Dr. Konstantinos Giannakas - Publications

  • Books
  • Journal Articles
  • Chapters in Books
  • Abstracts 
  • Other Publications
  • Invited Seminars & Presentations
  • Conference Papers

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Books

Giannakas K. Accounting for Agent Heterogeneity in Market and Policy Analysis. eBook one, Center for Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, January 2019, pp. 200 (Available at http://www.theheterogeneitybook.com/ and https://doi.org/10.13014/K2416V8V).

 

Journal Articles

Ray S., K. Giannakas. “An Economic Analysis of the ‘Buy Local’ Trend.” Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 3, 1(2024): 117-134. (Available at https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.101).

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. “Food Fraud: Causes, Consequences and Deterrence Strategies.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 15(2023): 85-104. (Available at https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-101422-013027).

Chennak A., K. Giannakas, T. Awada. “On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy.” Circular Economy and Sustainability (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-023-00297-8.

Hosni H., K. Giannakas. “An Economic Analysis of a ‘Reduced Portion Size’ Policy.” PLoS ONE 17, 12(2022): e0279165. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279165.

Ray S., K. Giannakas. “Causes and Consequences of Fake Transparency/Excess Information in Food Claims.” PLoS ONE 17, 12(2022): e0275800. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275800.

Meerza S.I.A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka. “Optimal Policy Response to Food Fraud.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 46, 3(2021): 343-60.

Mavroutsikos C., K. Giannakas, C. Walters. “The Role of Premium Subsidies in Crop Insurance.” PLoS ONE 16, 4(2021): e0250129. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250129.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. “On the Market for Lemons: Quality Provision in Markets with Asymmetric Information.” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 7(2020): Article 179. www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-00658-w.pdf.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. “Corruption in Agricultural Processing Firms: A Comparison of Cooperatives and Investor-Owned Firms.” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 68, 4(2020): 445-60.

Meerza S.I.A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka. “Market and Welfare Effects of Food Fraud.” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 63, 4(2019 - Special Issue): 759-89.

Tran V., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. “An Economic Analysis of Nanofood Labeling.” Journal of Policy Modeling 41, 1(2019): 1-20.

Tran V., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. "Market Potential and Economic Impacts of Food Nanotechnology Innovations." Journal of the Knowledge Economy 10, 2(2019): 776-811.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. "Doing Well by Doing Good: Agricultural Biotechnology in the Fight Against Hunger." Agricultural Economics 49, 6(2018): 725-39.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton, T. Awada. "Hiring Leaders: Inference and Disagreement about the Best Person for the Job." Palgrave Communications 3(2017): Article 17 (Available at www.nature.com/articles/s41599-017-0019-y)

Bhattacharya S., K. Giannakas, K. Schoengold. "Market and Welfare Effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards in United States Electricity Markets." Energy Economics 64(2017): 384-401.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton, J. Sesmero. "Horizon and Free-Rider Problems in Cooperative Organizations." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 42, 3(2016): 372-92.

Omidvar V., K. Giannakas. "The Effects of Fair Trade on Coffee Growers: A Framework and Analysis." Agricultural Economics 46, S1(2015): 29-39.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "The Future of Agricultural Cooperatives." Annual Review of Resource Economics 5(2013): 61-91.

Giannakas K., G. Karagiannis, V. Tzouvelekas. "Spillovers, Efficiency and Productivity of Advertising." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(2012): 1154-70.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "The Value of a Norm: Open Membership and the Horizon Problem in Cooperatives." Journal of Rural Cooperation 40, 2(2012): 145-61.

Plastina A., K. Giannakas, D. Pick. "Market and Welfare Effects of Mandatory Country-Of-Origin-Labeling in the US Specialty Crops Sector." Southern Economic Journal 77, 4(2011): 1044-69.

Giannakas K, N. Kalaitzandonakes, A. Magnier, K. Mattas. "Economic Effects of Purity Standards in Biotech Labeling Laws." Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 9, 1(2011): 1-45.

Lassoued R., K. Giannakas. "Economic Effects of the Consumer-Oriented GM Products in Markets with a Labeling Regime." Journal of Agricultural Economics 61, 3(2010): 499-526.

Drivas K., K. Giannakas. "The Effect of Cooperatives on Quality-Enhancing Innovation." Journal of Agricultural Economics 61, 2(2010): 295-317.

Giannakas K. "The Normative Efficiency Ranking of Output and Export Subsidies under Costly and Imperfect Enforcement." Agricultural Economics Review 10(2009 - Special Issue): 5-17.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. "Market and Welfare Effects of the Second-Generation, Consumer-Oriented GM Products." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90(2008): 152-71.

Drivas K., K. Giannakas. "Process Innovation Activity in a Mixed Oligopsony: The Role of Marketing Cooperatives." Journal of Rural Cooperation 36, 2(2008): 131-156.

