Nikolas Kuschnig
@nkuschnig.bsky.social
Researcher (environmental economics and applied econometrics) at Monash University.
Into deforestation, casual inference, and Bayesian stuff.
Find out more at: https://kuschnig.eu/
Into deforestation, casual inference, and Bayesian stuff.
Find out more at: https://kuschnig.eu/
Our sample are 14,334 river basins across all of Africa, which we observed from 2016–2023.
Shout-out to the Journal of Development Economics editing process that purged our sample from the illustration in Figure 3. 🧂 The correct version of the Figure is attached and in the working paper.
Shout-out to the Journal of Development Economics editing process that purged our sample from the illustration in Figure 3. 🧂 The correct version of the Figure is attached and in the working paper.
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Our sample are 14,334 river basins across all of Africa, which we observed from 2016–2023.
Shout-out to the Journal of Development Economics editing process that purged our sample from the illustration in Figure 3. 🧂 The correct version of the Figure is attached and in the working paper.
Shout-out to the Journal of Development Economics editing process that purged our sample from the illustration in Figure 3. 🧂 The correct version of the Figure is attached and in the working paper.
How costly is mining pollution for African agriculture? Our new paper finds that downstream water pollution lowers vegetation health by 1.3–1.5%, immediately affecting over 74,000 km² of croplands. We exploit a discontinuity in directed river networks for identification. doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
How costly is mining pollution for African agriculture? Our new paper finds that downstream water pollution lowers vegetation health by 1.3–1.5%, immediately affecting over 74,000 km² of croplands. We exploit a discontinuity in directed river networks for identification. doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...
Where are mining sites actually expanding? Our new paper uses a ML model and satellite imagery to track 147k+ tropical mining sites from 2016–2024. Footprints of these sites grew by 24%, with major expansion in the Amazon, Indonesia & West Africa. doi.org/10.1038/s418...
October 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Where are mining sites actually expanding? Our new paper uses a ML model and satellite imagery to track 147k+ tropical mining sites from 2016–2024. Footprints of these sites grew by 24%, with major expansion in the Amazon, Indonesia & West Africa. doi.org/10.1038/s418...