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Working Papers

2018

Land market distortions: Theory and evidence from Guatemala
2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists
Overview of the fertilizer supply chain and market structure in Africa: A cross-country assessment
Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Promoting competition in the fertilizer industry in Africa: A global and local approach
Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2016

A poverty-sensitive scorecard to prioritize lending and grant allocation: Evidence from Central America
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
See also Journal Article A poverty-sensitive scorecard to prioritize lending and grant allocation: Evidence from Central America, Food Policy, Elsevier (2018) (2018)
Anchoring Bias in Recall Data: Evidence from Central America
Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College
Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2016) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Anchoring Bias in Recall Data: Evidence from Central America, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2018) View citations (12) (2018)
Linking smallholder farmers to commercial markets: Evidence from nongovernmental organization training in Nicaragua
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

2015

Grain price and volatility transmission from international to domestic markets in developing countries
2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (5)
Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2015) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Grain Price and Volatility Transmission from International to Domestic Markets in Developing Countries, World Development, Elsevier (2017) View citations (31) (2017)
Institutions and market integration: The case of coffee in the Ethiopian commodity exchange
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange and the coffee market: Are local prices more integrated to global markets?
2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

2014

Co-movement of major commodity price returns: A time-series assessment
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (4)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (3)
Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)
Also in 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2013) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2016) View citations (36) (2016)

2013

Do People Overreact? Evidence from the Housing Market After the Wenchuan Earthquake
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
Group Lending with Heterogeneous Types
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2013) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article GROUP LENDING WITH HETEROGENEOUS TYPES, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2018) View citations (2) (2018)

2012

Do Marketing Margins Change with Food Scares? Examining the Effects of Food Recalls and Disease Outbreaks in the U.S. Red Meat Industry
2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2011) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Do Marketing Margins Change with Food Scares? Examining the Effects of Food Recalls and Disease Outbreaks in the U.S. Red Meat Industry, Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2013) View citations (5) (2013)
Do energy prices stimulate food price volatility? Examining volatility transmission between US oil, ethanol and corn markets
2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (6)
Also in 123rd Seminar, February 23-24, 2012, Dublin, Ireland, European Association of Agricultural Economists (2012) View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Do energy prices stimulate food price volatility? Examining volatility transmission between US oil, ethanol and corn markets, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (145) (2013)
How far do shocks move across borders? Examining volatility transmission in major agricultural futures markets
123rd Seminar, February 23-24, 2012, Dublin, Ireland, European Association of Agricultural Economists
Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2011) View citations (6)
Working Papers, Banco de México (2011) View citations (29)
Documentos de Trabajo/Working Papers, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economia. Universidad de Montevideo. (2011) View citations (12)
2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (24)
See also Journal Article How far do shocks move across borders? Examining volatility transmission in major agricultural futures markets, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation (2014) View citations (48) (2014)
Price Volatility Co-movement among Major Crops
2012: New Rules of Trade? December 2012, San Diego, California, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2011

Beyond the numbers: How urban households in Central America responded to the recent global crises
Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
Making friends with your neighbors? Agglomeration and tacit collusion in the lodging industry
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article Making Friends with Your Neighbors? Agglomeration and Tacit Collusion in The Lodging Industry, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013) View citations (23) (2013)
MÃ¡s allÃ¡ de los nÃºmeros: CÃ³mo respondieron los hogares urbanos en CentroamÃ©rica a las crisis globales recientes
Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2010

Examining the dynamic relationship between spot and future prices of agricultural commodities
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (55)

2002

Servicios de desarrollo empresarial y desempeño de las micro y pequeñas empresas en el Perú: el caso de los sectores confecciones y metalmecánica
(Business development services and performance of micro and small businesses in Peru: the case of clothing and metalworking sectors)
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

Journal Articles

2024

COVID-19 and extreme weather: Impacts on food security and migration attitudes in the rural area of Guatemala
World Development, 2024, 173, (C)
Can survey design reduce anchoring bias in recall data? Evidence from smallholder farmers in Malawi
European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2024, 51, (4), 1129-1167

2023

Large-scale school meal programs and student health: Evidence from rural China
China Economic Review, 2023, 79, (C) View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Large-scale school meal programs and student health: Evidence from rural China, IFPRI discussion papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
Solar‐powered cold‐storage and agrifood market modernization in Nigeria
Agricultural Economics, 2023, 54, (2), 234-255
The unintended consequences of confinement: Evidence from the rural area in Guatemala
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2023, 95, (C) View citations (4)

2022

Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala
Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 155, (C) View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala, IFPRI discussion papers (2020) (2020)

2021

Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing
Review of Economic Dynamics, 2021, 40, 128-145
See also Software Item Code and data files for "Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing", Computer Codes (2020) (2020)
Working Paper Online Appendix to "Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing", Online Appendices (2020) (2020)
Insurance or deliberate use of the bankruptcy law for financial gain? Testing for heterogeneous filing behaviors in the United States
Economic Modelling, 2021, 105, (C)
Short‐term impacts of COVID‐19 on food security and nutrition in rural Guatemala: Phone‐based farm household survey evidence
Agricultural Economics, 2021, 52, (3), 477-494 View citations (8)

2020

Aid, policies and growth: a nonlinear reassessment
Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (15), 1617-1633
When Power Plants Leave Town: Environmental Quality and the Housing Market in China
Environmental & Resource Economics, 2020, 77, (4), 751-780 View citations (3)

2019

SEPARATING BETWEEN UNOBSERVED CONSUMER TYPES: EVIDENCE FROM AIRLINES
Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57, (2), 1215-1230 View citations (6)

