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No mangoes in the tundra: Spatial heterogeneity in agricultural productivity analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Eberhardt, M., & Teal, F. (2013). No mangoes in the tundra: Spatial heterogeneity in agricultural productivity analysis. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 75(6), 914-939. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2012.00720.x

In line with the wider macro productivity literature existing studies of agricultural production largely neglect technology heterogeneity, variable time-series properties and the potential for heterogeneous but correlated total factor productivity (T... Read More about No mangoes in the tundra: Spatial heterogeneity in agricultural productivity analysis.

Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia (2013)
Journal Article
Dercon, S., Hill, R. V., Clarke, D., Outes-Leon, I., & Seyoum Taffesse, A. (2014). Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia. Journal of Development Economics, 106, 132-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.09.006

We show theoretically that the presence of basis risk in index insurance makes it a complement to informal risk sharing, implying that index insurance crowds-in risk sharing and leading to a prediction that demand will be higher among groups of indiv... Read More about Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia.

Do spillovers matter when estimating private returns to R&D? (2013)
Journal Article
Eberhardt, M., Helmers, C., & Strauss, H. (2013). Do spillovers matter when estimating private returns to R&D?. Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(2), 436-448. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00272

A large body of literature estimates private returns to R&D adopting the Griliches knowledge production framework, which ignores the potential impact of spillovers on consistent estimation. Using a panel of twelve manufacturing industries across ten... Read More about Do spillovers matter when estimating private returns to R&D?.