponding Author) (published version)
40. Mykel R. Taylor, Wendong Zhang, and Festus Attah. 2023. "Foreign Interests in U.S. Agricultural Lands: The Missing Conversations about Leasing." Choices (CARD policy brief) (published version)
39. Xiong, Tao, Wendong Zhang, and Fangxiao Zhao. 2023. "When China Strikes: Quantifying Australian Companies' Stock Price Responses to China's Trade Restrictions", Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Corresponding Author) (published version)
38. Li, Minghao, and Xi He, Wendong Zhang, Lulu Rodriguez, James M Gbeda, Shuyang Qu. 2023. Farmers’ Reactions to the US-China Trade War: Perceptions Versus Behaviors. Journal of AAEA (Corresponding Author) (published version)
37. Lee, Jun Yeong, Grant Durbahn, Peter F. Orazem, and Wendong Zhang. 2023. "The Roles of Risk Preferences, Selection, and Uncertain Returns on Land Contracts", Agricultural Economics (published version)
36. Howard, Gregory, Wendong Zhang, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, and Philip Gassman. 2023. Evaluating the Tradeoff between Cost-Effectiveness and Participation in Agricultural Conservation Programs, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Corresponding Author) (published version)
35. Liu, Qing, Wendong Zhang, and Beatrice Maule, 2023. Of Women and Land: How Gender Affects Successions and Transfers of Iowa Farms. Applied Economic Policy and Perspectives (Corresponding Author) (Winner of the 2021 AAEA Undergraduate Paper Competition) (published version)
34. Nelson, Hayley M., Jose F. Gonzalez-Acuna, Ajay Nair, Nieyan Cheng, Kephas Mphande, Sharon Badilla-Arias, Wendong Zhang, and Mark Gleason. 2023. Comparison of Row Cover Systems for Pest Management in Organic Muskmelon in Iowa. HortTechnology 33 (1) (published version)
33. Schultz, Madeline, Jamie Benning, Catherine DeLong, Cori Hyde, Melissa O'Rourke, Lisa Scarbrough, Kristine Tidgren, Jingyi Tong, Wendong Zhang. 2022. "Survey Increases Understanding of Iowa Women Farmland Owners." Journal of NACAA (National Association of County Agricultural Agents) 15 (2): 1-22. (published version)
32. He, Xi, Dermot Hayes, Miguel Carriquiry, Amani Elobeid, Wendong Zhang, Minghao Li. 2022. China’s Growing Feed Imports: Projections from the CARD Agricultural Modeling Approach, Agribusiness 38(4): 970-989 (published version)
31. He, Xi, Edward J. Balistreri, Gyu Hyun Kim, and Wendong Zhang. 2022. A General Equilibrium Assessment of the Labor Productivity Impacts of COVID-19 on China's Regional Economies. Journal of Productivity Analysis 58: 129-150 (Corresponding Author) (published version)
30. Liu, Yangxuan, and Wendong Zhang. 2022. "Nurturing International Graduate Students for a More Diversified and Inclusive Extension Workforce", Applied Economics Teaching Resources. (published version)
29 Mei, Yingdan, Li Gao, Wendong Zhang, and Feng-an Yang. 2021. Will Homeowners Benefit When Coal-fired Power Plants Switch to Natural Gas? Evidence from Beijing, China. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 110:102566. (published version)
28. Xiong, Tao, Wendong Zhang, and Chen-Ti Chen. August 2021. A Fortune from Misfortune: Evidence from Hog Firms' Stock Price Responses to China's African Swine Fever. Food Policy, 105: 102150 (published version)
27. Li, Minghao and Wendong Zhang. July 2021. Trade Policies Have Environmental Implications. Forthcoming at Nature Food (Invited News & Views Article) (published version)
26. Basha, Albulena, Wendong Zhang, and Chad Hart, January 2021. The Impacts of Interest Rate Changes on US Midwest Farmland Values. Agricultural Finance Review, 81(5): 746-766 (Corresponding Author) (published version)
25. Zhang, Wendong, Sergio H. Lence, and Todd Kuethe, November 2020. Are Expert Opinions Accurate? Panel Data Evidence from Iowa Land Value Survey. Land Economics, 97(4): 875-892 (published version)
24. Zhang, Wendong. 2021. The Case for Healthy U.S.-China Agricultural Trade Relations Despite Deglobalization Pressures. Applied Economic Policy & Perspectives, 43(1): 225-247 (published version)