Njoroge K., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas, A. Azzam. "Market and Welfare Effects of the U.S. Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act." Southern Economic Journal 74(2007): 290-311.

Plastina A., K. Giannakas. "Market and Welfare Effects of GMO Introduction in Small Open Economies." AgBioForum 10, 2(2007): 104-123.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. "Agricultural Biotechnology and Organic Agriculture: National Organic Standards and Labeling of GM Products." AgBioForum 9, 2(2006): 84-93.

Veyssiere L., K. Giannakas. "Strategic Labeling and Trade of GMOs." Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 4(2006): 1-38.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Process Innovation Activity in a Mixed Oligopoly: The Role of Cooperatives." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2005): 406-422.

Giannakas K., J. Kaplan. "Policy Design and Conservation Compliance on Highly Erodible Lands." Land Economics 81(2005): 20-33.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. "The Market Potential of a New High-Oleic Soybean: An Ex Ante Analysis." AgBioForum 7, 3(2004): 101-112.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "Inserting GM Products into the Food Chain: The Market and Welfare Effects of Different Labeling and Regulatory Regimes." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(2004): 42-60.

Giannakas K. "The Economics of Export Subsidies under Costly and Imperfect Enforcement." Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 47(2003): 541-562.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Tough Love: Optimal Enforcement of Output Quotas in the Presence of Cheating." Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 1, 2(2003): 1-17.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Costly (Dis)Agreement: Optimal Intervention, Income Redistribution, and Transfer Efficiency of Output Quotas in the Presence of Cheating." Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 1, 11(2003): 1-12.

Giannakas K., K. Tran, V. Tzouvelekas. "On the Choice of Functional Form in Stochastic Frontier Modeling." Empirical Economics 28(2003): 75-100.

Giannakas K., K. Tran, V. Tzouvelekas. "Predicting Technical Efficiency in Stochastic Frontier Production Models in the Presence of Misspecification: A Monte Carlo Analysis." Applied Economics 35(2003): 153-161.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas, X. Yionlai. "Implicit Contracts and the Grey Market for Fertilizer in China." Current Agriculture, Food & Resource Issues 4(2003): 1-15.

Giannakas K. "Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights: Causes and Consequences." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84(2002): 482-494.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Consumption Effects of Genetic Modification: What if Consumers are Right?" Agricultural Economics 27(2002): 97-109.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "The Economics of Decoupled Farm Payments under Costly and Imperfect Enforcement." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 50(2002): 297-315.

Yiannaka A., K. Giannakas, K. Tran. "Medium, Message and Advertising Effectiveness in the Greek Processed Meats Industry." Applied Economics 34(2002): 1757-1763.

Giannakas K. "Information Asymmetries and Consumption Decisions in Organic Food Product Markets." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 50(2002): 35-50.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "Organizational Commitment in a Mixed Oligopoly: Agricultural Cooperatives and Investor-Owned Firms." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83(2001): 1258-1265.

Giannakas K., R. Schoney, V. Tzouvelekas. "Technical Efficiency, Technological Change and Output Growth of Wheat Farms in Saskatchewan." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 49(2001): 135-152.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "Agricultural Biotechnology and Industry Structure." AgBioForum 4, 2(2001): 137-151.

Tzouvelekas V., S. Loizou, K. Giannakas, K. Mattas. "Co-integration and Error-Correction Modeling of Olive-Oil Consumption in Greece." Applied Economics Letters 8(2001): 539-543.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Efficient Redistribution Using Quotas and Subsidies in the Presence of Misrepresentation and Cheating." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82(2000): 347-359.

Giannakas K., K. Tran, V. Tzouvelekas. "Efficiency, Technological Change and Output Growth in Greek Olive Growing Farms: A Box-Cox Approach." Applied Economics 32(2000): 909-916.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "The Economics of Coupled Farm Subsidies under Costly and Imperfect Enforcement." Agricultural Economics 22(2000): 75-90.

Tzouvelekas V., K. Giannakas, P. Midmore, K. Mattas. "Decomposition of Olive Oil Production Growth into Productivity and Size Effects." Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales 51(1999): 5-20.

Giannakas K., R. Gray, N. Lavoie. "The Impact of Protein Increments on Blending Revenues in the Canadian Wheat Industry." International Advances in Economic Research 5(1999): 121-136.

Giannakas K., V. Tzouvelekas. "Strategic Behavior and Competition in Dynamic Industry: Greek Processed Meats." Agribusiness: An International Journal 14(1998): 157-169.

Tzouvelekas V., K. Giannakas, P. Midmore, K. Mattas. "Technical Efficiency Measures in Crete, Greece." International Advances in Economic Research 3(1997): 154-169.

