Protected or Postponed? The Dynamics of Deforestation in Protected and Non-Protected Areas (with Erik Katovich)
This paper examines the effectiveness of forest protected areas (PA) in a dynamic setting. Using georeferenced data, we investigate whether the establishment of PAs in the Brazilian Amazon immediately accelerates deforestation in surrounding areas, and whether logging activities gradually shift back into the PAs over time. We develop a spatial dynamic optimization model to show that the dynamic displacement of deforestation is fundamentally driven by the nonrenewable nature of trees in the Amazon.
Forest Protected Areas and Violence against Indigenous Peoples
Labor Income in Free Access, Private Ownership, and Informality (with Julien Daubanes, Jérémy Laurent-Lucchetti, and Emmanuel Milet)
Child Marriage, Drought, and Decision to Marry: Evidence from Ethiopia (with Aneta Couzens)
Mitigating the Health Impact of a Famine: Evidence from the 1985 Ethiopian Emergency Food Aid (with Salvatore Di Falco)
Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 176 (2025)
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