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Working Papers

2019

1. Information, technology, and market rewards: Incentivizing aflatoxin control in Ghana
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
   Also in 2018 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2017) View citations (1)

2017

2. Insuring Against Drought: Evidence on Agricultural Intensification and Demand for Index Insurance from a Randomized Evaluation in Rural Bangladesh
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)
3. Insuring against droughts: Evidence on agricultural intensification and index insurance demand from a randomized evaluation in rural Bangladesh
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)
4. Resilience to an acute covariate shock: The Nepal earthquake of 2015 and offsetting NGO treatment effects
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
5. Short-term impacts of a livestock transfer and training program in rural Nepal
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)

2016

6. Technological and Market Interventions for Aflatoxin Control in Ghana: Preliminary Findings
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (3)

2015

7. Economic and Environmental Impacts of Expanding Irrigation in the Southeast
   2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
8. Gender-specific Risk Preferences and Fertilizer Use in Kenyan Farming Households
   2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (3)
9. Information Networks among Women and Men and the Demand for an Agricultural Technology in India
   2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (6)
   Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2015) View citations (8)

2014

10. Male and Female Risk Preferences and Maize Technology Adoption in Kenya
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (4)
11. Public subsidies, technology targeting and private investment: Evidence from laser land leveling in Uttar Pradesh, India
    CSISA project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
12. Social networks and Indian farmers’ demand for agricultural custom hire services
    CSISA project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2013

13. Female social networks and learning about a new technology in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
14. Hybrid Rice as a Pro-Poor Technology? Evidence from Bangladesh
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
15. Leveling with Friends: Social Networks and Indian Farmers' Demand for Agricultural Custom Hire Services
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (9)
16. Leveling with Friends: Social Networks and Indian Farmers’ Demand for Agricultural Custom Hire Services
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (4)
17. Targeting technology to reduce poverty and conserve resources: Experimental delivery of laser land leveling to farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (9)

2012

18. Farmers' Heterogeneous Valuation of Laser Land Leveling in Eastern Uttar Pradesh: An Experimental Auction Approach to Informing Segmentation & Subsidy Strategies
    2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)
19. Multi-Dimensional Responses to Risk Information: How do Winegrape Growers Respond to Disease Forecasts and to What Environmental Effect?
    Working Papers, Robert Mondavi Institute Center for Wine Economics View citations (1)

2011

20. Implementing Rural-Urban Disaggregated Food Demand in a Partial Equilibrium Model
    2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2010

21. Estimating the Implicit Value of Crop Stubble as a Barrier to Technology Adoption in Morocco
    2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
22. POWDERY MILDEW RISK AND FORECASTING IN WINE GRAPES: DO GROWERS CHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO DISEASE FORECASTS?
    2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)

2009

23. Drought Risk and Drought Response in Morocco: Vulnerability, Risk Perceptions and Drought Coping Among Rainfed Cereal Farmers
    2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
24. Improving Food Security in Arab Countries
    World Bank Other Operational Studies, The World Bank View citations (8)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Constructing a summary index using the standardized inverse-covariance weighted average of indicators
   Stata Journal, 2020, 20, (4), 952-964
2. Husbands’ and wives’ risk preferences and improved maize adoption in Tanzania
   Agricultural Economics, 2020, 51, (5), 743-758

2019

3. Ex ante and ex post effects of hybrid index insurance in Bangladesh
   Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 136, (C), 1-17 View citations (8)

2018

4. Short-Term Impacts of a Pay-It-Forward Livestock Transfer and Training Program in Nepal
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 422-25 View citations (2)
5. Targeting Technology to Increase Smallholder Profits and Conserve Resources: Experimental Provision of Laser Land-Leveling Services to Indian Farmers
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66, (2), 265 - 306 View citations (7)

2017

6. Aspirations failure and formation in rural Nepal
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 139, (C), 1-25 View citations (15)
7. Predicting Success in a Productive Asset Transfer Program: A Goat Program in Haiti
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2017, 39, (2), 363-385 View citations (2)

2016

8. Multidimensional Responses to Disease Information: How Do Winegrape Growers React to Powdery Mildew Forecasts and To What Environmental Effect?
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016, 98, (2), 383-405 View citations (1)

2015

9. Leveling with friends: Social networks and Indian farmers' demand for a technology with heterogeneous benefits
   Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 116, (C), 223-251 View citations (29)
10. Property rights enforcement and no-till adoption in crop-livestock systems
    Agricultural Systems, 2015, 134, (C), 76-83 View citations (1)

2014

11. Integrating livestock feeds and production systems into agricultural multi-market models: The example of IMPACT
    Food Policy, 2014, 49, (P2), 365-377 View citations (6)

2013

12. Farmers' Heterogeneous Valuation of Laser Land Leveling in Eastern Uttar Pradesh: An Experimental Auction to Inform Segmentation and Subsidy Strategies
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013, 95, (2), 339-345 View citations (4)

2012

13. Stuck on Stubble? The Non-market Value of Agricultural Byproducts for Diversified Farmers in Morocco-super- *
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2012, 94, (5), 1055-1069 View citations (12)

2011

14. The Quasi-Option Value of Delayed Input Use under Catastrophic Drought Risk: The Case of No-Till in Morocco
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011, 93, (2), 498-504 View citations (5)

2010

15. Household and local forest impacts of Morocco's argan oil bonanza
    Environment and Development Economics, 2010, 15, (4), 439-464 View citations (2)

Software Items

2021

1. SWINDEX: Stata module to create a standardized weighted index of multiple indicator variables
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics