Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Accepted
Machine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics: A step-by-step tutorial
Systematic Reviews. (Accepted).
2025
Parental educational pairings and child physical abuse: Evidence from China
International Journal of Educational Development.
Machine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics
Education Sciences, 15(11), 1488.
The 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for US agricultural exports
Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 59(2), 110-136.
Trade implications of ending China's zero-Covid policy
Asian Economics Letters, 6(3), 11-22.
2024
Global container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 46(2), 553-571.
U.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions
Choices, 39(3), 1-7.
2023
The impact of maritime shipping disruptions on U.S. tree nut exports and inventories
Agribusiness, 39(3), 904-911.
U.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought
Agribusiness, 41(1), 289-303.
Supply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 45(2), 1051-1071.
2022
A portrait of firms that trade in meat products
Western Economics Forum, 20(2), 6-18.
2016
Urbanization process and carbon emission in China based on semi-parametric spatial lags model
Logistics Engineering and Management.
Working Papers
- U.S. public perceptions of food date labeling: Text mining and content analysis of USDA request for information (RFI) responses.
Peng Lu, Lulu Mao, Xiting Zhuang, Zhihong Xu, & Shuai Ma.
(R&R at Food Policy) - 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 and Outreach Work
- Shawn Arita, Ruchira Chakravorty, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang (2026). IEEPA fertilizer tariffs: Revenue, relief, and pass-through. NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2026-01. LINK
- Shawn Arita, Matthew Gammans, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang (2025). Supreme Court, food and input tariff relief, and market access opportunities through recent trade deals. NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-12. LINK
- Shawn Arita, 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. LINK
- 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. LINK
- Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, & Xiting Zhuang (2025). Soybean basis hits record low amid zero new-crop sales to China. NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-09. LINK
- Shawn Arita, Jiyeon Kim, Wint Lwin, Sandro Steinbach, Ming Wang, & Xiting Zhuang (2025). IEEPA tariff escalation: What it means for U.S. food and ag-input imports. NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor 2025-08. LINK