José María Gil

Doctor en Economía
Universidad de Zaragoza
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José M. Gil is the Director of CREDA and Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He is also responsible for the Information Systems and Food Supply Chains research arm of CREDA. His current research focuses on the economics of food quality and safety, and related policy issues with respect to the consumer, the food industry, and trade. Another major research interest concerns analysis of the competitiveness of food supply chains. Further, he has considerable experience in econometrics and statistical methods for analyzing food chains and household purchasing behavior.

Publicaciones en los últimos 5 años:

  1. URIOSTE-DAZA, S., TAGHOUTI, I., GIL, J.M., 2026. Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data-Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives. Agribusiness 0: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.70067.
  2. URIOSTE, S., TAGHOUTI, I., GIL, J.M., 2025. Modernizing variety registration in the European Union: a multi-criteria decision approach for policy prioritization. Journal of Crop Improvement, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2025.2603885
  3. URIOSTE-DAZA, S., TAGHOUTI, I., GIL, J.M., 2026. Plant Variety Registration in Transition: Opportunities for Innovation and Reform in The European Union. EuroChoices. https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.70007
  4. MEHABA, W., GIL, J.M., 2025. Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behaviour During Crises. Agribusiness, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.70057.
  5. CABAS-MONJE, J.H., TRONCOSO-SEPULVEDA, R., GUESMI, B., TAGHOUTI, I., GIL, J.M., 2025. Estimation and determinants of transient and persistent efficiency of rice production in Spain. Agribusiness, 41, 979–991. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21975
  6. JIN, Y., GIL, J.M., 2025. Are consumers more sensitive to price changes during food scares? A regime-switching dynamic almost ideal demand system approach. Agricultural and Food Economics, 13, Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-025-00391-5
  7. GUADARRAMA FUENTES, O.V., GIL, J.M., 2025. Sustainability, governance and symbolism in Spanish geographical indication: A discourse analysis through Q methodology. Journal of Rural Studies, 120. Article 103876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103876
  8. TRONCOSO-SEPULVEDA, R.A., GIL, J.M., 2025. The role of government credit in enhancing agricultural productivity: Evidence from Chile. Economic Modeling, 152, 107267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2025.107267
  9. GUESMI, B., GIL, J.M., 2025. Agricultural R&D impact evaluation: Insights from three decades of research impact assessment in agriculture. European Review of Agricultural Economics, jbaf037. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaf037
  10. STAFFOLANI, G., RAHMANI, D., BENTIVOGLIO, D., GIL, J.M., FINCO, A., 2025. What are the reasons behind consumers’ choice for mountain labeled cheese? A latent class choice model. Food quality and preference, 135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105701
  11. TADESSE , T., RAMIREZ-RODRÍGUEZ, S., RAHMANI, D., W. GEZAHEGN, T., GIL, J.M., 2025. Healthy but also traceable: consumer choices for traits of food waste-reducing innovations. Journal of Cleaner Production, 521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146299
  12. YANGUI, A., AKAICHI, F., GIL, J.M., 2025. Investigating the Effect of Attribute Non‐Attendance in Different Elicitation Formats: Single Discrete Choice, Rank‐Order Discrete Choice, and Best Worst Scaling. Agricultural Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.70053 
  13. RHOUMA, A., SEITFUDEM, G., EL JEITANY, J., PACETTI, T., BROUWER, F., GIL, J.M., 2025. Connecting the water footprint with the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus concept and its added value in the Mediterranean. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 26, 100640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2025.100640
  14. GUESMI, B., TAGHOUTI, I., ESCOBAR,C., GIL, J.M., 2025. Examining the supply chain resilience during the pandemic disruption: insights from the Catalan agri-food sector. International Journal on Food System Dynamics 16(2), 136-157. https://doi.org/10.1163/18696945-bja00003
  15. SALAZAR, C., ACUÑA-DUARTE, A., GIL, J.M., 2025. Price relationships between differentiated agricultural products. Do energy and climate shocks matter? Agricultural and Food Economics 13 (12). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-025-00355-9 
  16. MISSAOUI, S., RAHMANI, D., COLOMBO, S., KALLAS, Z., GIL, J.M., FAIÇAL, A., 2025. Heterogeneity in citizens’ valuation of ecosystem services resulting from a lagoon public restoration project: Evidence from Tunisia. New MEDIT: mediterranean journal of economics, agriculture and environment. http://hdl.handle.net/2117/428666
  17. JARAMILLO-VILLANUEVA, J., RAHMANI, D., GIL, J.M., CARRANZA-CERDA, I., 2025. Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for organic and locally produced walnuts: A choice experiment approach. Sustainability (Basel), 17(2), article 565. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17020565
  18. KHEZRI-N.G., M., GUESMI, B., GIL, J.M., 2025. From Metrics to Insights: Evaluating Cereal Farming Sustainability in Catalonia Using Composite Index Approach. Agricultural Economics, 71, 592-603. https://doi.org/10.17221/462/2024-AGRICECON.