23. Sawadgo, Wendiam, Wendong Zhang, and Alejandro Plastina, 2021, What Drives Landowners' Conservation Decisions? Evidence from Iowa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 76(3): 211-221 (published version)
22. Hasan, Syed, Attique Rehman, and Wendong Zhang. 2021. Who Can Work and Study from Home in Pakistan: Evidence from a 2018-19 Nationwide Household Survey, World Development, 138:105197 (Corresponding Author) (published version)
21. Shao, Yongtong, Minghao Li, Dermot Hayes, Wendong Zhang, Tao Xiong, and Wei Xie. 2020, China’s Missing Pigs: Correcting China’s Hog Inventory Data Using a Machine Learning Approach, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 103(3):1082-1098 (Corresponding Author) (published version)
20. Li, Minghao, Edward Balistreri, and Wendong Zhang, 2020, The U.S.-China Trade War: Tariff Data and General Equilibrium Analysis, Journal of Asian Economics, Lead Article (published version)
19. Liu, Hongxing, Wendong Zhang, Elena Irwin, Jeffery Kast, Noel Aloysius, Jay F. Martin, and Margaret Kelcic. November 2020, Best Management Practices and Nutrient Reduction: An Integrated Economic-Hydrological Model of the Western Lake Erie Basin, Land Economics, 96(4): 510-530 (published version)
18. Irwin, Elena G., Geoffrey L. Buckley, Matthew Gnagey, Nicholas Irwin, David Newburn, Erin Pierce, Douglas Wrenn and Wendong Zhang. 2019. "The Role of Regulations and Norms in Land Use Change." In Science for the Sustainable City: Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology, edited by Steward T. A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso, J. Morgan Grove, Elena G. Irwin, Emma J. Rosi, Christopher M. Swan, 112-31. NEW HAVEN; LONDON: Yale University Press (published version)
17. Grant, Marta, and Wendong Zhang. 2019. " Entrepreneurship and Start-ups in the Agricultural Industry”, Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (JASFMRA), 35-43 (published version)
16. Taylor, Mykel, and Wendong Zhang. 2019. "Training the Next Generation of Extension Economists", Choices, Quarter 2, 34 (2) (published version)
15. Wang, Pingping, Wendong Zhang, Minghao Li, and Yijun Han. 2019. "Does Fertilizer Education Program Increase the Technical Efficiency of Chemical Fertilizer Use? Evidence from Wheat Production in China", Sustainability 11(2) 543 (published version)
14. Gao, Li., Wendong Zhang, Yingdan Mei, Abdoul Sam, Yu Song, and Shuqin Jin. 2018. “Do Farmers Adopt Fewer Conservation Practices Rented Land? Evidence from Straw Retention in China”, Land Use Policy, 79: 609-621, (published version)
13. Aller, Deborah, Sotirios Archontoulis, Wendong Zhang, Wendiam Sawadgo, David Laird, and Kenneth Moore. 2018. "Long Term Biochar Effects on Corn Yield, Soil Quality, and Profitability in the US Midwest", Field Crops Research 227: 30-40 (published version)
12. Li, Minghao, Wendong Zhang, and Chad Hart. 2018. "What Have We Learned from China’s Past Trade Retaliation Strategies?" Choices. Lead Article. Quarter 2. (published version) (CARD policy brief 18-PB 22)
11. Zhang, Wendong, and Kristine Tidgren. April 2018. Current Farm Downturn vs. 1920s and 1980s Farm Crisis: An Economic and Legal Comparison. Agricultural Finance Review, Lead Article 78(4): 396-411 (published version) (CARD working paper 18-WP 577)
10. Zhang, Wendong, and Brent Sohngen. April 2018. Do US Anglers Care About Harmful Algal Blooms? A Choice Experiment of Lake Erie Recreational Anglers. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(3): 868-888 (published version) (CARD working paper 18 WP 573)
- Media Coverage: Oxford University Press (OUP) Blog: Angling for Less HABs
9. Zhang, Wendong, Wei Zhang, and Chad Hart. 2018. Are Agricultural Professionals' Farmland Value and Crop Price Forecasts Consistent? Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (Journal of ASFMRA), Lead Article, 1-16, (CARD working paper 18 WP 578) (published version)
