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Rafael Araujo
@araujocrrafael.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. of Economics (FGV EESP)

rafaelcraraujo.github.io
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We often think of transportation infrastructure as a key driver of economic growth. And that’s true. But it also has a big environmental footprint -- one that’s often underestimated.
June 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Synthetic Control Method be like
August 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We often think of transportation infrastructure as a key driver of economic growth. And that’s true. But it also has a big environmental footprint -- one that’s often underestimated.
June 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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My pleasure! Thank you, @araujocrrafael.bsky.social, @franciscocosta.bsky.social, and Sant'Anna, for responding carefully, and ConGrat with an important publication ‪@reveconstudies.bsky.social
Our paper on Amazon deforestation is out! Grateful to everyone who helped along the way. I'd like to highlight one thing that made a huge difference: clear and thoughtful guidance from the editor.
"This study estimates the carbon-efficient forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon. A $10/ton carbon tax could preserve 95% of the efficient carbon stock, avoiding 42B tons of CO2 & yielding $1.6T in welfare gains."

From @araujocrrafael.bsky.social , @franciscocosta.bsky.social & Sant'Anna

#EconSky 👇
May 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our paper on Amazon deforestation is out! Grateful to everyone who helped along the way. I'd like to highlight one thing that made a huge difference: clear and thoughtful guidance from the editor.
"This study estimates the carbon-efficient forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon. A $10/ton carbon tax could preserve 95% of the efficient carbon stock, avoiding 42B tons of CO2 & yielding $1.6T in welfare gains."

From @araujocrrafael.bsky.social , @franciscocosta.bsky.social & Sant'Anna

#EconSky 👇
May 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Just a few days left to apply to this 3-year postdoc position in environmental economics at @vusbe.bsky.social to work with me on the economics of water management (drought, contract design, nature based solutions, experiments, etc). Application deadline: May 15.

workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...
Vacancy — Post-doc in Environmental Economics
A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available at the Department of Spatial Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, starting in Fall 2025. Are you interested? Please apply at Vrije Universiteit Amster...
workingat.vu.nl
May 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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🧵New survey paper: "Inference with Few Treated Units"
Luis Alvarez, Bruno Ferman and Kaspar Wüthrich

Tired of referees saying your standard errors are wrong?

This survey will help you understand if you really have a problem — and, if so, how to fix it!
April 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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🚨New Working Paper🚨 "Potato Potahto in the FAO-GAEZ Productivity Measures? Nonclassical Measurement Error with Multiple Proxies" w/ @vitorpossebom.bsky.social

Link: arxiv.org/abs/2502.12141
Potato Potahto in the FAO-GAEZ Productivity Measures? Nonclassical Measurement Error with Multiple Proxies
The FAO-GAEZ crop productivity data are widely used in Economics. However, the existence of measurement error is rarely recognized in the empirical literature. We propose a novel method to partially i...
arxiv.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨New Working Paper🚨 "Potato Potahto in the FAO-GAEZ Productivity Measures? Nonclassical Measurement Error with Multiple Proxies" w/ @vitorpossebom.bsky.social

Link: arxiv.org/abs/2502.12141
Potato Potahto in the FAO-GAEZ Productivity Measures? Nonclassical Measurement Error with Multiple Proxies
The FAO-GAEZ crop productivity data are widely used in Economics. However, the existence of measurement error is rarely recognized in the empirical literature. We propose a novel method to partially i...
arxiv.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place.

psantanna.com/did-resources

There, you will find
- 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course
- Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD
- My DiD R/Stata/Python packages
- Some DiD checklists
- DiD materials from my friends

Enjoy!
Pedro H. C. Sant’Anna
psantanna.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I am thinking of making my DiD materials that I used for teaching in the last 5 years available.

I am hoping these would find begineers in need of a step-by-step opinionated walkthrough of several developments

Let’s see if I find the energy to do this!
December 29, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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After many iterations my paper on endogenous climate in deforestation modeling is reborn!
(an amazing photo from the one and only Sebastião Salgado:)
November 11, 2024 at 7:07 PM
After many iterations my paper on endogenous climate in deforestation modeling is reborn!
(an amazing photo from the one and only Sebastião Salgado:)
November 16, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Since I haven't seen it posted on BlueSky yet: check the report by the "Global Commission on the Economics of Water". I like it quite a bit.
economicsofwater.watercommission.org

#econsky

1/3
The Economics of Water: Valuing the Hydrological Cycle as a Global Common Good
A seven-point call to collective action. A sustainable and just water future can be achieved. It requires transforming the economics and restructuring the governance of water.
economicsofwater.watercommission.org
November 14, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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What a paper! Interdisciplinary env econ research at its best.
After many iterations my paper on endogenous climate in deforestation modeling is reborn!
(an amazing photo from the one and only Sebastião Salgado:)
November 11, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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Rafa’s work has some of my favorite examples of serious economic theory + relevant policy question + super cool data. check it out!
After many iterations my paper on endogenous climate in deforestation modeling is reborn!
(an amazing photo from the one and only Sebastião Salgado:)
November 11, 2024 at 11:47 PM
After many iterations my paper on endogenous climate in deforestation modeling is reborn!
(an amazing photo from the one and only Sebastião Salgado:)
November 11, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by Rafael Araujo
And here is Energy & Env Econ Volume 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
August 25, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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"Going Viral: Public Attention and Environmental Action in the Amazon" by Rafael Araujo (@araujocrrafael.bsky.social), Francisco Costa (@franciscocosta.bsky.social), and Teevrat Garg (@teevrat.bsky.social) was just accepted at JAERE.

Read more here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
August 2, 2024 at 2:41 PM