Publications

Peer-reviewed publications, working papers, and policy briefs

* denotes corresponding author

2026

U.S. public perceptions of food date labeling: Text mining and content analysis of USDA request for information (RFI) responses ↗

Food Policy, 140, 103055

Peng Lu, Lulu Mao, Xiting Zhuang, Zhihong Xu, & Shuai Ma

Machine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics: A step-by-step tutorial ↗

Systematic Reviews, 15, 103

Zhihong Xu, Shuai Ma, Xiting Zhuang, Anjorin Ezekiel Adeyemi, & Ashlynn Kogut

2025

Parental educational pairings and child physical abuse: Evidence from China ↗

International Journal of Educational Development

Weidong Tian, Zhiyong Dai, Dongli Cao, & Xiting Zhuang*

Work environment and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from China ↗

Applied Economics

Weidong Tian, Dongli Cao, & Xiting Zhuang*

Machine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics ↗

Education Sciences, 15(11), 1488

Zhihong Xu, Xiting Zhuang, & Shuai Ma

The 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for US agricultural exports ↗

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 59(2), 110–136

Colin A. Carter, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

Trade implications of ending China's zero-Covid policy ↗

Asian Economics Letters, 6(3), 11–22

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

2024

Global container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports ↗

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 46(2), 553–571

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

U.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions ↗

Choices, 39(3), 1–7

Raghav Goyal, Sandro Steinbach, Yasin Yildirim, & Xiting Zhuang

2023

The impact of maritime shipping disruptions on U.S. tree nut exports and inventories ↗

Agribusiness, 39(3), 904–911

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

U.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought ↗

Agribusiness, 41(1), 289–303

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

Supply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports ↗

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 45(2), 1051–1071

Colin A. Carter, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

Retaliatory tariffs and container shipping disruptions cause considerable trade damages to California's almond industry ↗

Choices, 38(2)

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang

2022

A portrait of firms that trade in meat products ↗

Western Economics Forum, 20(2), 6–18

Heidi Schweizer, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2016

Urbanization process and carbon emission in China based on semi-parametric spatial lags model

Logistics Engineering and Management

Xiting Zhuang*

Working Papers

Tariff pass-through in the 2025 U.S.–China tariff increase

Xiting Zhuang*, Sandro Steinbach, & Carlos Zurita

Tradition or tragedy: Arranged marriages and domestic violence

Weidong Tian, Dongli Cao, & Xiting Zhuang*

R&R at International Review of Law & Economics

The call of kinship: How clan culture shapes rural residents' commitment to hometown development in China

Zhiyong Dai, Weidong Tian, & Xiting Zhuang*

R&R at Journal of Rural Studies

Bridging language and data: Transforming agricultural curricula for data analytics through linguistic insights

Zhihong Xu, Jaehyun Ahn, Shuai Ma, Anjorin Ezekiel Adeyemi, Fahmida Husain Choudhury, Xiting Zhuang, Rafael Landaverde, & Gary J. Wingenbach

R&R at PLOS One

The gift of equality: Legal recognition of same-sex unions and elder abuse

Weidong Tian & Xiting Zhuang*

Temperature, allowance, and air pollution: Evidence from regression discontinuity design

Xiting Zhuang*

Bread and bruises: The Great Chinese Famine and domestic violence

Weidong Tian & Xiting Zhuang*

Global supply chain and domestic cost shocks

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang*

Global trade effects of tightening environmental trade policies in China

Sandro Steinbach & Xiting Zhuang*

Policy Briefs & Outreach

IEEPA fertilizer tariffs: Revenue, relief, and pass-through ↗

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2026-01

Shawn Arita, Ruchira Chakravorty, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2026

Supreme Court, food and input tariff relief, and market access opportunities through recent trade deals ↗

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-12

Shawn Arita, Matthew Gammans, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

Implications of new U.S.-China deal, soybean commitments, port fee suspension, and SE Asia deals ↗

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-11

Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

China could bypass U.S. soybeans in 2025/26 and IEEPA tariffs raise input costs ↗

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-10

Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

Soybean basis hits record low amid zero new-crop sales to China ↗

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-09

Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

IEEPA tariff escalation: What it means for U.S. food and ag-input imports ↗

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-08

Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

China's import declines reflect broader demand weakness ↗

NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-07

Shawn Arita, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang

2025

Panama Canal traffic delays threaten Southern Ag global supply chains ↗

Southern Ag Today

Sunghun Lim, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2024

Ripple effects of shipping lane disruptions on U.S. agriculture ↗

Farmdoc Daily

Sandro Steinbach, Yasin Yildirim, & Xiting Zhuang

2024

Containergeddon and California agriculture ↗

ARE Update, 25(2), 1–4

Colin A. Carter, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang

2021