Xiaoli Fan, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Agricultural Economics Consumer Demand Producer Behavior Bioeconomic Modelling Beef and Grazing

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About

Xiaoli Fan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta. Xiaoli received her Ph.D. (2017) degree from the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, and her MSc (2009) and BA (2007) degrees in international economics from Wuhan University, China. Xiaoli’s research focuses on understanding consumer and producer behaviour to inform better agricultural policies and decision-making. Her specific research interests include consumer preference for emerging food issues, agrifood sustainability, agrifood value chain coordination, antibiotic use in livestock, bioeconomic modelling, and agent-based modelling.

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AREC 333 - Economics of Production and Resource Management

Application of economic concepts and introduction of management tools related to production decision-making for resource-based businesses. Integration of biophysical and environmental relationships with economic objectives in allocating resources. Introduction to quantitative tools used in applied production management decision-making. Prerequisite: AREC 200, AREC 365, or ECON 281.

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AREC 484 - Strategic Management in Food and Resource Businesses

Analysis of strategic management concepts and applications to agri-food and resource industries. The development of business and corporate strategies including competitive positioning; sustaining competitive advantage; vertical coordination and strategic alliances in value chains; corporate diversification and global business strategy. Prerequisite: AREC 200, AREC 323, AREC 365, or ECON 281.

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AREC 502 - Advanced Price Analysis

Principles of consumer demand and producer supply analysis including theoretical and empirical approaches to the analysis of consumer and producer choice. Applications include food demand analysis (single equations and systems approaches), price expectations and producer supply decisions, market model simulation and policy evaluation, and economic welfare measurement. Corequisite: ECON 481.

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AREC 684 - Strategic Management in Food and Resource Businesses

Analysis of strategic management concepts and applications to agri-food and resource industries. The development of business and corporate strategies including competitive positioning; sustaining competitive advantage; vertical coordination and strategic alliances in value chains; corporate diversification and global business strategy. Not to be taken if credit received for AREC 484. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

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Huanhuan Wang, Xiaoli Fan, Junjie Guo, Qilan Zhao, Zixuan Dai

Food Policy. 2024 August; 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102687

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Huanhuan Wang, Xiaoli Fan, Qilan Zhao, Pengfei Cui

PLOS ONE. 2023 November; 10.1371/journal.pone.0294472

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Rebecca Oiza Enesi, Miles Dyck, Scott Chang, Malinda S. Thilakarathna, Xiaoli Fan, Stephen Strelkov, Linda Yuya Gorim

Frontiers in Agronomy. 2023 June; 10.3389/fagro.2023.1194896

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Rodriguez, Mauricio Soria, Adeline D. Yeh, Xiaoli Fan, and Catharine Weber

Vegetables and Pulses Outlook: April 2023. Situation and Outlook Report VGS-370. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.. 2023 April;

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Xiaoli Fan, Miguel I. Gómez, Shady S. Atallah, Jon M. Conrad

American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2020 August; 10.1002/ajae.12028

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D. Adeline Yeh, Frank Drummond, Miguel I Gómez, Xiaoli Fan

Journal of Economic Entomology. 2020 June; 10.1093/jee/toz360

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Violet Muringai, Xiaoli Fan, Ellen Goddard

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2020 March; 10.1111/cjag.12221

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Xiaoli Fan, Miguel I. Gómez, Phillip S. Coles

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 2019 December; 10.1017/age.2019.21

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Yeon A. Hong, R. Karina Gallardo, Xiaoli Fan, Shady Atallah, Miguel I. Gómez, Yeon A. Hong, R. Karina Gallardo, Xiaoli Fan, Shady Atallah, Miguel I. Gómez

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 2019 September; 10.22004/AG.ECON.292336

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Deishin Lee, Erkut Sönmez, Miguel I. Gómez, Xiaoli Fan

Food Policy. 2017 April; 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.12.004

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Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work. 2016 August;

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Erkut Sönmez, Deishin Lee, Miguel I. Gómez, Xiaoli Fan

American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2016 March; 10.1093/ajae/aav069

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