Research

Working and Submitted Papers

Extreme Weather Events Impact Risk Tolerance and Time Preferences
     with Paula Jaramillo and Lindsey Novak.

Price Differentials and Skin Tone in Digital Art
with Tim Hubbard

Stability and Evolution of Preferences for New Technology
    with Sahan Dissanayake, George Voigt (fmr. Colby), Abebe Beyene, Randall Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Alemu Mekonnen, Abbie Cooper (fmr. Colby), and Michael Toman.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Improved Biomass Cookstove Use in the Longer Run
    with Alemu Mekonnen, Abebe Beyene, Randall Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, and Michael Toman. Accepted, Environment and Development Economics

Farm Profits, Prices and Household Behavior 
with Evan Peet and Duncan Thomas . Forthcoming, Journal of Development Economics

Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
    with A. Beyene, R. Bluffstone, S. Dissanayake, Z. Gebreegziabher, A. Mekonnen, and M. Toman
    World Development, 2021, 140.
    – Featured in Colby Magazine

Farms, Families, and Markets: New Evidence on Completeness of Markets in Agricultural Settings
   with Duncan Thomas 
   Econometrica, 2016, 85 (4).

Extended Families and Child Well-being
   with Duncan Thomas
   Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 126.

Mitigating the Consequences of a Health Condition: The Role of Intra- and Interhousehold Assistance
    with Michael Dalton
    Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 53.

Height and Cognition at Work: Labor Market Productivity in a Low Income Setting
    with Duncan Thomas
    Economics and Human Biology, 2017, 25.

Family Support and Elderly Well-being in China: Evidence from CHARLS
    Ageing International, 2017, 42 (2).

Race and Retention in a Competitive Labor Market
   with Randy Nelson and Michael Doherty (Colby)
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2018, 19 (3).

Cannabis Control and Crime: Medicinal Use, Depenalization, and the War on Drugs
    with Arthur Huber (Colby) and Rebecca Newman (Colby)
    B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2016, 16 (4).    

The Economic Impact of Shale Gas Development
   with Brendan Cosgrove (Colby), Sahan Dissanayake, and Michael Donihue
   Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2015, 44 (2)

On the Role of Social Comparisons in Shaping Migrants’ Remittance Behavior: Theory, and Evidence from China
    with Oded Stark 
    in Robert M. Sauer (ed.), World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration Vol. 2, 2023