Matthew MacLachlan

Research Economist
202-694-5205
matthew.maclachlan@usda.gov

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Briefly

Matthew MacLachlan is a research economist in the Food Markets branch of the Food Economics Division at the USDA, Economic Research Service. His research focuses on forecasting food prices. He has also studied the effect of natural disasters and infectious diseases on livestock producers and animal-product markets. He has developed approaches for quantifying the impacts of infectious diseases when data are scarce, responses are delayed, or to quantify the effect when it is difficult to isolate the impact from other changes.

Background

After completing his Ph.D., Matthew joined ERS in 2015. 

Education

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis; B.S. in Environmental Biology and Management, University of California, Davis; B.A. in Economics, University of California, Davis.

Professional Affiliations

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA).

Selected Publications

MacLachlan, M.J., D. Boussios, and A.D. Hagerman. 2022. “Market Responses to Export Restrictions from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks,” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 47(1): 209–224

MacLachlan, M.J., A.M. Liebhold, T. Yamanaka, and M.R. Springborn. 2021. “Hidden patterns of insect establishment risk revealed from two centuries of alien species discoveries,” Science advances 7(44): eabj1012.

Modjtahedi, B.S., A.P. Finn, S.M. Barb, M.J. MacLachlan, T. van Zyl, T.D. Papakostas, and D. Eliott. 2019. “Characteristics and outcomes of endogenous endophthalmitis: eight-year experience at a tertiary care center,” Ophthalmology Retina.

MacLachlan, M.J., S. Ramos, A. Hungerford, and S. Edwards. 2018. Federal Natural Disaster Assistance Programs for Livestock Producers, 2008–16, EIB-187, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

MacLachlan, M.J., M.R. Springborn, and P.L. Fackler. 2017. “Learning about a moving target in resource management: optimal Bayesian disease control,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99(1): 140–162.