Looking forward to attending my first in-person ASSA this week! I'll be presenting some new work on competition and quality in rural markets in our session on agricultural input markets on Sunday.

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🎄🎅 Some nice Christmas news: my paper "Recognizing a good deal: short-term subsidies and the dynamics of public service use" was recently accepted at the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management!

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Have to celebrate a paper (re)submission

Still in search of good Ivoirian food in the US

Not every day you get to talk about research on groundnuts and sanitation with the former president of Senegal!

Incredibly exciting that AIM for Scale launched its first innovation package last week, with support from our team @devinnovationlab.bsky.social and an amazing set of partners.

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Even having worked on aflatoxins for 6+ years, I learned a lot personally, and left energized to make new progress on this really big policy issue. Aflatoxins affect billions of people! And progress IS possible: new innovations can substantially reduce aflatoxins at various steps in the chain

Last week we held a workshop in Senegal on quality upgrading and food safety, with a particular focus on aflatoxins. We brought together economists, plant pathologists, nutrition specialists, policymakers, and private sector partners from 7 countries. #EconSky

Alright this is a bit cool

Christmas in Brazil: Santa driving a Beetle with a giant crab on top

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The Brazilian economists have it figured out. Looking forward to the first day of SBE! #econsky

Somehow I feel like Spotify is ragging on me

I've been wanting to see a paper like this! Interesting new WP from Zavala et al looking at the impacts of quality barriers on trade finds particularly negative impacts of phytosanitary standards for producers in lower-income countries. #econsky

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I had a great time visiting KSU yesterday to talk about research on sanitation and groundnuts in Senegal. The best part: they made stickers for the occasion!

The bird site rebranding, definitely planned for "over nine months" and not cobbled together in an afternoon

Love the new look over at the bird site