I study questions in environmental and development economics using tools from spatial economics and international trade.
Here is my CV and Google Scholar.
Climate Change and Migration: The Case of Africa (July 2024) [new version!]
CESifo Distinguished Research Affiliate Prize | Latest version | CESifo WP 9948 | Replication
On the Geographic Implications of Carbon Taxes (November 2023)
with K. Desmet and E. Rossi-Hansberg | Latest version | NBER WP 30678 | Replication
R&R, Journal of the European Economic Association
The Power of Markets: Impact of Desert Locust Invasions on Child Health, Journal of Health Economics, 2022, p.102712 | with L. Piemontese and A. Tapsoba | Published version | Replication
Local Sectoral Specialization in a Warming World, Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21(4), 487–491
with K. Desmet, D. Nagy, and E. Rossi-Hansberg | Published version | Replication
The Water of Nations: Factor Trade and the Environmental Footprint of the Globalized Economy
with E. Aguilar
Climate Change and the Regional Lake Economies of Sub-Saharan Africa
with R. Jedwab
Climate Change, Migration, and Urbanization, in: Zimmermann, K.F. (Ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, 2023 | Pre-print | Published version
Trade to Adapt: Changing Specialization to Cope with Climate Change, in: Weder di Mauro, B. (Ed.), Combatting Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, E-book, 2021
with K. Desmet, D. Nagy, and E. Rossi-Hansberg | Published version
Spatial Development and Mobility Frictions in Latin America: Theory-Based Empirical Evidence (2021)
with E. Ianchovichina | WB Policy Research WP 10071 | Old slides
Quality of Institutions and Structural Transformation in Northern Africa (2019)
with Z. Benhamouche, T. Fetzer, and H. Mueller | Policy brief | Full text