Publications
*Indicates graduate student, ** indicates undergraduate student
Sean Posey*, Nicholas Magnan, Vivian Hoffmann, Ellen B. McCullough, Nelson Opoku, and Abdul-Hafiz Alidu* (forthcoming). “Challenges to Groundnut Value Chain Development: Lessons from an (Attempted) Experiment in Ghana.” Forthcoming, Journal of Development Effectiveness.
Parag Kadam*, Puneet Dwevedi, and Nicholas Magnan (2023) "A Spatial Dependence Approach to Assessing the Impacts of Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s Fiber Sourcing Certification on Forestry Best Management Practices in Georgia, United States." Forest Policy and Economics 157: 103071
Kiersten Ekstron*, Sarah Janzen, and Nicholas Magnan (2023). "Coping with COVID-19 Shocks in Rural Nepal." Forthcoming. Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy.
Soye Shin*® Nicholas Magnan®, Conner Mullally®, and Sarah Janzen® (2022). "Demand for Weather Index Insurance among Smallholder Farmers under Prospect Theory." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 202: 82-104. Ungated manuscript. [® denotes random order of author names].
Nicholas Magnan, Vivian Hoffmann, Nelson Opoku, Gissele Gajate Garrido, and Daniel Akwasi Kanyam* (2021). "Information, Technology, and Market Rewards: Incentivizing Aflatoxin Control in Ghana." Journal of Development Economics 151: 102620. Replication data and code available on Mendeley here.
Sarah Janzen, Nicholas Magnan, Conner Mullally, I. Bailey Balmer**, Soye Shin*, Judith Odoul, and Karl Hughes (2021). "Can Experimental Games and Improved Risk Coverage Raise Demand for Index Insurance? Evidence from Kenya." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103(1): 338-361. Ungated manuscript.
Benjamin Schwab, Sarah A. Janzen, Nicholas Magnan, and William M. Thompson* (2020). "swindex: Constructing a summary index using the standardized inverse covariance weighted average of indicators." Stata Journal 20(4): 952-964. Available at Statistical Software Components.
Nicholas Magnan, Abby Love*, Fulgence Mishili, and Ganna Sheremenko* (2020). "Husbands’ and Wives’ Risk Preferences and the Adoption of Improved Maize Varieties in Tanzania." Agricultural Economics 51(5): 743-758. Ungated manuscript.
Ruth Vargas Hill, Neha Kumar, Nicholas Magnan, Simrin Makhija, Francesca de Nicola, David. J. Spielman, and Patrick S. Ward (2019). "Ex ante and ex post effects of hybrid index insurance in Bangladesh." Journal of Development Economics 136: 1-17.
Sarah A. Janzen, Nicholas Magnan, Sudhindra Sharma, and William M. Thompson* (2018). "Short-term Impacts of a Pay-it-forward Livestock Transfer and Training Program in Rural Nepal." American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 108: 422-425. Updated, ungated, and expanded version.
Travis J. Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan, David J. Spielman, Anil Bhargava, and Kajal Gulati (2018). “Targeting Technology to Reduce Poverty and Conserve Resources: Experimental Delivery of Laser Land Leveling to Farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 66(2): 265-306.
Sarah A. Janzen, Nicholas Magnan, Sudhindra Sharma, and William M. Thompson* (2017). "Aspirations Failure and Formation in Rural Nepal." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 139: 1-25.
William M. Thompson* and Nicholas Magnan (2017). “Predicting Success in a Productive Asset Transfer Program: A Goat Program in Haiti.” Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy 39(2): 363-385.
Travis Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan, and Douglas Gubler (2016). “Multi-Dimensional Response to Risk Information: How do Winegrape Growers Respond to Disease Forecasts and to what Environmental Effect?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(2): 383-405.
Joanna Brown*, Claire de La Serre, Gregory Colson, and Nicholas Magnan (2016). "Summer Garden Programs Alter Youths' Food Preferences: Evidence using Stated and Revealed Preference Measures." HortTechnology: 26(2) 133-140
Nicholas Magnan, David J. Spielman, Travis J. Lybbert, and Kajal Gulati (2015). “Leveling with Friends: Social Networks and Indian Farmers’ Demand for a Technology with Heterogenous Benefits." Journal of Development Economics 116: 223-251.
Nicholas Magnan (2015). "Property Rights Enforcement and No-till Adoption in Cereal Livestock Systems". Agricultural Systems. 134: 76-83.
Virginia Allison*, Jeffrey H. Dorfman, and Nicholas Magnan (2015). "Planning Your Way to Job Growth". Planning Practice and Research 30(5): 514-527.
Siwa Msangi, Dolapo Enharo, Marrio Herrero, Nicholas Magnan, Petr Havlik, An Notenbaert, and Signe Nelgen (2014). “Integrating Livestock Feedsand Production Systems into Agricultural Multi-Market Models: The Example of IMPACT”. Food Policy 49(2): 365-377.
Travis J. Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan, Anil Bhargava, Kajal Gulati, and David J. Spielman (2013). “Farmers’ Heterogeneous Valuation of Laser Land Leveling in Eastern Uttar Pradesh: An Experimental Auction to Inform Market Segmentation Strategies.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95(2): 339-345 (proceedings).
Nicholas Magnan, Douglas M. Larson, and J. Edward Taylor (2012). “Stuck on Stubble? The Non-market Value of Agricultural Byproducts for Diversified Farmers in Morocco.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94 (5): 1055-1069.
Nicholas Magnan, Andrew F. Seidl, and John B. Loomis (2012). “Is Resident Valuation of Ranch Open Space Robust in a Growing Rural Community? Evidence from the Rocky Mountains.” Society and Natural Resources 25 (9): 852-867.
Travis J. Lybbert, Abdellah Aboudrare, Deborah Chaloud, Nicholas Magnan, and Maliha S. Nash (2011). “Booming Markets for Moroccan Argan Oil Appear to Benefit Some Rural Households while Threatening the Endemic Argan Forest.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108 (34): 13963-13968.
Nicholas Magnan, Travis J. Lybbert, Rachid Mrabet, and Aziz Fadlaoui (2011). “The Quasi-option Value of Delayed Input Use under Catastrophic Drought Risk: The Case of No-Till in Morocco.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93(2): 498-504 (proceedings).
Julian A. Lampietti, Sean Michaels, Nicholas Magnan, Alex F. McCalla, Maurice Saade, and Nadim Khourem (2011). “A Strategic Framework for Improving Food Security in Arab Countries.” Food Security 3 (S1): 7-22.
Nicholas Magnan, Travis J. Lybbert, Alex F. McCalla, and Julian A. Lampietti (2011). “Modeling the Limitations and Implicit Costs of Cereal Self-Sufficiency with Limited Data: The Case of Morocco.” Food Security 3 (S1): 49-60.
Marc Sadler and Nicholas Magnan (2011). “Grain Important Dependency in the Middle East and North Africa: Risk Management Options.” Food Security 3 (S1): 77-89.
Travis J. Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan, and Abdellah Aboudrare (2010). “Household and Argan Forest Impacts of Morocco’s Argan Oil Bonanza.” Environment and Development Economics 15: 439-464.
From my undergrad research in France on alpine ecology:
Jean-Philippe Pages, Gilles Pache, Didier Joud, Nicholas Magnan, and Richard Michalet. (2003). “Direct and Indirect Effect of Shade on Four Forest Tree Seedlings in the French Alps.” Ecology 84 (10): 2741-2750.