Research 

NOTE: * denotes equal contributions. 

Published

1. The Human Well-Being Potential of Tree Plantations in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Reassessment of Evidence Using Longitudinal Subnational-Year Data, Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 160, (2024): 103141 (with Mensah E., Kakpo A., and Djenontin, I.)

2. Collective Property Rights Lead To Secondary Forest Growth in the Brazilian Amazon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, No. 22 (2023): e2221346120 (with Baragwanath, K.* and Bayi, E.*)

Awards: 5th edition of the MapBiomas Award

Media coverage: Mongabay, World Economic Forum

3. Incentives for Rural Households to Establish Tree Cover on Agricultural Land in Andhra Pradesh, India. Environmental Economics in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges (2022): 154 (with Schons, S. Z., Amacher G.S., Cobourn K.M., and Gundimeda H.)

Project information: NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Program 

Working papers     

Land 

1. Improving Local Governance and Environmental Spillovers: a study of the Programa Municipios Verdes in the Brazilian Amazon 

(with Schons, S., Baragwanath K., Maia, A.G., and Amacher, G.)                                                          

2. Self-Declared and Mandatory Environmental Registration of Landholdings Reduce Land Conflicts: Evidence From the State of Para in the Brazilian Amazon (with Schons, S., Maia, A.G., and Amacher, G.)  

3. Beyond the Canopy: Satellite Data Variability and Deforestation Policy Evaluation in Brazil 

(with *Baragwanath K.)       

Water

4. The Cold, Hard Truth: Evidence from Heterogeneous Snowpack Insulation Effect on Winter Wheat Yields in China, Environment and Development Economics, R&R (2024) (with Yao Z.)  

5. Addressing the Threat of Groundwater Depletion: Does a Command-and-Control Approach Work? 

(with *Paudel J. and *Upadhyay S.)                        

6. Unintended Consequences of A Large Irrigation Project for Groundwater Recharge 

(with Gajbhiye P., and Woerman M.)

Environment & Health 

7. Effect of Sunshine Duration on Violent Crime in São Paulo