2018

A poverty-sensitive scorecard to prioritize lending and grant allocation: Evidence from Central America
Food Policy, 2018, 77, (C), 81-90
See also Working Paper A poverty-sensitive scorecard to prioritize lending and grant allocation: Evidence from Central America, IFPRI discussion papers (2016) (2016)
Anchoring Bias in Recall Data: Evidence from Central America
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100, (2), 479-501 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Anchoring Bias in Recall Data: Evidence from Central America, Department of Economics Working Papers (2016) (2016)
GROUP LENDING WITH HETEROGENEOUS TYPES
Economic Inquiry, 2018, 56, (2), 895-913 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Group Lending with Heterogeneous Types, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2017

Grain Price and Volatility Transmission from International to Domestic Markets in Developing Countries
World Development, 2017, 94, (C), 305-320 View citations (31)
See also Working Paper Grain price and volatility transmission from international to domestic markets in developing countries, 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
Linking smallholder farmers to markets on extensive and intensive margins: Evidence from Nicaragua☆
Food Policy, 2017, 73, (C), 34-44 View citations (1)
Market Institutions and Price Relationships: The Case of Coffee in the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 99, (3), 683-704 View citations (8)

2016

Co-movement of major energy, agricultural, and food commodity price returns: A time-series assessment
Energy Economics, 2016, 57, (C), 28-41 View citations (87)
Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops
Agricultural Economics, 2016, 47, (2), 141-155 View citations (36)
See also Working Paper Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops, IFPRI discussion papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
Price discovery and dynamics across housing developers in China
Economics Bulletin, 2016, (4), 1966-1974
The higher costs of doing business in China: Minimum wages and firms' export behavior
Journal of International Economics, 2016, 100, (C), 81-94 View citations (58)

2015

Do natural disasters cause an excessive fear of heights? Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake
Journal of Urban Economics, 2015, 90, (C), 79-89 View citations (22)

2014

How far do shocks move across borders? Examining volatility transmission in major agricultural futures markets
European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2014, 41, (2), 301-325 View citations (48)
See also Working Paper How far do shocks move across borders? Examining volatility transmission in major agricultural futures markets, 123rd Seminar, February 23-24, 2012, Dublin, Ireland (2012) (2012)
NONLINEAR PRICING STRATEGIES AND COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Economic Inquiry, 2014, 52, (2), 539-561 View citations (16)
Parametric versus nonparametric methods in risk scoring: an application to microcredit
Empirical Economics, 2014, 46, (3), 1057-1079 View citations (3)

2013

Do Marketing Margins Change with Food Scares? Examining the Effects of Food Recalls and Disease Outbreaks in the U.S. Red Meat Industry
Agribusiness, 2013, 29, (4), 426-454 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Do Marketing Margins Change with Food Scares? Examining the Effects of Food Recalls and Disease Outbreaks in the U.S. Red Meat Industry, 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
Do energy prices stimulate food price volatility? Examining volatility transmission between US oil, ethanol and corn markets
Energy Economics, 2013, 40, (C), 119-129 View citations (145)
See also Working Paper Do energy prices stimulate food price volatility? Examining volatility transmission between US oil, ethanol and corn markets, 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington (2012) View citations (6) (2012)
Making Friends with Your Neighbors? Agglomeration and Tacit Collusion in The Lodging Industry
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (3), 1002-1017 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper Making friends with your neighbors? Agglomeration and tacit collusion in the lodging industry, NBER Working Papers (2011) (2011)
Market concentration and pricing behavior in the fertilizer industry: a global approach
Agricultural Economics, 2013, 44, (6), 723-734 View citations (16)

2011

Nonlinear pricing and competition intensity in a Hotelling-type model with discrete product and consumer types
Economics Letters, 2011, 110, (3), 174-177 View citations (5)

2003

Evasión tributaria e informalidad en el Perú: una aproximación a partir del enfoque de discrepancias en el consumo
Investigaciones, 2003

2001

Servicios de desarrollo empresarial y desempeño de las micro y pequeñas empresas en el Perú: el caso de confecciones y metalmecánica
Investigaciones, 2001

Chapters

2023

Forced migration: Fragility, resilience, and policy responses
Chapter 7 in Global food policy report 2023: Rethinking food crisis responses, 2023, pp 72-81
No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis
Chapter 5 in The Russia-Ukraine conflict and global food security, 2023, pp 27-32
The Russia-Ukraine war is exacerbating international food price volatility
Chapter 4 in The Russia-Ukraine conflict and global food security, 2023, pp 24-26

2022

COVID-19 and food inflation scares
Chapter 10 in COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, 2022, pp 64-72
Short-term impacts of COVID-19 in rural Guatemala: Call for a closer, continuous look at the food security and nutritional patterns of vulnerable families
Chapter 8 in COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, 2022, pp 54-57

2020

Urban food systems and diets, nutrition, and health of the poor: Challenges, opportunities, and research gaps
Chapter 19 in Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South, 2020, pp 380-396 View citations (1)

2012

Chapter 2 Examining the Effect of Low-Cost Carriers on Nonlinear Pricing Strategies of Legacy Airlines
A chapter in Pricing Behavior and Non-Price Characteristics in the Airline Industry, 2012, pp 11-53

2007

Abriendo la caja negra de las privatizacion
Chapter 9 in Investigación, políticas y desarrollo en el Perú, 2007, vol. 1, pp 351-401 View citations (1)

Software Items

2020

Code and data files for "Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing"
Computer Codes, Review of Economic Dynamics
See also Journal Article Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2021) (2021)