Research

Research Interests

• My research focuses on international trade, with a particular emphasis on how trade policies, agreements, and conflicts shape the global distribution of agricultural goods. I use empirical and structural approaches—combining high-dimensional panel econometrics, structural gravity models, and causal inference methods—to study how policy shocks such as retaliatory tariffs influence trade values, prices, and quantities across markets. Broadly, my work aims to deepen our understanding of market adjustments, substitution patterns, and resilience in global agricultural trade networks. 

Peer-review Publications

•  Khanal, A. R., Adhikari, S., & Tegegne, F. (2023). Why Don’t Low-Income Households Purchase Fruits and Vegetables? Findings from African American Communities in Nashville Metro Areas of Tennessee. Applied Economic Perspective and Policy. 

• Adhikari, S., & Khanal, A. R. (2023). Business risk, financial risk, and savings: does perceived higher business risk induce savings among small agricultural operations in the USA? Agricultural Finance Review, 83(1), 107-123.

• Adhikari, S., & Khanal, A. R. (2021). Economic Sustainability and Multiple Risk Management Strategies: Examining Interlinked Decisions of Small American Farms. Sustainability, 13(4), 1741.

• Dahal, B. R., Adhikari, S., & Khanal, A. R. (2022). Willingness to pay for crop insurance: A case from citrus farmers in Nepal. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 12(2), 247-261. 

• Adhikari, S., Dahal, B. R., & Bist, V. 2019. Technology adoption in maize farming: a comparative analysis between improved seed users and local seed users of Argakachi district of Nepal. Agricultural Science & Technology (1313-8820), 11(4).

Conferences, Proceedings, and Presentations 

• Adhikari, S., Grant, J. H., Davis, G. 2025. “Revisiting the 2018/19 US-China Trade Conflict: Decomposing Price and Volume Effects from Trade Disruptions.” International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Annual Meeting, December 14–16

• Adhikari, S., & Khanal, A. R. 2020. “Does higher business risk influence financial risk and induce savings among small agricultural operations? Findings from Tennessee”. Selected Paper Presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics (AAEA) Association Annual Meeting, Virtual, August 10-11.

• Adhikari, S., & Khanal, A. R. 2020. “Factors affecting the adoption of risk management strategies by small farmers in Tennessee." Selected Paper Presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, February 1-4. 

• Adhikari, S., & Khanal, A. R. 2020. “Business risk perception and financial decisions among small agricultural operations in Tennessee”. Presented at The 130th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Virtual, November 21. 

• Adhikari, S., Khanal, A.R., & Poudel, G. 2020. Biotic and Abiotic Stress Conditions and Rice Production Efficiency: Evidence from Nepal. Presented at the Second Biennial Conference of Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professional of Americas (NAPA), Virtual, September 25-28. 

• Adhikari, S., Khanal, A. R., & Tegegne, F. 2020. “Why Don't Low-Income Households Purchase Fruits and Vegetables? Findings from African American Communities In Nashville, Tennessee”. Selected Poster Presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, February 1-4.