Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 Journal articles (refereed)

Saikia, P.P., Bhuyan, S., Kashyap, D. & Goswami, K. 2024. “Market Competition for Imported Agricultural Raw Materials in the Indian Animal Feed Industry,” Current Science (forthcoming).

Kashyap, D. and Bhuyan, S. 2023, “Accessing value-added market through cooperatives: a case study of Sitajakhala Dugdha Utpadak Samabai Samiti Ltd., India,” Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 399-417. https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-05-2021-0131.

Bhuyan, S. & Tavernier, E.M., 2021. “Determinants of the consumption of pre-cooked Caribbean RTE (ready-to-eat) Food in Northeastern United States,” Farm & Business: The Journal of the Caribbean Agro-Economic Society, 13(1): 7-24.

Kashyap, D. & Bhuyan, S., 2021. “Role of members’ participation and satisfaction in cooperative success,” International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 17(2):167-177.

Bhuyan, S., 2020. “Is there Market Power in the U.S. Brewing Industry?” European Jr. of Applied Economics (EJAE), 17(1): 67-79.

Bhuyan, S. & Govindasamy, R., 2020. ” Factors Affecting Consumption of RTE (ready-to-eat) International Food in the United States.” International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), 8(1): 257-269.

Bhuyan, S. & Pray, C., 2019. “Role of interest groups in technology policy: a case study of policies on agricultural biotechnology in India.” Indian Journal of Economics and Development. 7 (9):1-17.

Bhuyan, S., 2018. “Assessing Organizational Effectiveness of Member-owned Enterprises in the northeast United States.” Management Today: An Int. Jr. of Management Studies, 8(2):159-168.

Asirvatham, J. and S. Bhuyan, 2017. “Incentives and Impacts of Vertical Coordination in a Food Production-Marketing Chain: A Non-cooperative Multi-stage, Multi-player Analysis.” Jr. of Industry, Competition and Trade, DOI 10.1007/s10842-017-0247-2.

Grinberg, I., Bhuyan, S., Jin, Y., & Wang, L. 2015. “Examining the Awareness and Persuasive Effects of Online WOM.” International Jr. of Online Marketing, 5(1): 1-19.

Bhuyan, S. 2014. “Visiting an Old Battleground in Empirical Industrial Organization: SCP vs. NEIO.” Applied Economics Letters, 21 (11): 751–754.

Bhuyan, S. and M. McCafferty, 2013. “U.S. brewing Industry Profitability:  A Simultaneous Determination of Structure, Conduct, and Performance.” Jr. of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 11(1): 139–150.

Bhuyan, S. 2012. “An Analysis of Dairy Farmer Participation in Co-operatives in the Northeast United States.” Jr. Of Cooperative Studies, 45 (2):25-41.

Bond, J. and S. Bhuyan, 2011. “Industry Leaders’ Perspective on Communicating the Cooperative Value Package.” Choices, 26 (3), 2011.

Bhuyan, S., 2011. “Do Consumers’ Attitudes and Preferences Determine Their FAFH Behavior? An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior.” Agribusiness: An Int. Journal, 27 (2):205-220.

Bhuyan, S. 2007. “The ‘people’ factor in cooperatives: The effect of attitudes on member participation and commitment.” Canadian Jr. of Agricultural Economics, 55: 275-298.

Stewart, H., N. Blisard, D. Jolliffe, and S. Bhuyan, 2005. “The Demand for Food Away from Home: Do other Preferences Compete with our Desire to Eat Healthfully?” Jr. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 30 (3):520-36.

Bhuyan, S.  2005.  “Does vertical integration effect market power? Evidence from U.S. food manufacturing industries.”  Jr. of Agric. and Appl. Econ., 37(1): 263-76.

Bhuyan, S. 2005.  “An empirical evaluation of factors determining vertical mergers in U.S. food manufacturing industries.”  Agribusiness: An International Jr., 21(3): 429-45.

Govndasamy, R., DeCongelio, M. and S. Bhuyan, 2005.  “Characteristics of frequent buyers of organic produce in the Northeast U.S.: A logistic analysis.” Jr. of Agricultural Products Marketing, 11 (4):3-20.