 

Chapters in Books

Giannakas K. "Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Conventional and Organic Food Products: A Framework and Analysis." In Kalaitzandonakes N., P. Phillips, S. Smyth, J. Wesseler (eds.)  The Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Organic and Conventional Foods, Springer Academic Publishers, October 2016, pp. 345-362.

Giannakas K. "Innovation and Policy against Hunger in a Water-Constrained World." In Food Safety, Security, and Defense: Focus on Food and Water, Institute on Science for Global Policy, Washington DC, 2014, pp.78-82 (available at http://www.scienceforglobalpolicy.org/).

Giannakas K. "Consumer Demand in Vertically Differentiated Markets." Chapter 9 in Lusk J., J. Roosen, J. Shogren (eds.) Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy, Oxford University Press, September 2011.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "Agency and Leadership in Co-operatives: Endogenizing Organizational Commitment." In Karantininis K., J. Nilsson (eds.) Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies, Springer Academic Publishers, 2007, pp. 93-113.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "Biotechnology and Industry Concentration." In Transforming Agriculture: The Benefits and Costs of Genetically Modified Crops, Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee (CBAC), Ottawa, March 2001, pp. 9-31.

Oustapassidis K., K. Giannakas. "Product Development and Conduct in a Competitive Market: The Case of the Greek Sausage Industry." In Galizzi G., L. Venturini (eds.) Economics of Innovation: The Case of the Food Industry, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 1996, pp. 275-294.

 

Abstracts

Giannakas K. "Rationalizing Agricultural Export Subsidies when Enforcement is Costly." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81(1999): 1327.

Tzouvelekas V., K. Giannakas, G. Karagiannis. "Efficiency, Productivity and Output Growth: An Inter-Regional Analysis of Greek Agriculture." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80(1998): 1188.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "The Economics of Decoupled Payments in the Presence of Cheating." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80(1998): 1175.

Tzouvelekas V., K. Giannakas, P. Midmore, K. Mattas. "Decomposition of Olive Oil Production Growth into Productivity and Size Effects." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(1997): 1702.

 

Other Publications 

Hosni H., K. Giannakas. “Market and Welfare Impacts of a ‘Reduced Portion Size’ Policy.” Cornhusker Economics, September 20, 2023.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "On the Market for Lemons: When Low Quality does not Drive High Quality out of the Market." Cornhusker Economics, October 12, 2022.

Deka A., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. "The Impacts of Social Activism and Corporate Social Responsibility on Food Fraud." Cornhusker Economics, January 26, 2022.

Meerza S.I.A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka. “Optimal Regulatory Response to Food Fraud.” Cornhusker Economics, October 13, 2021.

Mavroutsikos C., K. Giannakas, C. Walters. “Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies are Means of Income Redistribution.” Cornhusker Economics, May 26, 2021.

Deka A., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. “The Economic Impacts of Social Activism in Food Markets.” Cornhusker Economics, October 21, 2020.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. “Corruption and Cooperative Organizations.” Cornhusker Economics, October 14, 2020.

Meerza S.I.A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka. “Economic Impacts of Food Fraud.” Cornhusker Economics, April 29, 2020.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. “Fighting World Hunger can be a Win-Win: Innovating Firms can Do Well by Doing Good.” CAFIO Policy Pager 13, October 2018.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. “Doing Well by Doing Good in the Fight against Malnutrition and Hunger.” Cornhusker Economics, October 10, 2018.

Bhattacharya S., K. Giannakas, K. Schoengold. “Renewable Portfolio Standards May Reduce Green Energy used in Electricity Production.” CAFIO Policy Pager 12, October 2018.

Bhattacharya S., K. Giannakas, K. Schoengold. “Market and Welfare Effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards in United States Electricity Markets.” Cornhusker Economics, August 23, 2017.

Giannakas K. “Property Rights Issues in Cooperatives.” Cornhusker Economics, November 16, 2016.

Omidvar V., K. Giannakas. “The Effects of Fair Trade on Coffee Growers.” Cornhusker Economics, October 7, 2015.

Giannakas K. "Genetically Modified Organisms and Innovation Policy are Key Weapons in Fight against Hunger." Cornhusker Economics, October 10, 2014.

Giannakas K. "GMOs and IPRs are Key Weapons in Fight against Hunger." CAFIO Policy Pager 9, May 2014.

Giannakas K. "Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Conventional and Organic Food Products Not Always Possible." CAFIO Policy Pager 8, April 2014.

Giannakas K. "Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Conventional and Organic Food Products." Cornhusker Economics, March 26, 2014.

Giannakas K, N. Kalaitzandonakes, A. Magnier. "Food Labeling Standards have Significant Welfare and Distributional Impacts." CAFIO Policy Pager 5, March 2013.

Giannakas K., R. Lassoued. "Consumer-Oriented GM Products Can Hurt Producers." CAFIO Policy Pager 4, February 2013.