  19. ZHANG, R., WEN, L., JIN, Y., ZHANG, A., GIL, J.M., 2025 Synergistic impacts of carbon emission trading policy and innovative city pilot policy on urban land green use efficiency in China. Sustainable cities and society, 118, Article 105955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105955
  20. BEDOUI, Y., JIN, Y., GIL, J.M., 2024. Price Transmission During Promotions: A Case Study of Spanish Milk Brands. Agribusiness, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.22011
  21. ROMO-MUÑOZ, F., ROMO-MUÑOZ,R., NIKLITSCHEK-SOTO, S., AGUILERA-CARRASCO, C., GIL, J.M., 2024. Insight into the main determinants of the struggle against overweight and obesity in Chile: Use of random forest techniques and econometric models. PloS one 19 (12), e0309351. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309351
  22. CALDERÓN-PÉREZ, L., DOMINGO, A., BAS, J. M. D., GUTIÉRREZ, B., CRESCENTI, A., RAHMANI, D., SARROCA, A., GIL, J. M., GOUMEIDA, K., ZHANG JIN, T., GÜLDAŞ, M., DEMIR, Ç. E., HAMDOUCHI, A. E., GYMNOPOULOS, L. P., DIMITROPOULOS, K., DEGLI INNOCENTI, P., ROSI, A., SCAZZINA, F., PETRI, E., URTASUN, L., SALVIO, G., DE LA FELD, M., BOQUÉ, N., 2024. Switching Mediterranean Consumers to Mediterranean Sustainable Healthy Dietary Patterns (SWITCHtoHEALTHY): Study Protocol of a Multicentric and Multi-Cultural Family-Based Nutritional Intervention Study. Nutrients, 16(22), 3938. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16223938
  23. TAGHOUTI, I., RAHMANI, D.,  GUESMI, B., DHEHIBI, S., GIL, J.M., 2024. Connecting forest management priorities and social preferences for Aleppo Pine ecosystem services. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 10.1080/00207233.2023.2296768
  24. RHOUMA, A., EL JEITANY, J., MOHTAR, R., GIL, J.M., 2024. Trends in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research. Sustainability 2024, 16(3), 1162; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031162
  25. JIN, Y., GIL, J.M., 2024. Forecasting fish prices with an artificial neural network model during the tuna fraud. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 18, 101340
  26. VARACCA, A., CASTELLARI, E., MORO, D., TIBOLDO, G., DOGBE, W., GIL, J.M., REVOREO-GIHA, C., AKAICHI, F., IRZ, X., SURRY, Y., AMUAKWA-MENSAH, F., SCKOKAI, P., 2024. Simulating the impact of a carbon tax on food in four European countries.  Q Open, 2024, 4, qoae023. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoae023.
  27. JIN, Y., BORGIA, R., GUESMI, B., RAHMANI, D., LARVOE, N., TARGETTI, S., VIAGGI, D., GIL, J.M. (2024), Citizens’ Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Innovations: Evidence from Six European Union Member States. EuroChoices, 23: 22-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12433
  28. MEHABA, W., RAHMANI, D., GIL, J.M., 2024. Allocation of the household food budget among shopping basket items: How is it influenced by promotions? Plos one 19 (6), e0304911. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304911
  29. RAHMANI, D., LOUREIRO, M-L., ESCOBAR, C., GIL, J.M., 2024. Choice experiments with facial expression analysis: How do emotions affect wine choices? Journal of choice modelling 51, 100490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2024.100490
  30. JIN, Y., GIL, J.M., 2024. Assessing the environmental contribution of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) rice in the presence of insect pest uncertainty. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04845-6
  31. GUESMI, B., CABAS-MONGE, J.H., ALFARO-VALENZUELA, M., GIL, J.M., 2024. Impact of public research investments on agricultural productivity in Chile. Agribusiness 40 (1), 277-298. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21842
  32. SIDHOUM, A.A., VRACHIOLI, M., GUESMI, B., GIL, J.M., 2023. The role of rational decisions in technical inefficiency analysis of Spanish pig farms: The influence of water use management. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107278
  33. JIN, Y., Gil, J.M., 2023. Price transmission during food safety incidents: The case of Spanish tuna fraud. Marine Policy, 156, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105794
  34. VÁSQUEZ-GONZALEZ, B., MONTAÑES, A., GIL, J.M., 2023. Are price convergint in the sawnwood market? Forest Policy and Economics, 155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2023.102998
  35. SALAZAR, C., ACUŇA-DUARTE, A., GIL, J. M., 2023. Drought shocks and price adjustments in local food markets in Chile: Do product quality and marketing channel matter? Agricultural Economics, 54, 349– 363. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12760 
  36. CABAS MONJE, J., GUESMI, B., AIT SIDHOUM, A., GIL, J.M., 2023. Measuring technical efficiency of Spanish pig farming: Quantile stochastic frontier approach. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 00, 1– 16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12518
