Research

PUBLICATIONS

1.     Qi, D., Apolzan, J.W., Li, R. and Roe, B.E., 2020. Unpacking the Decline in Food Waste Measured in Chinese Households from 1991 to 2009. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104893

2.     Li, R., Yang, B., Penn, J., Houghtaling, B., Chen, J., Prinyawiwatkul, W., Roe, B.E. and Qi, D., 2020. Perceived Vulnerability to COVID-19 Infection from Event Attendance: Results from Louisiana, USA, two weeks preceding the national emergency declaration. BMC Public Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10035-6

3.     Qi, D., Penn, J., Li, R. and Roe, B.E., 2022. Winning ugly: Profit Maximizing Marketing Strategies for Ugly Foods. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102834

4.     Qi, D., Li, R., Penn, J., Houghtaling, B., Prinyawiwatkul, W. and Roe, B.E., 2022. Nudging Greater Vegetable Intake and Less Food Waste: A Field Experiment. Food Policy, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102369

5.     Li, R., Shu, Y., Bender, K.E., and Roe, B.E., 2023. Household Food Waste Trending Upwards in the United States: Insights from a National Tracking Survey. Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.59

6.     Li, R., and Roe, B.E., 2024. Segmenting US Consumers by Food Waste Attitudes and Behaviors: Opportunities for Targeting Reduction Interventions. Sustainable Production and Consumption, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.01.015 

7.     Xu, L., Li, R., and Roe, B.E., 2024. Frozen Food Purchasing and Home Freezer Use: Associations with Household Food Waste. British Food Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-02-2024-0147   

8.     Lange, M., Li, R., Apolzan, J., Huber, P., Sterliotes, E., Robertson, K., Wilson, N., Jain, K., Ramnath, R., Roe, B. and Spang, E., 2025. Ontologies Relevant for Improving Data Interoperability for Food Loss and Waste: A Review and Research Agenda. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100330 

9.      Li, R., 2025. Beyond Health Protection: Estimating the Impact of Public Health Insurance on Home‐based Livestock Raising in Rural China. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.70017

10.   Li, R., Nazemi, F., Shu, Y., Qi, D., Bakshi, B., and Roe, B.E., 2025. When the LCA Says Yes, but Some Customers Say No: The Case of Improving Restaurant Sustainability in the Face of Market Competition. Environmental Development, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101385 

PAPERS IN REVIEW

1.     Qi, D., Li, R., Apolzan, J.W., and Roe, B.E., Youth Height but not Body Mass Index is Greater in Chinese Provinces that Experienced More Market Liberalization: The Role of Milk Consumption. (Revise and resubmit, World Development)

2.     Li, R., Neff, R., Welcher, C. and Roe, B., Consumer Responses to Inflation: Implications for U.S. Household Food Waste. (Under review)

3.     Penn, J., Qi, D., Jiang, Q., Li, R., and Roe, B.E., Exploring Order Effects in Hypothetical Bias in an Ugly Food Choice Experiment. (Under review)

4.     Li, R. and Roe, B., Unintended Spillover Effects of Organics Recycling Mandates: Evidence from California. (Under review)

WORK IN PROGRESS

1.     Li, R., Mandatory Food Donation Policies and Food Insecurity

2.     Li, R., The Impact of Sustainable Information Disclosure on Consumer Demand: A Foodservice Case Study.

3.     Li, R., Qi, D. and Roe, B.E., Urban Chinese Households Reduced Food Waste as the Variety of Produce Proliferated: Market Liberalization and the Disappearance of Closets Full of Cabbage.

4.      Li, R., Time to Waste: Disentangling How Household Time Allocation Affects Home Food Production and Waste.