Giannakas K., A. Plastina, D. Pick. "Country-Of-Origin-Labeling Creates Winners and Losers among Consumers, Producers, and Retailers." CAFIO Policy Pager 3, February 2013.

Tran V., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. "Consumer Attitudes and Labeling Regime Key to the Market Potential of Food Nanotechnology." CAFIO Policy Pager 2, January 2013.

Giannakas K. "CAFIO-PRG Develops Novel Approach to Policy Research." CAFIO Policy Pager 1, January 2013.

Giannakas K. "Center for Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization - Policy Research Group." Cornhusker Economics, October 3, 2012.

Giannakas K. "Economic Effects of Purity Standards in Biotech Labeling Laws." Cornhusker Economics, September 28, 2011.

Lassoued R., K. Giannakas. "Economic Effects of the Consumer-Oriented GM Products in Markets with a Labeling Regime." Cornhusker Economics, September 30, 2010.

Plastina A., K. Giannakas. "Market and Welfare Effects of Mandatory Country-Of-Origin-Labeling in the Specialty Crops Sector." Cornhusker Economics, September 23, 2009.

Drivas K., K. Giannakas. "The Effect of Marketing Cooperatives on Innovation." Cornhusker Economics, October 1, 2008.

Plastina A., K. Giannakas. "Economic Effects of GMOs on Small Developing Countries." Cornhusker Economics, October 24, 2007.

Azzam A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka, K. Njoroge. "What Are the Market and Regulatory Conditions under which Livestock Mandatory Reporting would Benefit Livestock Producers?" Cornhusker Economics, September 27, 2006.

Veyssiere L., K. Giannakas. "Regulation and Trade of Genetically Modified Products." Cornhusker Economics, July 12, 2006.

Giannakas K. "The Effect of Cooperatives on Innovation." Cornhusker Economics, July 20, 2005.

Giannakas K. "Conservation Compliance on Highly Erodible Lands." Cornhusker Economics, July 21, 2004.

Giannakas K. "The New EU Regulation on GMOs: Causes and Consequences." Cornhusker Economics, July 16, 2003.

Giannakas K. "Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights: Developing Countries, Biotechnology, and the TRIPs Agreement." Policy Brief 5 in Biotechnology and Genetic Resource Policies (ed. P.G. Pardey and B. Koo), International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., January 2003.

Giannakas K. "False Labeling and its Ramifications for Organic Food Product Markets." Cornhusker Economics, October 16, 2002.

Giannakas K. "Intellectual Property Rights for Agricultural Biotechnology: Piracy and its Ramifications for U.S. Agriculture." Cornhusker Economics, October 17, 2001.

Giannakas K. "The Economics of Intellectual Property Rights under Imperfect Enforcement: Developing Countries, Biotechnology, and the TRIPs Agreement." EPTD Discussion Paper No. 80, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., September 2001.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Consumption Effects of Genetic Modification: What if Consumers are Right?" EPTD Discussion Paper No. 69, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., December 2000.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "The Effects of Biotechnology on Concentration and Structure in the Agricultural Inputs Industry." Seeds & Crops Digest, December 2000, pp. 14-15. (Modified version appeared in Cornhusker Economics, October 18, 2000.)

 

Invited Seminars & Presentations 

“Optimal Policy Response to Agricultural Biotechnology.” Biosafety Committee Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, February 2024.

“Innovation and Policy against Hunger.” ALECSO International Conference on Food Security in the Arab World During and After Crises, Tunis, Tunisia, December 2023.

“Valuation and Provision of Ecosystem Services.” LTAR/Living Labs Workshop, Virtual, September 2020.

“Accounting for Agent Heterogeneity in Market and Policy Analysis.” Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, April 2019.

“Agricultural Biotechnology in the Fight against Hunger.” First Lutheran Church, Lincoln NE, September 2019.

“Corruption and Cooperative Organizations.” Symposium on Sustainable cooperation: Governance and organization of Europe’s agricultural cooperatives for resilience in times of change at the EAAE Congress, Parma, Italy, August 2017.

“Innovation and Heterogeneity in the Food, Energy and Water (FEW) System.” Office of Research and Economic Development, UNL, November 2015.

"The Industrialization of the Agri-Food Marketing System and the Role of Food Science." Department of Food Science and Technology, UNL, March 2015.

"Novel Policy Research at UNL." UNL Extension's Eureka! 2014 Conference, March 2014.

"Innovation and Policy against Hunger in a Water-Constrained World." Food Safety, Security, and Defense: Focus on Food and Water Conference convened by the Institute on Science for Global Policy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, October 2013.

"Food Policy & International Markets." Transatlantic Conference on Food and Fuels, Hosted by the Nebraska Secretary of State, State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 2011.

"Economic Effects of Purity Standards in Biotech Labeling Laws." Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, September 2011.

