Published Papers
“Beyond the Canopy: Sources of Satellite Data and Deforestation Policy Evaluation in Brazil”
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 134 (2025) 103219
With Kathryn Baragwanath
“The Cold, Hard Truth: Evidence from Heterogeneous Snowpack Insulation Effect on Winter Wheat Yields in China”
Environment and Development Economics (2025)
With Zhenyu Yao
“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, Vol. 160 (2024): 103141
With Edouard Mensah, Ange Kakpo, and Ida Djenontin
“Collective Property Rights Lead to Secondary Forest Growth in the Brazilian Amazon”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(22): e2221346120 (2023)
With Kathryn Baragwanath and Ella Bayi
Awards: 5th Edition of the MapBiomas Award
Media Coverage: Mongabay; World Economic Forum
“Incentives for Rural Households to Establish Tree Cover on Agricultural Land in Andhra Pradesh”
In: Environmental Economics in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges (2022): 154
With Stella Schons, Greg Amacher, Kelly Cobourn, and Haripriya Gundimeda
Project Information: NASA Land‑Cover and Land‑Use Change (LCLUC) Program
Working Papers
“Gross External Damages of Water Pollution in the United States”
With David A. Keiser, Tihitina T. Andarge, Mohammad M. Hoque, Yongjie Ji, Catherine Kling, Daniel Phaneuf, and Yau‑Huo Shr
Working paper: SI 2025 Environmental & Energy Economics
“Improving Environmental Outcomes Through Investments in Local Governance: Evidence from Brazil” Submitted
With Stella Schons, Kathryn Baragwanath, Alexandre Gori Maia, and Gregory Amacher
“Land Registration and Conflict Reduction: Evidence from the Rural Environmental Registry in the Brazilian Amazon”
Revise and Resubmit
With Stella Schons, Alexandre Gori Maia, and Gregory Amacher
“Unintended Consequences of a Large Irrigation Project for Groundwater Recharge” Submitted
With Prashikdivya Gajbhiye and Matt Woerman
“Unintended Consequences of Land Regularization in Brazil”
With Kathryn Baragwanath
Funding: The Ronald Coase Institute Research program - 2025
Work in Progress
“The Drought-induced Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon”
With Tengda Gong, Alankrita Goswami, and Mahmoud Osman.
“Costs and Benefits of Adaptive Groundwater Irrigation in the U.S.”
With Jeffrey Hadachek and Seunghyun Lee