Francisco Costa
Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Delaware
Invited Researcher at J-PAL (LAC & K-CAI)
Invited Researcher at FGV EPGE
E-mail: fcosta@udel.edu
Working Papers
Seeds of Disparity: the Gender Land Divide from Brazil's Agricultural Transition *NEW*
with Rafael Araujo, Bruna Borges, and Kelly Santos. submitted.The Environmental Costs of Political Interference: Evidence from Power Plants in the Amazon *NEW*
with Dimitri Szerman and Juliano Assunção. R&R at Journal of Public Economics.Efficient Forestation in the Brazilian Amazon
with Rafael Araujo and Marcelo Sant'Anna. [Coverage: VoxDev] R&R at Review of Economic Studies.National Borders and the Conservation of Nature
with Robin Burgess and Benjamin Olken. [Coverage: Washington Post, VoxDev] submitted.Local Economic Impacts of Hydroelectric Power Plants: Evidence from Brazil
with Dimitri Szerman and Juliano Assunção. submitted.
Selected Publications
Going Viral: Public Attention and Environmental Action in the Amazon
with Rafael Araujo and Teevrat Garg.Journal of Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, forthcoming. [publisher] [working paper] [replication files]
The Deforestation Effects of Trade and Agricultural Productivity in Brazil
with Igor Carreira and Joao Paulo Pessoa.Journal of Development Economics, 2024 [publisher] [working paper] [replication files] [Coverage: LSE Business Review, VoxLACEA]
How to Attract Physicians to Underserved Areas? Policy Recommendations from a Structural Model
with Leticia Nunes and Fabio Sanches.Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024 [publisher] [working paper] [replication files] [Coverage: VoxDev, Estadão, Valor]
Stop Suffering! Economic Downturns and Pentecostal Upsurge
with Angelo Marcantonio and Rudi Rocha.Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023 [publisher] [working paper] [slides] [replication files] [Coverage: Folha, Café da Manhã]
The Impact of Climate Change on Risk and Return in Indian Agriculture
with Fabien Forge, Jason Garred, and Joao Paulo Pessoa.Environmental and Resource Economics, 2023 [publisher] [working paper]
Hysteresis and the Welfare Effect of Corrective Policies: Theory and Evidence from an Energy Saving Program
with François Gerard.Journal of Political Economy, 2021 [publisher] [working paper] [web appendix] [replication files] [Coverage: VoxDev]
Winners and Losers from a Commodities-for-Manufactures Trade Boom
with Jason Garred and Joao Paulo Pessoa.Journal of International Economics, 2016 [publisher] [working paper] [web appendix] [concordances and replication files] [Coverage: VoxEU, VoxLACEA]
Other Publications
Winners and Losers from China's Ascension in International Trade: a Structural Approach
with Joao Paulo Pessoa.Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2019 [publisher]
Homicides and the Age of Criminal Responsibility: A Density Discontinuity Approach
with João de Faria, Felipe Iachan, and Bárbara Caballero.Economìa, the journal of LACEA, 2018 [publisher] [working paper] [replication files] [Coverage: Exame.com, JB]
Effort Complementarity and Team Size, An Experimental Analysis of Moral Hazard in Teams
with Joisa Dutra.Economics Bulletin, 2018 [publisher]
(Mar, 2024)