Bhuyan, S., H. Stewart, and R. Govindasamy. 2003.  “Satisfaction evaluation of food-away-from-home choices by consumers.” Jr. of Food Distribution Research, 34(1): 7-12.

Bhuyan, S. 2002.  “Impact of vertical mergers on industry profitability: An empirical evaluation.” Rev. of Industrial Organization, 20: 61-79.

Bhuyan, S. and F. L. Leistritz, 2001.  “An examination of characteristics and determinants of success of cooperatives in the non-agricultural sectors.” Journal of Cooperation, 16: 46-62.

Bhuyan, S. 2000.  “Corporate political activities and oligopoly welfare loss.” Rev. of Industrial Organization, (17):  411-426.

Bhuyan, S. and F. L. Leistritz, 2000.  “Cooperatives in non-agricultural sectors: A potential community development tool.” Jr. of Community Development Society, 31 (1): 89-111.

Book chapters

Bhuyan, S. & Karantininis, K. 2023. “How to Measure Cooperative Performance using Organizational Effectiveness and Participation,” Chapter 8, in M. Boland & M. Elliot (eds). Handbook on Cooperatives and Mutuals, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802202618.

Kashyap, D. and Bhuyan, S. 2020. “Role of Agri-food Value Chains in Bolstering Small and Medium Farmers in India.” Chapter 8 In F. N. Che, K. D. Strang & N.R. Vajjhala (eds.) Opportunities and Strategic Use of Agribusiness Information Systems, Hersey, PA: IGI Global Publishers; DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4849-3.

Pray, Carl, Jikun Huang, Jun Yang, Ruifa Hu, Latha Nagarahan, Bharat Ramaswamy, Anwar Naseem, Gal Hochman, & Sanjib Bhuyan, 2015. “The politics and economics of GM food production in China, India and Kenya.” in Patrick Mitton and David Bennett (eds.) Analyses Africa’s future: Can bioscience Contribute? Ch. 9, pp. 86-94, Banson: Cambridge, UK.

Bhuyan, S. and R. A. Lopez, 2006. “Oligopoly power and allocative efficiency in U.S. food and tobacco manufacturing industries.” in Harry M. Kaiser and Nobuhiro Suzuki (eds.) New Empirical Industrial Organization and the Food System, Chap. 5, pp. 125-139, Peter Lang Publishing: Ithaca, NY.

Book reviews

Bhuyan, 2012. Review of Wilson, David; Wilson, Kristy; and Harvey, Claire (eds.).  Small Farmers Big Change: Scaling up impact in smallholder agriculture. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing with Oxfam GB. Agribusiness: An Int Jr., Summer, 28 (3): 372-374.

Bhuyan, 2010.  Review of Clapp, Jennifer & Fuchs, Doris (eds). Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance (Series: Food, Health, and the Environment).  Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2009. Agribusiness: An Int Jr., Winter 2011, 27 (11): 26-27.

Bhuyan, S. 2007. Review of Clarke, Roger, Stephen Davies, Paul Dobson & Micheal Waterson. Buyer Power and Competition in European Food Retailing. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, 2002. Agribusiness: An Int. Jr.

K.C. Talukdar and S. Bhuyan, 2004. Review of M. Hubbard (ed.) (2003). Developing Agricultural Trade: New Roles for Government in Poor Countries.  New York: Palgrave Macmillan, x+236, $75.  Agribusiness: An Int. Jr., Sept issue.

Bhuyan, S. 2002.  Review of Bhalla, G. S. and Gurmail Singh (eds.) (2001).  Indian Agriculture: Four Decades of Development.  New Delhi: Sage Publication, xiv+309 (price not known).  Jr. of Asian Economics, 13:176-178.

Bhuyan, S. 2000.  Review of Belonax, Joseph J., Jr. (1999). Food marketing, Needham Heights, MA: Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing, viii + 558 pp., $58.00 paperback.  Agribusiness: An International Journal, 16 (2): 267-269.

Research Reports

Bhuyan, S., Kashyap, D., Saikia. P.P., Goswami, K. 2023. “India’s Poultry Feed Supply Chains: Complexities and Reginal Variations.” Research report (prelim), Rutgers University and FAS/USDA.

