Bernhard
Dalheimer
Assistant Professor of International Trade and Macroeconomics
Department of Agricultural Economics · Purdue University
I study uncertainty in international agricultural trade and global agri-food value chains — how participation in global value chains shapes food prices and price volatility, how firms manage supply-chain risk, and how geopolitical pressures reshape food policy. My research features data-science approaches and carries a strong policy focus.
My work has been covered in The Wall Street Journal, CNN Business, Yahoo Finance, Newsweek, and USA Today.
Recent publications
News
July 2026
I will be presenting a new project with Marie Kammer, working title: "Agricultural Import Competition and Labor Adjustment in Rural Mexico: Evidence from NAFTA" at AAEA in Kansas City later this month".
June 2026
Joe V. Balagtas' and my report on USMCA and Food Prices has been referenced several times during a recent hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
May 2026
Our review paper "The Geopolitics of Food and Agriculture" with Marc. F. Bellemare and Weston Loughmiller has been published in Annual Reviews of Resource Economics. Read more →
April 2026
Ken Foster and I spoke with Yahoo Finance on the impact of the Iran crisis on food prices. Read more →
February 2026
New paper in Food Policy on public vs. private rice storage in the Philippines.
December 2025
New paper in American Journal of Agricultural Economics on global value chain integration and food prices, with Marc F. Bellemare.
Employment
Assistant Professor
Purdue University
Visiting Research Fellow
University of Minnesota
Professor ad Interim
University of Kiel
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Göttingen