8. Rosli, Hafizi, Derrick Mayfield, Jean Batzer, Philip Dixon, Wendong Zhang, and Mark Gleason. 2017. Field Validation of a Modified Relative Humidity-Based System for Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck in Iowa. Plant Disease, 101(10): 1721-7128 (published version)
7. Zhang, Wendong, and Michael Duffy. 2017. Land Quality Perceptions in Expert Opinion Surveys: Evidence from Iowa. Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (Journal of ASFMRA), 89: 128-151 (published version) (CARD working paper 17 WP 574)
6. Zhang, Wendong, Robyn S. Wilson, Elizabeth Burnett, Elena G. Irwin, and Jay F. Martin. 2016. What Motivates Farmers to Apply Phosphorus at the "Right" Time? Survey Evidence from the Western Lake Erie Basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 42(6): 1343-1356 (published version)
5. Zhang, Wendong, and Zachariah Beek. 2016. Trends and Determinants of U.S. Farmland Values since 1910: Evidence from the Iowa Land Value Survey. Farm Policy Journal, 13(2) (published verison)
4. Zhang, Wendong, Douglas H. Wrenn, and Elena G. Irwin. 2016. Spatial Heterogeneity, Accessibility and Zoning: An Empirical Investigation of Leapfrog Development. Journal of Economic Geography, 17(3): 547-570 (published version)
- Winner, North American Regional Science Council Graduate-Student-Led Paper Competition, the 59th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2012
3. Zhang, Wendong. 2015. Three Essays on Land Use, Land Management, and Land Values in the Agro-Ecosystem, Ph.D. Dissertation, the Ohio State University (published version)
- Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, the Ohio State University, 2016
- Presidential Fellowship, the Graduate School, the Ohio State University, 2014-2015
2. Zhang, Wendong, and Cynthia J. Nickerson. 2015. The Housing Market Bust and Farmland Values: Identifying the Changing Influence of Proximity to Urban Centers. Land Economics, 91(4): 605-626. Lead Article (published version)
- Winner, North American Regional Science Council Graduate-Student-Led Paper Competition, the 60th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, 2013
- Winner, Best Paper Competition, Midwest Graduate Student Conference on Regional and Applied Economics, Columbus, OH, 2013
1. Nickerson, Cynthia J., and Wendong Zhang. 2014. Modeling the Determinants of Farmland Values in the U.S., in The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics, ed. Josh M. Duke and Junjie Wu. Oxford University Press, pp. 111-138 (published version)Ai, Jianwei, Minghao Li, Terry Zhang, and Wendong Zhang. 2025. "the Impacts of the 2025 Trade Wars on Global Agricultural Markets and US Agricultural Trade" Revisions Requested at IFAMA
67. Tong, Jingyi, Michael Bootsma, Wendong Zhang, and Wei Wang. 2026. "Factors Influencing the Adoption of Flexible Lease Arrangements in Iowa." forthcoming at Journal of the ASFMRA. (published version)
66. He, Xinyue, Lee Schulz, Tao Xiong, Dermot Hayes, Wendong Zhang, 2026. "Tracking U.S. Hog and Pig Inventory in Real-time using Nowcasting" forthcoming at Food Policy (published version)
65. Hinds, Alan, Zixia Huang, and Wendong Zhang. 2026. "SNAP's New Reality: Expanded Work Requirements, Cost Shifts to States, and Benefit Adjustment Changes." forthcoming at Applied Economic Extension and Education (AEEE) (published version)
64. Wan, Xibo, Yongwang Ren, Ruohao Zhang, Jiameng Zheng, Wendong Zhang. 2026. "Quantifying Recreational Benefits from Fish Consumption Advisories: Insights from Cellphone Mobility Data." forthcoming at Land Economics. (published version)
63. Wang, Yu, Gregory Howard, Wendong Zhang, Marilyn Brown, Abigail Morton, Kristen Cetin, James McCalley. 2026. "Financial Incentives and Intrinsic Motives for Residents' Participation in Demand Response Programs." forthcoming at Energy Policy (published version)
