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Working Papers

2022

1. Two Birds with One Stone: Technology Adoption and Market Participation through Protection against Crop Failure
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2020

2. How Costly is using Livestock as a Saving Device? A Note on Meat Prices during Food Shortages
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2019

3. Bridges
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
4. Mobile Phones and Mozambique Farmers: Less Asymmetric Information and More Trader Competition?
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Mobile phones and Mozambique farmers: Less asymmetric information and more trader competition?, World Development, Elsevier (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
5. Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: What is the Size of Reduced Search Costs and Who Benefits?
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

2018

6. How does Market Access for Smallholders affect Export Supply? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
7. Impact of Mobile Phones on Staple Food Markets in Mozambique: Improved Arbitrage or Increased Rent Extraction?
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (2)
8. Shaking Up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Shaking up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Economies, MDPI (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2017

9. Trains, trade and transaction costs: how does domestic trade by rail affect market prices of Malawi agricultural commodities ?
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Maastricht School of Management (2015) View citations (2)
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2016) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Trains, Trade, and Transaction Costs: How Does Domestic Trade by Rail Affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities?, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2018) View citations (14) (2018)

2015

10. Why Subsidize Fertilizer if Subsidizing Water is More Effective?
    Working Papers, Maastricht School of Management

2014

11. Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
12. How does Market Access affect Smallholder Behavior? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (3)
13. Living with the Merapi Volcano: Risks and Disaster Microinsurance
    Departmental Working Papers, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics

2013

14. How is the liberalization of food markets progressing ? market integration and transaction costs in subsistence economies
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article How Is the Liberalization of Food Markets Progressing? Market Integration and Transaction Costs in Subsistence Economies, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2013) View citations (14) (2013)

2012

15. Is EU Support to Malawi Agriculture Effective?
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (2)

2010

16. Market Integration with Transaction Costs in Developing Country Staple Food Markets: the Case of the Malawi Maize market
    2010 AAAE Third Conference/AEASA 48th Conference, September 19-23, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

2007

17. Creating safety nets through semi-parametric index-based insurance: A simulation for Northern Ghana
    101st Seminar, July 5-6, 2007, Berlin Germany, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (6)

1993

18. Price and stock formation with rational expectations in the Indian natural rubber market
    Serie Research Memoranda, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Mobile phones and Mozambique farmers: Less asymmetric information and more trader competition?
   World Development, 2024, 180, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Mobile Phones and Mozambique Farmers: Less Asymmetric Information and More Trader Competition?, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2023

2. How costly is using livestock as a savings device?
   Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2023, 15, (1), 77-110 View citations (1)
3. Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: Size, Composition and Distribution of Reduced Transaction Costs
   Food Policy, 2023, 116, (C) View citations (1)

2022

4. Measuring Trade Cost Reductions Through a New Bridge in Mozambique: Who Benefits From Transport Infrastructure?
   Journal of African Economies, 2022, 31, (4), 384-408 View citations (2)

2021

5. Resilience toward Volcanic Eruptions: Risk Perception and Disaster Microinsurance in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
   Sustainability, 2021, 13, (16), 1-16

2020

6. If smallholder farmers have access to the world market: the case of tobacco marketing in Malawi
   European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 47, (4), 1402-1437 View citations (3)

2018

7. Shaking up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
   Economies, 2018, 6, (2), 1-14 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Shaking Up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (5) (2018)
8. The Impact of the 2006 Yogyakarta Earthquake on Local Economic Growth
   Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 2018, 2, (2), 203-224 View citations (1)
9. Trains, Trade, and Transaction Costs: How Does Domestic Trade by Rail Affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities?
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (2), 334-356 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Trains, trade and transaction costs: how does domestic trade by rail affect market prices of Malawi agricultural commodities ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2013

10. How Is the Liberalization of Food Markets Progressing? Market Integration and Transaction Costs in Subsistence Economies
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2013, 27, (1), 28-54 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper How is the liberalization of food markets progressing ? market integration and transaction costs in subsistence economies, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (18) (2013)
11. The Krakatau Eruption in 1883: Its Implications for the Spatial Distribution of Population in Java
    Economic History of Developing Regions, 2013, 28, (2), 27-55 View citations (2)

2012

12. The economics of food aid under subsistence farming with an application to Malawi
    Food Policy, 2012, 37, (1), 124-141 View citations (10)

2010

13. Safety Nets and Index-Based Insurance: Historical Assessment and Semiparametric Simulation for Northern Ghana
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 58, (4), 671-712 View citations (6)

2008

14. Hot Stuff: Index Insurance for Indian Smallholder Pepper Growers
    World Development, 2008, 36, (9), 1585-1606 View citations (12)

2001

15. Hedging Price Risks of Farmers by Commodity Boards: A Simulation Applied to the Indian Natural Rubber Market
    World Development, 2001, 29, (4), 691-710 View citations (3)

1997

16. Stabilizing prices in commodity markets: Price bounds versus private stockholding
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1997, 19, (3), 253-277 View citations (5)