Bhuyan, S., Saikia, P.P., Kashyap, D. & Goswami, K. 2023. “Market Competition for Imported Agricultural Raw Materials in the Indian Animal Feed Industry.” Research report (prelim), Rutgers University and FAS/USDA.

Stewart, H., N. Blissard, S. Bhuyan, and R. M. Nayga, Jr.. 2004. “The Demand for Food Away From Home: Full-service or Fast Food?” Agricultural Economic Report 829, ERS/USDA, January.

Dale, L., D. Millstein, K. Couglin, R. van Buskirk, G. Rosenquist, A. Lekov, and S. Bhuyan.  2004.  “An Analysis of Price Determination and Markups in the Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment Industry.”  LBNL #5291, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, CA, January.

Bhuyan, S., R. VanVranken, B. Henehan, R. Poorbaugh, B. Onyango, F. Hossain, and R. Govindasamy. 2001.  “An analysis of the performance of fruit & vegetable marketing cooperatives in the Northeast.” NJAES Report no. P-02804-1-2001.  Dept. of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Rutgers University.  September 2001.

Bhuyan, S. 2000.  “Corporate political activities and oligopoly welfare loss.” NE-165 Reprint Series No. 92, Food Marketing Policy Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.  (previously published in the Rev. of Industrial Organization, 17: 411-426).

Onyango, B. and S. Bhuyan, 2000.  “A supply response analysis of the fruits and vegetables sectors in New Jersey.”  NJAES report no. P-02804-2-2000, Dept. of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Rutgers University, August.

Onyango, B. and S. Bhuyan, 2000.  “A situation analysis of production and consumption of fruits and vegetables in the Northeastern United States.” NJAES report no. P-02804-1-2000, Dept. of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Rutgers University, March.

Professional Presentations – Invited

Bhuyan, S. 2022. ” Does Nutritional Knowledge have an Impact on Consumers’ FAFH (food-away-from-home) Behavior? An Analysis of American Adults’ FAFH Behavior,” Invited seminar, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), Kharagpur, India, October 28, 2022.

Bhuyan, S. & Karantininis, 2022. “Looking at Cooperative Performance with a wider lens: Importance of Organizational Effectiveness (OE) in Assessing Cooperatives.” International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Committee on Cooperative Research (CCR) European Research Conference, 2022 (“Rethinking co-operatives: From local to global and from the past to the future”), 13-15 July 2022, Athens Greece.

Bhuyan, S., 2021. “Research Methodology in Social Sciences: An Applied Economics Perspective,” invited seminar presented in the Dept. of Agric. Econ. & FM and Agribusiness, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India; October 25, 2021.

Bhuyan, S., 2021. “Consumer Behavior and Indian Agriculture: Some Observations,” invited seminar at the Krishi Vikash Kendra (KVK), Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati, Assam, Oct 22, 2021.

Bhuyan, S. 2020. “Importance of organizational effectiveness (OE) in cooperative enterprises.” Invited paper, the New Agriculture-New Cooperatives: Toward a new paradigm of collaborations for the New Generation, 28th Agrotica, Thessaloniki, Greece, Jan 31, 2020.

Bhuyan, S. 2020. “Role of consumers in agriculture and related agribusiness strategies.”  Invited talk, 8th Annual Conference for Sustainable Development and Agricultural Policy, Trikala, Greece, February 2, 2020.

Bhuyan, S., 2018. “Research Methodology in Social Sciences: An Applied Economics Perspective.” Keynote speech, International Conference on “Global Business Management Practices: Emerging Trends and Challenges,” organized by the Dept. of Management Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, July 27-28.

Bhuyan, S., 2017. “Economics and Politics of Biotechnology – perspective from the United States.” Invited seminar, the Institutional Biotech Hub, NNS College, Titabor, Assam, India, June 27.

Bhuyan, Sanjib. 2016. “An Analysis of the Industry Structure and Performance of the U.S. Brewing Industry.” Invited seminar, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), Kharagpur, India, January 14, 2016.

Bhuyan, Sanjib, Cliff Echols, & Carl Pray, 2014. “The Politics of GMO Debate in India: Role of Networking and Foreign Money.” Invited seminar, Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), India, July 23, 2014.

Echols, Cliff, Sanjib Bhuyan & Carl Pray, 2013. “Identifying the Network of Relationships and Influential Actors in the GMO Policy Debate in India.” Invited seminar, Dept. of Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, November 5, 2013.

Bhuyan, S. 2009. “A Comparison of Member and Non-member Dairy Farming in the Northeast United States.”  Invited paper presented at the “Rural Cooperation in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past, Pathways to the Future,” an International Workshop, Rehovot, Israel, June 15-17, 2009.

Bhuyan, S. 2006.  “U.S. Competition Policy and Market Power: An Economic Approach” invited paper presented in the College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India, April 7, 2006.

Bhuyan, S. 2005. “Do Member Attitudes Influence Their Behavior?  A Look at Some “People” Factors in Cooperatives.” Invited presentation, research in cooperative series, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dec 15, 2005.

Bhuyan, S. 2005. “Brand Awareness and Impact of Advertising on the Food Away From Home Market.” Invited paper presented at the Danish Institute of Food & Resource Economics, the Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University (KVL), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 8, 2005.

Bhuyan, S. And K.C. Talukdar, 2009.  “Impact of Trade Liberalization on Indian Agriculture.” Invited presentation, First Global South Asia Conference, organized by SASPI, New York University, New York, Feb 14, 2009.

Bhuyan, S., 2003.  “Cooperative Success and Members’ Attitude and Behavior:  An Empirical Evaluation from the  U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region.” Invited Speaker, Euro-Conference on Agri-Food Cooperatives in the New Millennium: Competition & Organization, supported by the European Commission, at Bad Herrenalb, Germany, 12-16 June 2003.

Bhuyan, S., 2004.  “Farm Subsidies and Trade Negotiations: A U.S. Perspective.” invited presentation, Rutgers Model United Nations 2004, organized by the Institute for Domestic & International Affairs, Rutgers University, New Jersey, Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ, November 19.

Bhuyan, S. 2001.  “Grower issues in fruit and vegetable cooperatives.”  Invited presentation at the Vegetable Integrated Crop Management Twilight Meeting, Graiff Farms, Newfield, New Jersey, March 19, 2001.

Bhuyan, S. 2001.  “Corporate political activities and oligopoly welfare loss in the U.S. food industries.”  Invited paper, Industrial Organization Series, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, February 16, 2001.

Professional Presentations – Refereed

Kashyap, D., Bhuyan, S. & Goswami, K. 2023. “An Analysis of Poultry Feed Supply Chain in India,” paper presented at the 2nd Vietnam Symposium in Supply Chain Management (VSSCM 2023), Hanoi, Vietnam, 23-24 October 2023.

Bhuyan, S., Karantininis, K. & Kinikli, F., 2023. “An Assessment of the Organizational Effectiveness of Farmer-owned Businesses: Cases from Turkey and Greece,” Contributed Paper, XVII Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Rennes, France, August 29-September 1, 2023.

Meshoyrer, E. & Bhuyan, S. 2022. “An analysis of food access and diet quality for home at home (FAH) consumers.” Poster accepted for presentation at the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Association (NAREA) annual meetings, Mystic, CT, June 12-15, 2022.

Belin, D., Bhuyan, S. & Govindasamy, R., 2021. “An Analysis of American Adults’ Nutritional Knowledge on their Food Away from Home (FAFH) Consumption Behavior,” paper presented (remotely) at the 2021 FDRS Meetings, October 17-19, 2021, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.

Berlin, D. & Bhuyan, S., 2020. “Predicting obesity among American adults using FoodAPS data: A Discriminant Analysis Approach.” Paper accepted for presentation at the 2020 Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS) annual meeting, Dallas, TX (virtual), Oct 13, 2020.

Kashyap, D. & Bhuyan, S. 2020. “Member Participation and Satisfaction in Agricultural Cooperatives: A Pilot Study of the Largest Dairy Cooperative in Northeast India.” Poster accepted for presentation at the 2020 AAEA annual meetings, Kansas City, MO, July 26-28.

