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Working Papers

2024

1. Corporate taxes and labor market informality evidence from China
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2023

2. COVID-19 and livelihoods in rural Guatemala: Lessons from a long term assessment and the path to recovery
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. Climatic stresses and rural emigration in Guatemala
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
4. Factores que impulsan la migración de la sierra a la selva en el Perú – Nota conceptual del estudio
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
5. The role of market concentration in the agrifood industry
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2022

6. COVID-19 and extreme weather: Impacts on food security and migration attitudes in rural Guatemala
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
7. COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands
   Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
8. Conditional cash transfers and high school attainment: Evidence from a large-scale program in the Dominican Republic
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
9. Estudio sobre el COVID-19 en el área rural de Guatemala: Efectos de largo plazo sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de los hogares en el Altiplano Occidental
   Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2021

10. Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on the coffee value chain in Guatemala: Evidence from coffee growers in the Midwest and East
    Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
11. Can survey design reduce anchoring bias in recall data? Evidence from Malawi
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
12. Large-scale school meal programs and student health: Evidence from rural China
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Large-scale school meal programs and student health: Evidence from rural China, China Economic Review, Elsevier (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
13. Solar-powered cold-storages and sustainable food system transformation: Evidence from horticulture markets interventions in northeast Nigeria
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2020

14. Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    Also in Documentos de trabajo del Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política IIEP (UBA-CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política IIEP (UBA-CONICET) (2020)
    See also Journal Article Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (10) (2022)
15. Online Appendix to "Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing"
    Online Appendices, 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)
16. The migration propensity index: An application to Guatemala
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2019

17. Insurance or abusive use of the law? Heterogeneous filing behavior in personal bankruptcy
    Working Papers, Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen University

2018

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

2016

21. 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)
22. Anchoring Bias in Recall Data: Evidence from Central America
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)
    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)
23. 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

24. 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 (29) (2017)
25. 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)
26. 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

27. 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)
28. 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 (4)
    See also Journal Article Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2016) View citations (34) (2016)

2013

29. Do People Overreact? Evidence from the Housing Market After the Wenchuan Earthquake
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
30. 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

31. 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)
32. 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 (132) (2013)
33. 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 Working Papers, Banco de México (2011) View citations (29)
    2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (24)
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2011) View citations (6)
    Documentos de Trabajo/Working Papers, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economia. Universidad de Montevideo. (2011) View citations (12)
    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 (46) (2014)
34. Price Volatility Co-movement among Major Crops
    2012: New Rules of Trade? December 2012, San Diego, California, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2011

35. 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)
36. 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)
37. Más allá de los números: Cómo respondieron los hogares urbanos en Centroamérica a las crisis globales recientes
    Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2010

38. 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

39. 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

1. COVID-19 and extreme weather: Impacts on food security and migration attitudes in the rural area of Guatemala
   World Development, 2024, 173, (C)

2023

2. 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)
3. Solar‐powered cold‐storage and agrifood market modernization in Nigeria
   Agricultural Economics, 2023, 54, (2), 234-255
4. The unintended consequences of confinement: Evidence from the rural area in Guatemala
   Journal of Economic Psychology, 2023, 95, (C) View citations (1)

2022

5. Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala
   Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 155, (C) View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala, IFPRI discussion papers (2020) (2020)

2021

6. Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2021, 40, 128-145
   See also Working Paper Online Appendix to "Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing", Online Appendices (2020) (2020)
   Software Item Code and data files for "Asset maintenance as hidden investment among the poor and rich: Application to housing", Computer Codes (2020) (2020)
7. 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)
8. 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 (6)

2020

9. Aid, policies and growth: a nonlinear reassessment
   Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (15), 1617-1633
10. 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

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

2018

12. 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)
13. 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) View citations (1) (2016)
14. 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

15. Grain Price and Volatility Transmission from International to Domestic Markets in Developing Countries
    World Development, 2017, 94, (C), 305-320 View citations (29)
    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)
16. Linking smallholder farmers to markets on extensive and intensive margins: Evidence from Nicaragua☆
    Food Policy, 2017, 73, (C), 34-44 View citations (1)
17. 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

18. Co-movement of major energy, agricultural, and food commodity price returns: A time-series assessment
    Energy Economics, 2016, 57, (C), 28-41 View citations (81)
19. Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops
    Agricultural Economics, 2016, 47, (2), 141-155 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops, IFPRI discussion papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
20. Price discovery and dynamics across housing developers in China
    Economics Bulletin, 2016, (4), 1966-1974
21. 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 (51)

2015

22. 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 (20)

2014

23. 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 (46)
    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)
24. NONLINEAR PRICING STRATEGIES AND COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
    Economic Inquiry, 2014, 52, (2), 539-561 View citations (16)
25. Parametric versus nonparametric methods in risk scoring: an application to microcredit
    Empirical Economics, 2014, 46, (3), 1057-1079 View citations (3)

2013

26. 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)
27. 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 (132)
    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)
28. 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)
29. Market concentration and pricing behavior in the fertilizer industry: a global approach
    Agricultural Economics, 2013, 44, (6), 723-734 View citations (14)

2011

30. 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

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

2001

32. 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

1. Forced migration: Fragility, resilience, and policy responses
   Chapter 7 in Global food policy report 2023: Rethinking food crisis responses, 2023, pp 72-81
2. 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
3. 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

4. COVID-19 and food inflation scares
   Chapter 10 in COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, 2022, pp 64-72
5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

1. 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)