  37. CHAMS, N., GUESMI, B., GIL, J.M., 2023. The nexus between research impact and sustainability assessment: From stakeholders’ perspective. Research Evaluation, 32,(2), 484-495. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvad001
  38. GUESMI, B., YANGUI, A., TAGHOUTI, I., GIL, J.M., 2023.  Trade-Off between Land Use Pattern and Technical Efficiency Performance: Evidence from Arable Crop Farming in Tunisia. Land, 12, 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010094
  39. BELLASSEN, V., DRUT, M., HILAL, M., BODINI, A., DONATI, M., DE LABARRE, M.D., FILIPOVIC, J., GAUVRIT, L., GIL, J.M., HOANG, V., MALAK-RAWLIKOWSKA, A., MATTAS, K., MONIER-DILHAN, S., MULLER, P.,   NAPASINTUWONG, O., PEERLINGS, J., POMEON, T., MAKSAN, M.T., TOROK, A., VENEZIANI, M., VITTERSO, G., ARFINI, F., 2022. The economic, environmental and social performance of European certified    food. Ecological Economics, 107244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107244
  40. RIVERA-TOAPANTA, E., KALLAS, Z., CANDEK-POTOKAR, M., GONZALEZ, J., GIL, M., VARELA, E., FAURE, J., CERJAK, M., URSKA, T., AQUILANI, C., LEBRET, B., KAROLYI, D., PUGLIESE, C., GIL, J.M., 2022. Marketing strategies to self-sustainability of autochthonous swine breeds from different EU regions: a mixed approach using the World Cafe technique and the Analytical Hierarchy Process. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 37(1), 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170521000363
  41. VIDAL-MONES, B., DIAZ-RUIZ, R., GIL, J.M., 2022. From evaluation to action: Testing nudging strategies to prevent food waste in school canteens. Waste Management, 140, 90-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.01.006
  42. TURNER, J., GUESMI, B., GIL, J.M., HEANUE, K., SIERRA, M., PERCY, H., BORTAGARAY, I., CHAMS, N., MILNE, C., 2022.  Evaluation capacity building in response to the agricultural research impact agenda: Emerging insights from Ireland, Catalonia (Spain), New Zealand, and Uruguay. Evaluation and Program Planning, 94, 102127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102127
  43. TURNER, J., GUESMI, B., GIL, J.M., HEANUE, K., SIERRA, M., PERCY, H., BORTAGARAY, I., CHAMS, N., MILNE, C., 2022.  Evaluation capacity building in response to the agricultural research impact agenda: Emerging insights from Ireland, Catalonia (Spain), New Zealand, and Uruguay. Evaluation and Program Planning, 94, 102127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102127
  44. CARRASSÓN, M., SOLER-MEMBRIVES, A., CONSTENLA, M., ESCOBAR, C., FLOS, R., GIL, J.M., LUZÓN, V., PIFERRER, F., REIG, L., 2021. Information impact on consumers’ perceptions towards aquaculture: Dismantling the myth about feeds for farmed fish. Aquaculture, 544, 737137, 1 – 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737137
  45. LI, S., KALLAS, Z., RAHMANI, D., GIL, J.M., 2021. Trends in Food Preferences and Sustainable Behavior during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Evidence from Spanish Consumers. Foods, 10 (8), 1898: 1 – 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081898
  46. RIVERA-TOAPANTA, E., KALLAS, Z., VARELA, E., AQUILANI, C., LEBRET, B., KAROLYI, D., PUGLIESE, C., GIL, J.M., 2021. Marketing strategies to self-sustainability of autochthonous swine breeds from different EU regions: a mixed approach using the World Café technique and the Analytical Hierarchy Process. Renewable agriculture and food systems, 37(1): 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1742170521000363
  47. DOGBE, W., SALAZAR, M., GIL, J.M., 2021. Disentangling the drivers of obesity: an analytical framework based on socioeconomic and intrapersonal factors. Frontiers in Nutrition, 8, 585318, 1 – 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.585318
  48. CABAS-MONJE, J., AMÉSTICA-RIVAS, L., LABRA-HERNÁNDEZ, J., GUESMI, B., GIL, J.M., 2021. Efficiency in swine production in European countries. Cases of Denmark and Poland. Revista Cientifica FCV-LUZ, 31(1), 31 – 39.
  49. AIT SIDHOUM, A., GUESMI, B., CABAS, J., GIL, J.M., 2021. The impact of alternative feeding strategies on total factor productivity growth of pig farming: Empirical evidence from EU countries. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research. 19 (2), e0106. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2021192-17291
  50. KALLAS, Z., ALBA, M.F., CASELLAS, K., BERGES, M., DE GREEF, G., GIL, J.M, 2021. The development of Short Food Supply Chain for locally produced Honey: Understanding consumers’ opinions and willingness to pay in Argentina. Bristish Food Journal, 123(5), 1664-1680. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-01-2019-0070

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