"The Relevance of Government Policy in the Industrialized Agri-Food System." Food, Water and Energy Resources Policy Retreat, University of Nebraska, December 2010.

"Economic Effects of Purity Standards in Food Labeling Laws." Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, February 2009.

"Market and Welfare Effects of Purity Standards in Biotech Labeling Laws." Mansholt Seminar, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, June 2008.

"Economic Effects of Purity Standards in GM Food Labeling Regimes." Institute of Food & Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2008.

"The Increasing Relevance of Agricultural and Resource Economics." Senior Policy Class, Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, April 2008.

"Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Market and Policy Failures." Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece, December 2006.

"Agricultural Biotechnology and Organic Agriculture: National Organic Standards, Labeling and Second-Generation of GM Products." Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, November 2005.

"The Market and Welfare Effects of Consumer-Oriented, Second-Generation GM Products." Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April 2005.

"The Incidence of Domestic Support Measures under Costly and Imperfect Enforcement." United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy, August 2004.

"The Effect of Co-operatives on Innovation Activity." European Science Fundation Conference on Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies, Bad Herrenalb, Germany, June 2003.

"Process Innovation Activity in a Mixed Oligopoly: The Role of Co-operatives." Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 2002.

"The Role of Co-operatives in Agricultural R&D." Department of Economics, Politics, and Law, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Austria, June 2002.

"Information Asymmetries and Consumption Decisions in Organic Food Product Markets." Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, October 2001.

"(Mis)Labeling and Efficiency in Organic Food Product Markets." Department of Economics, Politics, and Law, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Austria, June 2001.

"Market Effects of Genetic Modification." Economic Research Service, USDA, March 2001.

"Consumption Effects of Genetic Modification." Department of Marketing, UNL, January 2000.

"The Economics of Output Quotas in the Presence of Cheating." Department of Economics, Iowa State University, December 1999.

 

Conference Papers

Chennak A., K. Giannakas. “Licensing in Agricultural Markets: The Role of Cooperatives.” Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., July 2023.

Erickson G.E., A. Chennak, K. Giannakas, T. Awada, J.D. Luck. “A Circular Beef Bioeconomy Model based on Nitrogen, Greenhouse Gases, and Optimized Economic Circularity.” Circular Bioeconomy Systems Day Mini-Symposium Event, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Omaha, Nebraska, July 2023.

Chennak A., K. Giannakas. “The Role of Cooperatives in Innovation Licensing.” 18th Annual International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications, Athens, Greece, June 2023.

Hosni H., K. Giannakas. “An Economic Analysis of a ‘Portion Size Reduction Policy’ in the US.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August 2022.

Mavroutsikos C., K. Schoengold, S. Banerjee, A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas, T. Awada. “Valuation of Ecosystem Services Associated with Soil Health Improvement in Nebraska: A Choice Experiment on the Role of Information Nudging.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August 2022.

Chennak A., K. Giannakas. “Technology Transfer in Mixed Oligopolies: The Role of Cooperatives.” International Co-operative Alliance, Committee on Co-operative Research, European Research Conference 2022 on Rethinking co-operatives: From local to global and from the past to the future, Athens, Greece, July 2022.

Mavroutsikos C., K. Giannakas, C. Walters. “Producer Heterogeneity, Insurance Decisions and Impacts of Crop Insurance.” Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2022.

Lee Y., K. Giannakas. “System-Wide Market and Welfare Effects of a U.S. Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax.” International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) 31st Virtual International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), August 2021.

Deka A., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. “The Economic Impact of Private Politics in Food Markets.” IAAE 31st Virtual ICAE, August 2021.

Ray S., K. Giannakas. “An Economic Analysis of the ‘Buy Local’ Trend.” IAAE 31st Virtual ICAE, August 2021.

Chennak A., K. Giannakas. “Technology Licensing and Organizational Form: The Role of Cooperatives.” Joint AAEA/WAEA Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 2021.

Deka A., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. “The Economic Impacts of Social Activism in Food Markets.” Joint AAEA/WAEA Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 2021.

Deka A., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. “The Economic Impacts of Private Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility on Food Fraud.” Joint AAEA/WAEA Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 2021.

Hosni H., K. Giannakas. “Food Waste, Obesity and Portion Size: The Economics of Reduced Portion Size in the US.” Joint AAEA/WAEA Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 2021.

Lee Y., K. Giannakas. “The Economic Consequences of a U.S. Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax.” Joint AAEA/WAEA Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 2021.

Ray S., K. Giannakas. “Economic Impacts of the ‘Buy Local’ Trend.” Joint AAEA/WAEA Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 2021.

Ray S., K. Giannakas. “Market and Welfare Analysis of Excess Information in Food Claims.” Joint AAEA/WAEA Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 2021.

Lee Y., K. Giannakas. “System-Wide Market and Welfare Effects of a U.S. Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Virtual, August 2020.

