Dr. Zoë T. Plakias

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Assistant Professor

Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics

(The) Ohio State University

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Faculty Affiliate 

InFACT Discovery Theme

Sustainability Institute

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Executive Leadership Board Member

STEAM Factory

Healthy, sustainable + fair supply Chains

Many people care about the impacts their food purchases have on their own health, the environment and other people, and they buy products according to these values. I consider who is producing and purchasing these products, the incentives driving their decisions, and the welfare impacts of production and consumption.

Market power in the aG supply chain

As companies grow in size or market share, they may be able to exercise market power--the ability to set a higher selling price or a lower buying price than the competitive price. I consider the role of market power and other types of power (e.g., voting power) in the agricultural supply chain and food systems.

Orgs + networks in the food system

Along with interacting in markets, farmers and food system stakeholders interact within and outside markets in farm organizations, cooperatives and social networks. I examine food system stakeholders' behavior in these settings and how these interactions connect to actions and outcomes in markets.

Working paper

Past, Present, and Future: Status of Women and Minority Faculty in Agricultural and Applied Economics [REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Jana Hilsenroth, Anna Josephson, Kelly Grogan, Lurleen Walters, Zoë Plakias, Leah Palm-Forster, Simanti Banerjee, and Tara Wade

Most recent version: 2021

Working paper

Pot of Money: Characterizing Agricultural Lending and Banking in the California Cannabis Industry [REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Zoë Plakias, Margaret Jodlowski, Parisa Kavousi, Taylor Giamo, and Keith Taylor

Most recent version: 2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

Measuring the Welfare Impacts of Local Food Sourcing by Institutions: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Approach [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

Authors: Zoë Plakias

Publication year: 2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

Increasing Student Engagement with Agriculture in a Changing Academic Environment [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Applied Economics Teaching Resources

Authors: Kristin Kiesel, Na Zuo, Zoë Plakias, Luis Moises Peña-Lévano, Andrew Barkley, Katherine Lacy, Erik Hanson, and Julianne Treme

Publication year: 2020

Peer-reviewed journal article

Lean on your Land Grant: One University's approach to address Food Supply Chain Workforce during the COVID-19 Pandemic [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Journal of Agromedicine

Authors: Dee S. Jepsen, Lisa Pfeifer, Lyda Garcia, Zoë Plakias, Shoshanah Inwood, Joy Rumble, Mary Rodriguez, Judit Puskas, and Sam Custer

Publication year: 2020

Peer-reviewed journal article

Tradeoffs in Farm to School Implementation: Larger Foodsheds Drive GREATER Local Food Expenditures [VIEW ARTICLE]

Journal: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Authors: Zoë Plakias, H. Allen Klaiber and Brian E. Roe

Publication year: 2020

Peer-reviewed journal article

Terminated marketing order provided resources to California Peach and Nectarine Growers [View article]

Journal: California Agriculture

Authors: Zoë Plakias, Rachael E. Goodhue and Jeffrey Williams

Publication year: 2020

Working paper

The Mexican PROCAMPO Farmland Subsidy and Its Effectiveness as a Rural Anti-Poverty Program [REQuest Manuscript]

Authors: Ariadna Martínez González, Zoë Plakias and Mark Partridge

Most recent version: 2019