62. Kang, Minseong, Seungki Lee, Ian Sheldon, and Wendong Zhang. 2026. "Uneven State-Level Exposure to Potential U.S. Tariff Disputes with Canada and Mexico." forthcoming at Choices Magazine (published version)
61. C. Liao,J. Kao-Kniffin,M. Reid, W. Zhang, P. Tshabalala,E. Andrus,Z. Butler-Jones,J. LaPoint,S. Zhou,R. Rafols,S. Shin,M. Ichihara,A. Pereira,N. Butler,Y. Tu, & S.R. McCouch, Rice farming for climate change adaptation in the Northeastern United States, Proceedings of National Academies of Sciences (PNAS) U.S.A. 122 (49) e2402181122 (2025). (published version)
60. Mei, Yingdan, Jixiang Qiu., Wendong Zhang, Pengfei Liu, and Sookti Chaudhary. 2025. “Do Carbon Markets Promote Environmental Justice? Evidence from China’s Certified Emission Reduction Program.” Forthcoming at Nature Communications (published version)
59. Ai, Jianwei, Minghao Li, Terry Zhang, and Wendong Zhang. 2025. "the Impacts of the 2025 Trade Wars on Global Agricultural Markets and US Agricultural Trade" Forthcoming at International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR) (published version)
58. Si Un Lee, Jeff Hyde, Yangxuan Liu, Rudy Nayga Jr., and Wendong Zhang. 2025. "Is There an Extension Discount for Agricultural Economics Faculty?" forthcoming at Journal of Extension (published version)
57. Li, Zhiyun, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Wendong Zhang. 2025. "The Impact of Solar-Enabling Legislations on Farmland Values" Forthcoming at Land Economics (published version)
56. Qu, Xiaorui and Lu, Qinan and Li, Minghao and Zhang, Wendong, 2025. Broadband Internet Speed Upgrades and the Farmland Market: A Shift-Share Instrumental Variable Approach. Forthcoming at American Journal of Agricultural Economics (published version)
55. Cheng, Nieyan, Tao Xiong and Wendong Zhang. 2025. The Impact of China's Place-Based Environmental Regulations on Its Hog Industry and Water Quality: A Synthetic Difference-in-differences Approach. Forthcoming at Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (Corresponding Author) (published version)
54. Zhang, Wendong and Wan, Xibo and Ji, Yongjie and Fan, Wenran. 2024. Uncovering Disparities in Water-Based Outdoor Recreation using Cell Phone Mobility Data. forthcoming at Environmental Research Letters. (published version) (AI Google NotebookLM - podcast)
53. Jingyi Tong, Wendong Zhang, Catherine De Long, Jamie Benning, and Madeline Schultz. 2024. What Women Landowners Want to Know about Conservation? forthcoming at Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (published version)
52. Li, Miao, Tao Xiong, Ziran Li, Wendong Zhang, 2024. Designated Market Makers and Agricultural Futures Market Quality: Evidence from China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange. forthcoming at Agricultural Economics. (published version)
51. Wan, Xiaolan, Greg Howard, and Wendong Zhang. 2025. Enrollment Restrictions and the Adoption of Conservation Practices in the U.S. Corn Belt. forthcoming at Land Economics (published version)
50. Graziano, Marcello, Pengfei Liu, Kevin Meyer, and Wendong Zhang. 2024. Impact of Waterborne E. coli Outbreaks on Local Communities: Evidence from Housing Transactions in Michigan. forthcoming at Agricultural and Resource Economic Review (published version) (AI Google NotebookLM - podcast)
49. Fiechter, Chad, Todd Kuethe, and Wendong Zhang. 2025. Information Rigidities and Farmland Value Expectations, Forthcoming at Land Economics (published version)
48. Rodriguez, Lulu, Shuyang Qu, Wendong Zhang, Minghao Li, and Erin Cork. 2024. “What Midwest Farmers Think about the Trade Dispute with China: Concerns, Claims, Solutions, and Information Needs”, Forthcoming at Sage Open
47. Cheng, Nieyan, Tang Chuan, Pengfei Liu, Minghao Li, and Wendong Zhang. 2024. Pipeline Incidents and Property Values. Forthcoming at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (published version) (AI Google NotebookLM - podcast)