Ray S., K. Giannakas. “An Economic Analysis of the ‘Buy Local’ Trend.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Virtual, August 2020.

Ray S., K. Giannakas. “An Economic Analysis of Fake Transparency in Food Claims.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Virtual, August 2020.

Deka A., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. “The Economic Impacts of Private Politics in Food Markets.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Virtual, August 2020.

Chennak A., K. Giannakas. “Technology Licensing in Mixed Oligopolies: The Role of Cooperatives.” WAEA Annual Meeting, Virtual, July 2020.

Lee Y., K. Giannakas. “Economic Impacts of a U.S. Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax.” WAEA Annual Meeting, Virtual, July 2020.

Ray S., K. Giannakas. “Market and Welfare Impacts of the ‘Buy Local’ Trend.” WAEA Annual Meeting, Virtual, July 2020.

Deka A., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. “The Role of Activism in the Food Sector.” WAEA Annual Meeting, Virtual, July 2020.

Mavroutsikos C., C. Walters, K. Giannakas. “Distributional Impacts of the Federal Crop Insurance: Crop and Regional Differences.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, July 2019.

Mavroutsikos C., C. Walters, K. Giannakas. “Spatial Differences in the Distributional Impacts of the Federal Crop Insurance.” WAEA Annual Meeting, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, July 2019.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. “Corruption in Agricultural Processing Firms: A Comparison of Cooperatives and Investor-Owned Firms.” 8th International Conference on Economics and Management of Networks (EMNet), Havana, Cuba, November 2018.

Mavroutsikos C., K. Giannakas, C. Walters. “Crop Insurance under Asymmetric Information and Different Government Objectives.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., August 2018.

Meerza S.I.A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka. “The Incidence of Fraud in the Agri-Food Marketing System.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., August 2018.

Meerza S.I.A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka. “Optimal Policy Response to Food Fraud.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., August 2018.

Mavroutsikos C., K. Giannakas, C. Walters. “Market and Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program.” WAEA Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, June 2018.

Mavroutsikos C., C. Walters, K. Giannakas. “Crop Insurance Policy Design under Asymmetric Information and Different Government Objectives.” WAEA Meeting, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, July 2017.

Meerza S.I.A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka. “Economic Impacts of Food Fraud.” WAEA Meeting, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, July 2017.

Meerza S.I.A., K. Giannakas, A. Yiannaka. “Market and Welfare Effects of Food Adulteration and Mislabeling.” Midwest Economic Association (MEA) Meeting, Cincinatti, Ohio, March 31-April 2, 2017.

Tran V., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. “Consumer Perceptions and Willingness-To-Pay for Nanotechnology Applications that Enhance Food Safety.” AAEA Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2016.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. “Multimarket Welfare Analysis with Consumer and Producer Heterogeneity.” Joint Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) and WAEA Meeting, Victoria, Canada, June 2016.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. “The Economics of (Selective) Free Access to Food Product Innovations.” 146th European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Seminar on Technology Transfer as a Driver of Innovative Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and the Agri-Food Industry, Chania, Greece, July 2015.

Tran V., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. "An Economic Analysis of Nanofood Labeling." AAEA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 2014.

Bhattacharya S., K. Giannakas, K. Schoengold. "Market and Welfare Effects of Federal Renewable Energy Policy in the U.S. Electricity Sector." Joint AAEA and CAES Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2013.

Tran V., A. Yiannaka, K. Giannakas. "Consumer Attitudes and the Market Success of Food Nanotechnology." Joint AAEA and CAES Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2013.

Giannakas K. "Accounting for Agent Heterogeneity in Policy Analysis." 133rd EAAE Seminar on Developing Integrated and Reliable Modeling Tools for Agricultural and Environmental Policy Analysis, Chania, Greece, June 2013.

Bhattacharya S., K. Giannakas, K. Schoengold. "Economic Impacts of the Federal Renewable Energy Policy in the U.S. Electricity Sector." WAEA Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, June 2013.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Horizon and Free-Rider Problems in Cooperative Organizations." 9th INRA-IDEI Conference on Industrial Organization and the Food Processing Industry, Toulouse, France, June 2012.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "The Economic Impact of Corruption in Cooperatives." Conference on Cooperative Values in Internationalized Operations, Helsinki, Finland, June 2012.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "Financing Cooperative Organizations: The Horizon Problem Revisited." Conference on Cooperative Values in Internationalized Operations, Helsinki, Finland, June 2012.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Horizon and Free-Rider Problems in Cooperative Organizations." Joint AAEA and CAES Meeting, Denver, Colorado, July 2010.

Lassoued R., K. Giannakas. "Economic Effects of the Consumer- Oriented GM Products in Markets with a Labeling Regime." Joint AAEA and CAES Meeting, Denver, Colorado, July 2010.