Kashyap, D., Bhuyan, S., & Choudhury, J. 2020. “Member Participation and Satisfaction in Agricultural Cooperatives: A Pilot Study of the Largest Dairy Cooperative in Northeast India.” paper presented at the 19th International Conference on Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences (AABES-20), Jan. 15-17, 2020 Athens, Greece. (received the best oral paper presented in that section).

Kashyap, D., Bhuyan, S., & Choudhury, J. 2020. “Factors Influencing Growth, Sustainability, and Success of Member-owned Businesses: A Case Study of the Largest Dairy Cooperative in North East India.” paper accepted for presentation at the 2020 IAABR International Academic Conference, Key West, FL, Jan 3-5, 2020.

Yu, Z., Bhuyan, S., Zhang, P., and Govindasamy, R., 2019. “Analyzing Consumers’ WTP a Brand Premium for RTE Ethnic Foods: An Ordered Logistic Regression Model Approach,” research report accepted for presentation at the 2019 FDRS (Food Distribution Research Society) annual meeting, Seattle, WA, Oct 19-22.

Vettithanam, R. & Bhuyan, S., 2019. “Impact of SNAP on the Households’ Food-Away-From-Home Consumption Behavior in the Northeast.” Paper accepted for presentation at the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Association (NAREA) annual meetings, Portsmouth, NH, June 9-12, 2019.

Bhuyan, S. & Tavernier, E., 2019. “Factors Affecting Consumption of International Food in the Northeastern United States.” paper accepted for presentation at the 33rd West Indies Agricultural Economic Conference, Caribbean Agro-Economic Society, Tobago, August 4-9, 2019.

Bhuyan, S. & Tarakji, M., 2018. “Pennsylvania Dairy Co-ops at a Crossroad: Some Lessons from the Trenches!”. Paper presented at the NCERA-210 Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, November 7, 2018.

Bhuyan, S., Dalton, C., Majid, R. & Govindasamy, R., 2018. “Determinants of demand for international food by consumers in the northeast united states.”  Paper presented at the 2018 Food Distribution Research Society annual meetings, Washington, D.C., September 14-18, 2018.

Bhuyan, S., Dalton, C. & Majid, R., 2018. “Consumption of international food by American consumers: what determines their food choices?” Paper accepted for presentation at the Summer Marketing Workshop, University of Warsaw, Poland, July 6.

Bhuyan, S., Govindasamy, R., Vasoya, D., Mathews, M., & Azam, W., 2017. “A Pilot Study of Examining the Shopping behavior of Consumers of Processed Ethnic food.” Paper presented at the 2017 Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS) meeting October 20-24, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Bhuyan, S., D. Vasoya, M. Mathews, W. Azam, & R. Govindasamy, 2017. “Preliminary Results of a Study on Consumer Behavior toward “Made in USA” RTE Processed Ethnic Food.” Selected paper, presented at the NAREA annual meetings, Arlington, VA, June 11-14.

Bhuyan, S., D. Vasoya & K. Li. 2016. Assessing Organizational Effectiveness of Member-owned Enterprises in the Northeast United State. Research paper presented at the 2016 NCERA 210 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, November 2, 2016.

Bhuyan, S. & C. Pray. 2016. “A preliminary analysis of the role of NGOs in the GMO policy debate in India.” Paper accepted for presentation at the 20th ICABR Conference “Transforming the Bioeconomy: Behavior, Innovation and Science.” Ravello, Italy, June 26-29, 2016.

Pray, C. & S. Bhuyan, 2016. “The Politics of Disruptive Agricultural Innovation and Sustainabilty: GMOs and New Breeding Technologies (NBTs).” Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference of the India Network for Learning, Innovation and Competence-Building Systems (IndiaLICS), Colorado Springs, CO, June 9-10, 2016.

Bhuyan, Sanjib & Carl Pray, 2015. “Identifying and analyzing the role of those who influence the genetically modified (GM) food policy in India.” Annual International Conference on Law, Economics & Politics, AICLEP 2015 (Oxford), University of Oxford, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK, September 14th -16th, 2015.