46. Li, Haoran, Xibo Wan, and Wendong Zhang. 2024. Do Firms Hedge Against Political Tensions? Evidence from Chinese Food Importers of Norwegian Salmon. Forthcoming at the World Economy (Corresponding Author) (published version)
45. Shr, Jimmy, and Wendong Zhang. 2024. Omitted Downstream Attributes and the Benefits of Nutrient Reductions: Implications for Choice Experiments. Forthcoming at Ecological Economics (published version)
44. Mphande, Kephas, Badilla-Arias, Sharon, Cheng, Nieyan, González-Acuña, Jose F., Nair, Ajay, Zhang, Wendong, & Gleason, Mark L. 2024. Evaluating Pollination and Weed Control Strategies under Mesotunnel Systems for Organic Muskmelon Production in Iowa. HortTechnology, 34(3), 265-279. (published version)
43. Plastina, Alejandro, Wendong Zhang, and Wendiam Sawadgo. 2024. By How Much Can Appraised Farm Values
Differ Across Appraisers? Journal of the ASFMRA (published version)
42. Wang, Fangyao, Wendong Zhang, and Mykel Taylor. 2024. Mapping and Contexualizing Foreign Ownership and Leasing of US Farmland. Journal of the ASFMRA (Corresponding Author) (published version)
41. Lu, Qinan, Nieyan Cheng, Wendong Zhang, and Pengfei Liu. 2023. Disamenity or Premium: Do Electricity Transmission Lines Affect Farmland Values and Housing Prices Differently? Journal of Housing Economics (Corresponding Author) (published version)
40. Mykel R. Taylor, Wendong Zhang, and Festus Attah. 2023. "Foreign Interests in U.S. Agricultural Lands: The Missing Conversations about Leasing." Choices (CARD policy brief) (published version)
39. Xiong, Tao, Wendong Zhang, and Fangxiao Zhao. 2023. "When China Strikes: Quantifying Australian Companies' Stock Price Responses to China's Trade Restrictions", Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Corresponding Author) (published version)
38. Li, Minghao, and Xi He, Wendong Zhang, Lulu Rodriguez, James M Gbeda, Shuyang Qu. 2023. Farmers’ Reactions to the US-China Trade War: Perceptions Versus Behaviors. Journal of AAEA (Corresponding Author) (published version)
37. Lee, Jun Yeong, Grant Durbahn, Peter F. Orazem, and Wendong Zhang. 2023. "The Roles of Risk Preferences, Selection, and Uncertain Returns on Land Contracts", Agricultural Economics (published version)
36. Howard, Gregory, Wendong Zhang, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, and Philip Gassman. 2023. Evaluating the Tradeoff between Cost-Effectiveness and Participation in Agricultural Conservation Programs, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Corresponding Author) (published version)
35. Liu, Qing, Wendong Zhang, and Beatrice Maule, 2023. Of Women and Land: How Gender Affects Successions and Transfers of Iowa Farms. Applied Economic Policy and Perspectives (Corresponding Author) (Winner of the 2021 AAEA Undergraduate Paper Competition) (published version)
34. Nelson, Hayley M., Jose F. Gonzalez-Acuna, Ajay Nair, Nieyan Cheng, Kephas Mphande, Sharon Badilla-Arias, Wendong Zhang, and Mark Gleason. 2023. Comparison of Row Cover Systems for Pest Management in Organic Muskmelon in Iowa. HortTechnology 33 (1) (published version)
33. Schultz, Madeline, Jamie Benning, Catherine DeLong, Cori Hyde, Melissa O'Rourke, Lisa Scarbrough, Kristine Tidgren, Jingyi Tong, Wendong Zhang. 2022. "Survey Increases Understanding of Iowa Women Farmland Owners." Journal of NACAA (National Association of County Agricultural Agents) 15 (2): 1-22. (published version)
32. He, Xi, Dermot Hayes, Miguel Carriquiry, Amani Elobeid, Wendong Zhang, Minghao Li. 2022. China’s Growing Feed Imports: Projections from the CARD Agricultural Modeling Approach, Agribusiness 38(4): 970-989 (published version)
31. He, Xi, Edward J. Balistreri, Gyu Hyun Kim, and Wendong Zhang. 2022. A General Equilibrium Assessment of the Labor Productivity Impacts of COVID-19 on China's Regional Economies. Journal of Productivity Analysis 58: 129-150 (Corresponding Author) (published version)
30. Liu, Yangxuan, and Wendong Zhang. 2022. "Nurturing International Graduate Students for a More Diversified and Inclusive Extension Workforce", Applied Economics Teaching Resources. (published version)
