Oscar S. Sarasty

Education

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics
2020 - Expected graduation May 2024
Texas Tech University
Advisor: Modhurima Dey Amin

M.S. in Agricultural and Applied Economics
2018 - 2020
Texas Tech University
Advisor: Carlos Enrique Carpio

B.S. in Food Engineering
2011 - 2017
Universidad de las Americas, Ecuador
Advisor: Evelin Tamayo

Research Interests

Consumer Demand and Marketing, Food Policy, and Agribusiness. 

Publications and Presentations

Publications

Sarasty, O., Carpio, C., and Cabrera, T. (2023) “Effect of the traffic-light system on nutrition labeling in processed food products in the Ecuadorian population”. QOpen, qoad018.

Blandon, S., Vargas, D., Casas, D., Sarasty, O., Woerner, D., Echeverry, A., Miller, M., Carpio, C., Sanchez-Plata, M., and Legako, J. F. (2023). “Efficacy of Common Antimicrobial Interventions at and above Regulatory Allowable Pick-Up Levels on Pathogen Reduction.” Foods, 12(4), 883.

Vargas, D., Blandon, S., Sarasty, O., Osorio-Doblado, A., Miller, M., and Echeverry, A. (2022). “Shelf-Life Evaluation of Pork Loins as Influenced by the Application of Different Antimicrobial Interventions.” Foods, 11(21), 3464. 

Cabrera, T., Palacios, K., Carpio, C., Sarasty, O., Gonzáles, M., Benitez, P., Azuero, K., and Carrión, P. (2022). “Etiquetado nutricional tipo semáforo: conocimiento, uso y preferencias en los adolescentes ecuatorianos: Etiquetado nutricional tipo semáforo en Ecuador.” Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética, 26.   

Carpio, C., Coman, I., Sarasty, O., and Garcia, M. (2021). “COVID-19 Vaccine Demand and Financial Incentives.” Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 19(6), 871 – 883.

Carpio, C., Sarasty, O., Hudson, D., Macharia, A., and Shibia, M. (2021). “The demand for a COVID-19 vaccine in Kenya.” Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 17(10), 3463 – 3471.

Boonsaeng, T., Carpio, C., Guerrero, P., Sarasty, O., Borja, I., Hudson, D., Macharia, A., and Shibia, M. (2021). “Perceived risks of infection, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19 at the Equator: Ecuador and Kenya.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1 – 6.

Sarasty, O., Carpio, C., Hudson, D., Guerrero-Ochoa, P., and Borja, I. (2020). “The demand for a COVID-19 vaccine in Ecuador.” Vaccine, 38(51), 8090 – 8098.

Tamayo, E., Sarasty, O., and Mosquera, E. (2017). “Aprovechamiento de residuos ligno-celulósicos en la elaboración de empaques secundarios ecológicos.” Industrial data, 20(2), 37 – 42.

Presentations 

Sarasty, O., Amin, M. and Badruddoza, S. “Impact of the Great Recession and the COVID-19 Recession on agricultural commodities price volatility”
AAEA Annual Meetings 2022 – Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Selected Paper Presentation. Anaheim, CA.

Sarasty, O., and Amin, M. “What do Americans think about high fructose corn syrup”
AAEA Annual Meetings 2022 – Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Selected Poster Presentation. Anaheim, CA. 

Sarasty, O. and Amin, M. “Consumers' health and environmental awareness and preferences: The case of high fructose corn syrup”
RES Symposium of Junior Researchers 2022 – Royal Economic Society, Online 

Cabrera, T., Sarasty, O., Watson, S., Gonzalez, M., and Carpio, C. “Traffic-light Nutrition Labeling Preferences among Ecuadorian Children”
AAEA Annual Meetings 2022 – Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Selected Paper Presentation. Anaheim, CA. *

Sumrow, S., Hudson, D., Carpio, C., and Sarasty, O. “Consume Beef Preferences and Risk Mitigation in the Beef Supply Chain in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Willingness to Pay Study”
SAEA Annual Meetings 2022 – Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Selected Paper Presentation. New Orleans, LA. * 

Sarasty, O., and Amin, M. “Consumers demand for certified organic products: the case of Thanksgiving basket”
SAEA Annual Meetings 2022 – Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Selected Paper Presentation. New Orleans, LA.

Sarasty, O., Carpio, C., Hudson, D., Machara, A., Shibia, M., Guerrero-Ochoa, P., and Borja, I. “Willingness to Pay for a hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine in the Equator: The case of Ecuador and Kenya”
SAEA Annual Meeting 2021 – Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Selected Poster Presentation. Online.

Cabrera, T., Sarasty, O., Boonsaeng, T., and Carpio, C. “Asociación entre el uso del etiquetado nutricional tipo semáforo y enfermedades crónicas en la población adulta ecuatoriana”
I Congreso SAN 2020 – Congreso Internacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional. Cuenca, Ecuador. *

Sarasty, O., Carpio C., and Cabrera, T. “Effect of the Traffic-Light System for Nutritional Labeling in Processed Food Products in the Ecuadorian Population”
AAEA Annual Meetings 2020 – Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Selected Poster Presentation Online. Kansas City, MO.

Sarasty, O., Carpio, C., Boonsaeng, T., and Sanchez-Pinol, D. “Welfare and Budget Allocation Impacts of Elimination of Fossil Fuel Subsidies: The Case of Ecuador.”
SAEA Annual Meetings 2020 – Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Selected Paper Presentation. Louisville, KY.
Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition 2020 – Texas Tech University. Lubbock, TX.

* Presentation by a co-author

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Texas Tech University
Spring 2023
AAEA – 3301 Agribusiness Marketing
Students Enrolled 66
Fall 2022
AAEA – 3301 Agribusiness Marketing
Students Enrolled 47

Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University
AAEA – 3302 Agribusiness Finance Spring 2022
AAEA – 3302 Agribusiness Finance Fall 2021
AAEA – 3302 Agribusiness Finance Spring 2021
AAEA – 3302 Agribusiness Finance Fall 2020