Pray, Carl, Jikun Huang, Jun Yang, Ruifa Hu, Latha Nagarajan, Gal Hochman, Sanjib Bhuyan, Anwar Naseem, and Bharat Ramaswami, 2015. “The Politics and Economics of GM Food Production in China, India, and Kenya.” Paper presented at the 19th ICABR Conference “Impacts of the Bioeconomy on Agricultural Sustainability, the Environment and Human Health” Ravello, Italy, June 16-19, 2015.

Bhuyan, S., 2015. “Agricultural Cooperatives.” C-FARE (Council on Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics) and CEE (Council for Economic Education) sponsored and C-FARE hosted  webinar entitled “Cooperatives in Your Community,” on Jan 15, 2015. Link to information presented available at http://www.econedlink.org/c-fare/cooperatives-community.php (accessed on May 27, 2015).

Bhuyan, Sanjib, Cliff Echols, & Carl Pray, 2014. “Network of Relationships and Influential Actors in the GMO Policy Debate in India.”  Paper presented at the workshop on “Genetically Modified Food Crops in Asia and Africa: Opportunities, Barriers and Constraints,” Rutgers University, New Jersey, September 19, 2014.

Echols, Cliff, Sanjib Bhuyan, & Carl Pray, 2014. “Identifying the Network of Relationships and Influential Actors in the GMO Policy Debate in India” Selected paper, NAREA Meetings, Morgantown, WV, June 1-3, 2014.

Bhuyan, Sanjib, Cliff Echols, & Carl Pray, 2014. “What Determines Foreign Funding of NGOs participating in the GMO Debate in India?” Paper accepted for presentation at the 18th ICABR (International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research) Conference, Nairobi, Keyna, June 18-20, 2014.

Bhuyan, S., 2014. “Agricultural Cooperatives.” C-FARE (Council on Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics) and CEE (Council for Economic Education) sponsored and C-FARE hosted webinar (geared toward high-school teachers in the United States) entitled “Cooperatives in Your Community,” on Jan Feb 7, 2014.

Echols, Cliff, Sanjib Bhuyan & Carl Pray, 2013. “The GMO Policy Debate in India: Who is Involved and Who has Influence?” Paper presented in the Dept. of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Rutgers University, October 9, 2013.

Bhuyan, Sanjib, 2013. “SCP vs. NEIO: Visiting an Old Battleground in the U.S. Brewing Industry.” Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual meetings of the AAEA, Washington, D.C., August 4-6, 2013.

Echols, Cliff, Sanjib Bhuyan, & Carl Pray, 2013. “The GMO Policy Debate in India: Who is Involved and Who has Influence?” Paper presented at the 17th ICABR (International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research) Conference, Ravello (Amalfi Coast – Italy), June 18-21, 2013.

Bhuyan, S., 2012. “An Examination of Farmer Participation in Dairy Cooperatives in the Northeast.” Paper presented in the Dept. of Agric. Food & Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New Jersey, November 21, 2012.

Mccafferty, M. and S. Bhuyan, 2012. “An analysis of market power in the U.S. brewing industry: A simultaneous equation approach.” Selected paper, 2012 AAEA annual meetings, Seattle, WA, Aug 12-14, 2012.

Hu, Y., S. Bhuyan, and Y. Jin. “Is the Chinese Milk Processing Industry Non-competitive?”  Selected poster, 2012 AAEA annual meetings, Seattle, WA, Aug 12-14, 2012.

Bond, J. and S. Bhuyan, 2012 “Communicating the Cooperative Value Package.” Workshop presentation, Alberta, Canada, summer, 2012.

Bond, J. and S. Bhuyan, 2011. “Strategic Role of Communication in Cooperatives:  Perspectives from Industry Insiders.” Paper presented at the NCERA-210 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Nov. 2-3, 2011.

Bond, J. and S. Bhuyan, 2011.  “Communicating the Cooperative Value Package.” eXtension sponsored and Iowa State University hosted webinar on October 26th, 2011. Link on the webinar date: https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/cooperatives.

Bond, J. and S. Bhuyan, 2011. “Communicating the Cooperative Value Package.” Paper presented at the C-FARE Panel Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 4th, 2011.