Lassoued R., K. Giannakas. "The Economics of Consumer-Oriented GM Products in Markets with a Labeling Regime." Rupert's Land Consumer Behavior Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada, May 2010.

Giannakas K., G. Karagiannis, V. Tzouvelekas. "Measuring the Effect of Media Advertising under Advertising Inefficiency and Spillovers." EAAE Meeting, Ghent, Belgium, August 2008.

Plastina A.S., K. Giannakas, D. Pick. "Market and Welfare Effects of Mandatory Country-Of-Origin-Labeling in the US Specialty Crops Sector." AAEA Meeting, Orlando, Florida, July 2008.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. "The Economic Effects of Consumer-Oriented Genetically Modified Products." 34th European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) Conference, Valencia, Spain, September 2007.

Drivas K., K. Giannakas. "The Effect of Marketing Cooperatives on Cost-Reducing Process Innovation Activity." AAEA Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 2007.

Plastina A.S., K. Giannakas. "Market and Welfare Effects of Mandatory COOL in the United States: Specialty Crops." AAEA Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 2007.

Drivas K., K. Giannakas. "The Effect of Cooperatives on Product Innovation in the Agri-Food System." AAEA Meeting, Long Beach, California, July 2006.

Plastina A.S., K. Giannakas. "Optimal Labeling Regimes for GMOs in Open Developing Countries." International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IAMA) 16th Annual World Forum and Symposium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2006.

Drivas K., K. Giannakas. "Agricultural Cooperatives and Quality- Enhancing R&D in the Agri-Food System." EAAE Meeting, Chania, Greece, June 2006.

Veyssiere L., K. Giannakas. "Regulation and Trade of GMOs." EAAE Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005.

Giannakas K. "Government Regulation and Food Product Differentiation." FAMPS Track Session, AAEA Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 2005.

Giannakas K, N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Economic Effects of Purity Standards in Biotech labeling Laws." AAEA Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 2005.

Plastina A., K. Giannakas. "Market and Welfare Effects of GMO Introduction in Small Exporting Countries." AAEA Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 2005.

Czap H., K. Giannakas. "Intellectual Property Protection and Innovation." AAEA Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, July 2005.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Financing Cooperative Investment in Innovation through Retained Earnings." European Science Foundation Conference on Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies: The Role of Cooperatives in the International Agri-Food Industry, Chania, Greece, September 2004.

Veyssiere L., K. Giannakas. "Strategic Labeling and Trade of GMOs." AAEA Meeting, Denver, Colorado, August 2004.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. "The Market and Welfare Effects of GM Labeling and Second Generation GMPs." 8th ICABR International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology: International Trade and Domestic Production, Ravello, Italy, July 2004.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. "The Effect of National Organic Standards on GM and Organic Product Markets under Different (GM) Labeling Regimes." 83rd EAAE Seminar on Food Quality Products in the Advent of the 21st Century: Production, Demand and Public Policy, Chania, Greece, September 2003.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Agricultural Cooperatives and Cost-Reducing R&D in the Agri-Food System." AAEA Meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 2003.

Giannakas K., A. Yiannaka. "Agricultural Biotechnology and Organic Agriculture: National Organic Standards, Labeling and Second- Generation of GM Products." AAEA Meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 2003.

Veyssiere L., K. Giannakas. "Labeling and International Competition in Markets for GM Products." CAES Meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 2003.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "Leadership, Membership and Member Commitment in Cooperatives." European Science Foundation Conference on Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies, Bad Herrenalb, Germany, June 2003.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Innovation Activity in a Mixed Oligopoly: The Role of Co-operatives." AAEA Meeting, Long Beach, California, July 2002.

Giannakas K., J. Kaplan. "Conservation Compliance on Highly Erodible Land: An Empirical Auditing Game." AAEA Meeting, Long Beach, California, July 2002.

Giannakas K., J. Kaplan. "Estimating an Environmental Auditing Game: The Case of Conservation Compliance on Highly Erodible Land." World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Monterey, California, June 2002.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "The Role of Commitment in a Mixed Oligopoly: Co-ops and IOFs." AAEA Meeting, Chicago, August 2001.

Giannakas K. "The Economics of Intellectual Property Rights under Imperfect Enforcement." AAEA Meeting, Chicago, August 2001.

Onofri A., K. Giannakas. "The Strategic Role of Public R&D in Agriculture." AAEA Meeting, Chicago, August 2001.

Giannakas K., J. Kaplan. "(Non)Compliance with Agricultural Conservation Programs: Theory and Evidence." AAEA Meeting, Chicago, August 2001.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "Market Effects of Genetic Modification." CAES Meeting, Chicago, August 2001.

Giannakas K. "Information Asymmetries and Consumption Decisions in Organic Food Product Markets." CAES Meeting, Chicago, August 2001.

Giannakas K. "Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights: Causes and Consequences." XXth EAAE Seminar on the Economics of Contracts in Agriculture and the Food Supply Chain, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2001.

