# Samuel Zapata

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**Parent**: https://agecon.tamu.edu/ms-agricultural-economics-thesis/

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:   Associate Professor

Office:
:   HECM

Email:
:   [[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6615070b13030a481c07160712072607014812070b1348030213)

Phone:
:   (956) 271.1300

[Samuel Zapata's Website](https://mcallen.tamu.edu/)

## Education

Undergraduate Education
:   B.S. Agriculture, Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural University

Graduate Education
:   M.S. Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University
:   Ph.D., Applied Economics, Clemson University

## Areas of Expertise

- Production economics
- Economic feasibility analysis
- Risk management
- Price analysis
- Applied econometrics

## Professional Summary

Dr. Zapata is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics stationed at the Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen, and the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Weslaco, Texas. Dr. Zapata research agenda focuses on the intersections of production economics, farm management, marketing, and quantitative methods.

## Selected Publications

**Zapata, S.D**., F. Peguero, M. Sétamou, and O.J. Alabi. 2021. Economic Implications of Citrus Greening Disease Management Strategies. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 0(Preprint), August.

**Zapata, S.D**., R. Dudensing, D. Sekula, G. Esparza-Diaz and R. Villanueva. 2018. “Economic Impact of the Sugarcane Aphid Outbreak in South Texas.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 50(1): 104-128.

Enciso, J., J. Jifon, L. Ribera, **S.D. Zapata** and G.K. Ganjegunte. 2015. “Yield, Water Use Efficiency and Economic Analysis of Energy Sorghum in South Texas.” Biomass and Bioenergy 81:339-344.

**Zapata, S.D**. and C.E. Carpio. 2014. “The Theoretical Structure of Producer Willingness to Pay Estimates.” Agricultural Economics 45(5):613-623.

**Zapata, S.D**., C.E. Carpio, O. Isengildina-Massa and R.D. Lamie. 2013. “The Economic Impact of the Services Provided by an Electronic Trade Platform: The Case of MarketMaker.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 38(3):359-378.

## All Publications

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