Bhuyan, S., 2009. “Impact of Participation in Cooperatives on the Profitability of Dairy Farms in the Northeast.”  Selected paper, presented at the 2010 NAREA meetings, Atlantic City, NJ, June 13-15, 2010.

Bhuyan, S., & Postel, M., 2009. “Determinants of Organic Dairy Farm Profitability: Some evidence from the Northeast United States.” Selected paper, AAEA annual meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 26-28, 2009.

Bhuyan, S., M. Postel, A. Toole, and B. O’Neill, 2008. “Is Small Beautiful? An Analysis of Financial Performance of Organic Dairy Farms in the Northeast USA.”  Selected Paper, 2008 NAREA/CASE meetings, Quebec City, June 30-July 1, 2008.

Laursen, C. V., K. Karantininis, & S. Bhuyan, 2008. “Organizational Characteristics and Member Participation in Agricultural Cooperatives: Evidence from Modern Danish Cooperatives.”  Paper presented in the conference, “The Role of the Cooperatives in the European Agro-food System,” 28th-30th May 2008, Bologna, Italy.

Bhuyan, S. and C. Peart, 2007. “Determinants of Food Away From Home among African-Americans.” Selected Paper, 2007 AAEA Annual meetings, Portland, OR, July 29-August 1.

Bhuyan, S. 2006. “Market Power in the Long Run in the U.S. Meat Packing Industry, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association annual meetings, June 11-14, 2006, Mystic, Connecticut.

Bhuyan, S. and H. Stewart, 2006. “Do Consumers Exhibit Self-defeating Behavior when Eating Food Away From Home? Desire to be Healthy vs. the Reality,” Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association annual meetings, June 11-14, 2006, Mystic, Connecticut.

Bhuyan, S., 2005. “Role of Cooperatives in Economic Development: What Have We Learned So Far?” presented at the organized symposium “Role of Cooperatives in Rural Economic Development: Myth or Reality?” 2005 Annual AAEA meetings, Providence, RI, July 24-27, 2005.

Bhuyan, S., 2005.  “Impact of Brand Advertising on Food Consumed Away From Home.” selected Paper, 2005 AAEA Annual meetings, Providence, RI, July 24-27, 2005.

Asirvatham, J. and S. Bhuyan.  2004.  “Economic Impact of Vertical Coordination: A Multi-stage, Multi-player Analysis.”  A short paper presented at the 2004 Annual AAEA meetings, Denver, August 1-4.

Bhuyan, S. 2004.  “The “People” Factor in Cooperatives: Does Members’ (Negative) Attitude Affect Their Participation?”  Paper presented at the Principal Paper session (Session organizer: Professor Ellen Goddard, University of Alberta) entitled “What’s Happening in the Cooperative Sector?” at the 2004 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) annual meetings, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 20-23, 2004.

Bhuyan, S. and A. Rodríguez. 2004.  “Agribusiness Firms in the Political Process: Rent Seeking and Quid Pro Quo ” selected paper presented at the 2004 Annual NAREA meetings, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 20-23.

Peart, C. and S. Bhuyan. 2004.  “Health Awareness and Food Consumption: An Analysis of Food-Away-From-Home (FAFH) Behavior by African Americans.”  Selected paper presented at the 2004 Annual NAREA meetings, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 20-23.

Bhuyan, S. 2003.  “What Determines Vertical Mergers in U.S. Food Manufacturing Industries?”  Selected paper,  AAEA Annual meetings, Montreal, Canada, July 27-30, 2003, Montreal, Canada.

Bhuyan, S. 2003.  “What Determines Vertical Mergers in U.S. Food Manufacturing Industries?” Presented in the Department of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Rutgers University, October, 2003.

Bhuyan, S. and J. Asirvatham, 2002.  “Impact of economic liberalization on the performance of Indian food industries.”  Presented in the Department of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Rutgers University, November 8, 2002.

Bhuyan, S., H. Stewart, R. Govindasamy, 2002.   ” Satisfaction Evaluation of Food-away-from-home Choices by Consumers.” selected paper, Research Report in the 2002 Annual Conference of the Food Distribution Research Society, October 27-30, Miami, FL.

