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Workplace:School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU University Amsterdam), (more information at EDIRC)
Tinbergen Instituut (Tinbergen Institute), (more information at EDIRC)

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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 Downloads

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2016) Downloads View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Maastricht School of Management (2015) Downloads View citations (2)

    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) Downloads View citations (14) (2018)

2015

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

2014

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

2013

  1. How is the liberalization of food markets progressing ? market integration and transaction costs in subsistence economies
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (14) (2013)

2012

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

2010

  1. 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) Downloads

2007

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (6)

1993

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2024

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

2023

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: Size, Composition and Distribution of Reduced Transaction Costs
    Food Policy, 2023, 116, (C) Downloads View citations (1)

2022

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

2021

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

2020

  1. 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 Downloads View citations (3)

2018

  1. Shaking up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
    Economies, 2018, 6, (2), 1-14 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Shaking Up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2018) Downloads View citations (5) (2018)
  2. The Impact of the 2006 Yogyakarta Earthquake on Local Economic Growth
    Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 2018, 2, (2), 203-224 Downloads
  3. 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 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (1) (2017)

2013

  1. 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 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (18) (2013)
  2. 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 Downloads View citations (2)

2012

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

2010

  1. Safety Nets and Index-Based Insurance: Historical Assessment and Semiparametric Simulation for Northern Ghana
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 58, (4), 671-712 Downloads View citations (5)

2008

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

2001

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

1997

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