29 Mei, Yingdan, Li Gao, Wendong Zhang, and Feng-an Yang. 2021. Will Homeowners Benefit When Coal-fired Power Plants Switch to Natural Gas? Evidence from Beijing, China. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 110:102566. (published version)
28. Xiong, Tao, Wendong Zhang, and Chen-Ti Chen. August 2021. A Fortune from Misfortune: Evidence from Hog Firms' Stock Price Responses to China's African Swine Fever. Food Policy, 105: 102150 (published version)
27. Li, Minghao and Wendong Zhang. July 2021. Trade Policies Have Environmental Implications. Forthcoming at Nature Food (Invited News & Views Article) (published version)
26. Basha, Albulena, Wendong Zhang, and Chad Hart, January 2021. The Impacts of Interest Rate Changes on US Midwest Farmland Values. Agricultural Finance Review, 81(5): 746-766 (Corresponding Author) (published version)
25. Zhang, Wendong, Sergio H. Lence, and Todd Kuethe, November 2020. Are Expert Opinions Accurate? Panel Data Evidence from Iowa Land Value Survey. Land Economics, 97(4): 875-892 (published version)
24. Zhang, Wendong. 2021. The Case for Healthy U.S.-China Agricultural Trade Relations Despite Deglobalization Pressures. Applied Economic Policy & Perspectives, 43(1): 225-247 (published version)
23. Sawadgo, Wendiam, Wendong Zhang, and Alejandro Plastina, 2021, What Drives Landowners' Conservation Decisions? Evidence from Iowa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 76(3): 211-221 (published version)
22. Hasan, Syed, Attique Rehman, and Wendong Zhang. 2021. Who Can Work and Study from Home in Pakistan: Evidence from a 2018-19 Nationwide Household Survey, World Development, 138:105197 (Corresponding Author) (published version)
21. Shao, Yongtong, Minghao Li, Dermot Hayes, Wendong Zhang, Tao Xiong, and Wei Xie. 2020, China’s Missing Pigs: Correcting China’s Hog Inventory Data Using a Machine Learning Approach, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 103(3):1082-1098 (Corresponding Author) (published version)
20. Li, Minghao, Edward Balistreri, and Wendong Zhang, 2020, The U.S.-China Trade War: Tariff Data and General Equilibrium Analysis, Journal of Asian Economics, Lead Article (published version)
19. Liu, Hongxing, Wendong Zhang, Elena Irwin, Jeffery Kast, Noel Aloysius, Jay F. Martin, and Margaret Kelcic. November 2020, Best Management Practices and Nutrient Reduction: An Integrated Economic-Hydrological Model of the Western Lake Erie Basin, Land Economics, 96(4): 510-530 (published version)
18. Irwin, Elena G., Geoffrey L. Buckley, Matthew Gnagey, Nicholas Irwin, David Newburn, Erin Pierce, Douglas Wrenn and Wendong Zhang. 2019. "The Role of Regulations and Norms in Land Use Change." In Science for the Sustainable City: Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology, edited by Steward T. A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso, J. Morgan Grove, Elena G. Irwin, Emma J. Rosi, Christopher M. Swan, 112-31. NEW HAVEN; LONDON: Yale University Press (published version)
17. Grant, Marta, and Wendong Zhang. 2019. " Entrepreneurship and Start-ups in the Agricultural Industry”, Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (JASFMRA), 35-43 (published version)
16. Taylor, Mykel, and Wendong Zhang. 2019. "Training the Next Generation of Extension Economists", Choices, Quarter 2, 34 (2) (published version)
15. Wang, Pingping, Wendong Zhang, Minghao Li, and Yijun Han. 2019. "Does Fertilizer Education Program Increase the Technical Efficiency of Chemical Fertilizer Use? Evidence from Wheat Production in China", Sustainability 11(2) 543 (published version)
14. Gao, Li., Wendong Zhang, Yingdan Mei, Abdoul Sam, Yu Song, and Shuqin Jin. 2018. “Do Farmers Adopt Fewer Conservation Practices Rented Land? Evidence from Straw Retention in China”, Land Use Policy, 79: 609-621, (published version)
13. Aller, Deborah, Sotirios Archontoulis, Wendong Zhang, Wendiam Sawadgo, David Laird, and Kenneth Moore. 2018. "Long Term Biochar Effects on Corn Yield, Soil Quality, and Profitability in the US Midwest", Field Crops Research 227: 30-40 (published version)
12. Li, Minghao, Wendong Zhang, and Chad Hart. 2018. "What Have We Learned from China’s Past Trade Retaliation Strategies?" Choices. Lead Article. Quarter 2. (published version) (CARD policy brief 18-PB 22)
11. Zhang, Wendong, and Kristine Tidgren. April 2018. Current Farm Downturn vs. 1920s and 1980s Farm Crisis: An Economic and Legal Comparison. Agricultural Finance Review, Lead Article 78(4): 396-411 (published version) (CARD working paper 18-WP 577)
10. Zhang, Wendong, and Brent Sohngen. April 2018. Do US Anglers Care About Harmful Algal Blooms? A Choice Experiment of Lake Erie Recreational Anglers. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(3): 868-888 (published version) (CARD working paper 18 WP 573)
- Media Coverage: Oxford University Press (OUP) Blog: Angling for Less HABs
9. Zhang, Wendong, Wei Zhang, and Chad Hart. 2018. Are Agricultural Professionals' Farmland Value and Crop Price Forecasts Consistent? Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (Journal of ASFMRA), Lead Article, 1-16, (CARD working paper 18 WP 578) (published version)
8. Rosli, Hafizi, Derrick Mayfield, Jean Batzer, Philip Dixon, Wendong Zhang, and Mark Gleason. 2017. Field Validation of a Modified Relative Humidity-Based System for Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck in Iowa. Plant Disease, 101(10): 1721-7128 (published version)
7. Zhang, Wendong, and Michael Duffy. 2017. Land Quality Perceptions in Expert Opinion Surveys: Evidence from Iowa. Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (Journal of ASFMRA), 89: 128-151 (published version) (CARD working paper 17 WP 574)
6. Zhang, Wendong, Robyn S. Wilson, Elizabeth Burnett, Elena G. Irwin, and Jay F. Martin. 2016. What Motivates Farmers to Apply Phosphorus at the "Right" Time? Survey Evidence from the Western Lake Erie Basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 42(6): 1343-1356 (published version)
5. Zhang, Wendong, and Zachariah Beek. 2016. Trends and Determinants of U.S. Farmland Values since 1910: Evidence from the Iowa Land Value Survey. Farm Policy Journal, 13(2) (published verison)
4. Zhang, Wendong, Douglas H. Wrenn, and Elena G. Irwin. 2016. Spatial Heterogeneity, Accessibility and Zoning: An Empirical Investigation of Leapfrog Development. Journal of Economic Geography, 17(3): 547-570 (published version)
- Winner, North American Regional Science Council Graduate-Student-Led Paper Competition, the 59th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2012
3. Zhang, Wendong. 2015. Three Essays on Land Use, Land Management, and Land Values in the Agro-Ecosystem, Ph.D. Dissertation, the Ohio State University (published version)
- Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, the Ohio State University, 2016
- Presidential Fellowship, the Graduate School, the Ohio State University, 2014-2015
2. Zhang, Wendong, and Cynthia J. Nickerson. 2015. The Housing Market Bust and Farmland Values: Identifying the Changing Influence of Proximity to Urban Centers. Land Economics, 91(4): 605-626. Lead Article (published version)
- Winner, North American Regional Science Council Graduate-Student-Led Paper Competition, the 60th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, 2013
- Winner, Best Paper Competition, Midwest Graduate Student Conference on Regional and Applied Economics, Columbus, OH, 2013
1. Nickerson, Cynthia J., and Wendong Zhang. 2014. Modeling the Determinants of Farmland Values in the U.S., in The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics, ed. Josh M. Duke and Junjie Wu. Oxford University Press, pp. 111-138 (published version)Ai, Jianwei, Minghao Li, Terry Zhang, and Wendong Zhang. 2025. "the Impacts of the 2025 Trade Wars on Global Agricultural Markets and US Agricultural Trade" Revisions Requested at IFAMA