Bhuyan, S., R. Govidasamy, A. Adelaja, and F. Hossain.  2002.  “An empirical evaluation of consumer characteristics and satisfaction with the food-away-from-home choices.”  Paper presented at the symposium “Consumer Behavior, Market Organizations, and Supply Chain Management in the Food Away from Home Market.” AAEA Annual meetings, Long Beach, CA, July 29-31, 2002.

Bhuyan, S., F. Hossain, A. Naseem, and C. Pray. 2002.  “Market structure and innovation in ag-biotechnology.”  Selected paper,  AAEA Annual meetings, Long Beach, CA, July 29-31, 2002.

Asirvatham, J., S. Bhuyan. 2002.  “Economic impact of vertical coordination: A multi-stage, multi-player analysis under alternative market structures.” Selected paper, 2002 NAREA meetings, Harrisburg, PA, June 9-11, 2002.

Hossain, F. and S. Bhuyan, 2001.  “Industry structure, efficiency, technology, and productivity: Evidence from the U.S. Food Manufacturing Industries.”  Seminar presented at the Dept. of Agric., Food & Resource Econ., Rutgers University, October 19.

Govndasamy, R., M. DeCongelio, S. Bhuyan, 2001.  “Characteristics of frequent buyers of organic produce in the Northeast U.S.: A logistic analysis.”  Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Food Distribution Research Society, Mesa, AZ, October 14-17, 2001.

Bhuyan, S. 2001. “Impact of vertical mergers on industry profitability: An empirical evaluation.”  Selected paper, 2001 American Agricultural Economics Association, Chicago, IL, August 4-8, 2001.

Bhuyan, S. 2001. “Determining farming and member characteristics that influence member Satisfaction: An aid to cooperative managers.” paper presented at the organized symposium “Farmer-owned cooperatives: Management and Rural Impacts.”  2001 American Agricultural Economics Association, Chicago, IL, August 4-8, 2001.

Bhuyan, S. 2001. “Impact of vertical mergers on industry profitability.”  Selected paper, 2001 Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, Bar Harbor, ME, June 10-12, 2001.

Bhuyan, S. 2001. “An examination of management issues in fruit and vegetable marketing cooperatives in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Region.”  Selected paper, 2001 Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, Bar Harbor, ME, June 10-12, 2001.

Bhuyan, S. 2000.  “Impact of vertical integration on market performance.” selected paper, conference on Mathematics and Computers in Business and Economics, organized by the World Scientific Engineering Society, Montego Bay, Jamaica, December 20-22.

Bhuyan, S. 2000.  “An examination of member and non-member issues in fruit and vegetable marketing cooperatives in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Region.”  selected paper, 2000 Annual meetings of the NCR-194 Research Group, Les Vegas, NV, Dec. 12-13.

Bhuyan, S. 2000.  “Vertical integration and market performance in the U.S. food industries.” selected paper, 2000 AAEA annual meetings, Tampa, FL, July 30-August 2.

Bhuyan, S. 2000.  “Vertical integration and market performance in the U.S. food industries.” Dept. of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, Rutgers University, NJ, March 2000.

Bhuyan, S. 2000.  “Grower issues in fruit and vegetable marketing cooperatives in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast United States.”  paper presented at the organized symposium “Managing membership issues in Cooperatives,” organized by   Tom Stafford of RBCS/USDA, 2000 AAEA annual meetings, Tampa, FL, July 30-August 2.

Hossain, F. and S. Bhuyan, 2000.  “A stochastic frontier analysis of technical progress and efficiency in the U.S. food industries.”  selected paper, 2000 AAEA annual meetings, Tampa, FL, July 30-August 2.

Hossain, F. and S. Bhuyan, 2000.   “An analysis of technical progress and efficiency in the U.S. food manufacturing industries.” selected paper, 2000 NAREA (Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association) annual meetings, University of Rhode Island, West Greenwich, RI, June 11-13.

Hossain, F. and S. Bhuyan, 2000.   “An analysis of technical progress and efficiency in the U.S. food manufacturing industries.” paper presented at the conference “American Consumer in the Changing Food System,” organized by ERS/USDA, Washington, D.C., May 4-5.