Kathryn Boys

About

I am an agricultural economist working in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University. My research program is focused on applied economic analyses of problems and policies related to the economics of food safety and quality, linkages between food systems and economic development, food system-human health linkages, and the international trade of agri-food products.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Business
• Geography
• Economics
• Marketing
• Social psychology
• Environmental health
• Psychiatry
• Gerontology
• Industrial organization

Selected publications

• Local Food Supply Chain Dynamics and Resilience during <scp>COVID</scp>‐19

  Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy · 2020 · 264 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Abstract Local and regional food systems (LRFS) innovated during COVID‐19 to respond to market demand and policy changes. Given their unique characteristics, we identify drivers that explain why local responses to COVID‐19 vary when compared with the national dialogue on food supply chain disruptions. We suggest LFRS enterprises are nimble and connected to supply chain partners, allowing them to innovate quickly with a targeted approach. Considering the shorter supply chains and smaller operatio…

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• Food fraud: economic insights into the dark side of incentives

  Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics · 2019-10-01 · 40 citations

  articleOpen access

  In this review, we contextualise the articles in this special issue, relating them to existing food fraud research, and identify food fraud research trends, challenges and priorities for the near term. We accomplish these aims through a comprehensive review of research by food scientists, economists, other social scientists, legal experts, government research groups and international trade organisations. Existing food fraud research is heavily weighted towards food science, packaging and labelli…

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Craft beverage tourism development: The contributions of social capital

  Journal of Destination Marketing & Management · 2021 · 33 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  PublisherDOI

• A new food chain: Adoption and policy implications to blockchain use in agri‐food industries

  Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy · 2021-03-29 · 33 citations

  articleSenior authorCorresponding

  Abstract Legislation and regulation proposed to study, fund, and govern blockchain use is emerging among both US federal and state governments. These regulatory requirements, however, are not fully consistent across jurisdictions, which may add further challenge to the adoption of this technology by agri‐food system firms. This study compiles and provides a descriptive overview of legislation and regulations related to blockchain technology. Implications of the current regulatory approach on the…

  PublisherDOI

• Economic growth through entrepreneurship: Determinants of self‐employed income across regional economies

  Papers of the Regional Science Association · 2019-10-21 · 31 citations

  articleOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Jason H. Grant

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  19 shared

• Elizabeth Canales

  Mississippi State University

  17 shared

• Dawn Thilmany

  17 shared

• Sarah A. Low

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  16 shared

• David B. Willis

  11 shared

• Anne Wilcock

  9 shared

• Carlos E. Carpio

  New Mexico State University

  7 shared

• David W. Hughes

  6 shared

Labs

• Kathryn A. Boys LabPI

Education

• Ph.D., Dept. of Agricultural Economics

  Purdue University

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