Giannakas K. "Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries: Causes and Consequences." NC-208 Conference on R&D Policies and Impact Assessment, Berkeley, March 2001.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Consumption Effects of Genetic Modification: What if Consumers are Right?" 4th ICABR International Conference on the Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ravello, Italy, August 2000.

Giannakas K. "The Economics of Export Subsidies under Costly and Imperfect Enforcement." AAEA Meeting, Tampa, Florida, August 2000.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Market Effects of Genetic Modification under Alternative Labeling Regimes and Enforcement Scenarios." AAEA Meeting, Tampa, Florida, August 2000.

Giannakas K., K. Tran, V. Tzouvelekas. "On the Choice of Functional Form in Stochastic Frontier Models: A Monte-Carlo Approach." North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW), Union College, New York, June 2000.

Giannakas K., K. Tran, V. Tzouvelekas. "On the Choice of Functional Form in Stochastic Frontier Models: A Box-Cox Approach." CAES Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June 2000.

Fulton M., K. Giannakas. "The Effects of Biotechnology on Concentration and Structure in the Agricultural Industry." CAES Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June 2000.

Giannakas K. "The (Normative) Efficiency Ranking of Output and Export Subsidies under Costly and Imperfect Enforcement." Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Meeting, Sidney, Australia, January 2000.

Giannakas K. "Enforcement Issues in GMO Segregation Systems." International Conference on The Economics of Quality Control in Agriculture, Saskatoon, Canada, December 1999.

Yiannaka A., K. Giannakas. "Medium, Message and Advertising Effectiveness in the Greek Processed Meats Industry." 48th International Atlantic Economics Society (IAES) Meeting, Montreal, Canada, October 1999.

Giannakas K., V. Tzouvelekas. "Production Frontier Estimation and Sources of Technical Efficiency in Saskatchewan Wheat Farms." 48th IAES Meeting, Montreal, Canada, October 1999.

Giannakas K. "Rationalizing Agricultural Export Subsidies when Enforcement is Costly." AAEA Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, August 1999.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "Member Commitment in Co-operatives." CAES Meeting, Fargo, North Dakota, July 1999.

Giannakas K., R. Schoney, V. Tzouvelekas. "Technical Efficiency and Technological Change For Wheat Farms in Saskatchewan." CAES Meeting, Fargo, North Dakota, July 1999.

Giannakas K., S. Loizou, K. Mattas, V. Tzouvelekas. "An Empirical Evaluation of Future Trends in the Greek Olive-Oil Market: A VAR Approach." 5th Hellenic Agricultural Economics Society (ETAGRO) Meeting, Athens, Greece, December 1998.

Giannakas K., K. Tran, V. Tzouvelekas. "Decomposition Analysis Through Production Frontier Methodology: Which Frontier?" 46th IAES Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1998.

Tzouvelekas V., K. Giannakas, G. Karagiannis. "Efficiency, Productivity and Output Growth: An Inter-Regional Analysis of Greek Agriculture." AAEA Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 1998.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "The Economics of Decoupled Payments in the Presence of Cheating." AAEA Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 1998.

Giannakas K., M. Fulton. "The Economics of Deficiency Payments in the Presence of Cheating." CAES Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 1998.

Giannakas K., K. Tran, V. Tzouvelekas. "Efficiency, Technological Change and Output Growth in Greek Olive Growing Farms: A Box-Cox Approach." WCC-72 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1998.

Karagiannis G., V. Tzouvelekas, K. Giannakas, K. Mattas. "A Decomposition of Agricultural Production Growth: Further Evidence Using Neoclassical Duality." 5th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1997.

Giannakas K., R. Gray, N. Lavoie. "The Impact of the Number, Size and Price Structure of Protein Increments on Blending Rents in the Canadian Wheat Industry." 44th IAES Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1997.

Tzouvelekas V., K. Giannakas, P. Midmore, K. Mattas. "Decomposition of Olive Oil Production Growth into Productivity and Size Effects." AAEA Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 1997.

Giannakas K., K. Oustapassidis, V. Tzouvelekas. "Strategic Behavior and Competition in a Dynamic Industry: The Case of the Greek Sausage Industry." WCC-72 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1997.

Tzouvelekas V., K. Giannakas, P. Midmore, K. Mattas. "Technical Efficiency Measures for Olive Growing Farms in Greece." 42nd IAES Meeting, Washington D.C., October 1996.

Giannakas K., R. Gray, N. Lavoie. "The Economics of Protein Blending for No.1 CWRS Wheat." CAES Meeting, Lethbridge, Canada, July 1996.

Oustapassidis K., K. Giannakas. "Product Development and Conduct in a Competitive Market: The Case of the Greek Sausage Industry." International Conference on Economics of Innovation: The Case of the Food Industry, Piacenza, Italy, June 1994.