Journal Articles

68. Samuel Bird, Michael Carter, Travis J. Lybbert, Mary Mathenge, Timothy Njagi Njeru, and Emilia Tjernström. Forthcoming. “Filling A Niche? The Maize Productivity Impacts of Adaptive Breeding by a Local Seed Company in Kenya.” Journal of Development Economics. 

67. Sarah Consoli, Elizabeth A. Fraysse, Natalya Slipchenko, Yi Wang, Jahon Amirebrahimi, Zhiran Qin, Neil Yazma, and Travis J. Lybbert. 2021 “Sideways Supply Response for California Winegrapes” Journal of Wine Economics. Media coverage NPR Planet Money/The Indicator, The Why Axis, Decoder Ring, ScriptNotes.

66. Dana Armstrong, Amanda Crump and Travis J. Lybbert, 2021 “Economic and Social Feasibility Pilot of Ethanol Fuel for Clean Cooking in Upland Sierra Leone” Developing in Practice.

65. Mingzhi Xu and Travis J. Lybbert, 2021“Innovation-adjusted Economic Complexity and Growth: Do patent flows reveal enhanced economic capabilities?” Review of Development Economics.

64. Emilia Tjernström, Travis J. Lybbert, Rachel Frattarola, and Juan Sebastian Correa, 2021 “Learning by (virtually) doing: Experimentation and belief updating in smallholder agriculture” J of Economic Behavior & Organization.

63. Mariam H. Gharib, Leah H. Palm-Forster, Travis J. Lybbert, and Kent D. Messer. 2021. “Fear of Fraud and Willingness to Pay for Hybrid Maize Seed in Kenya” Food Policy.

62. Sean Kiely, Madeleine Langone, Lindsay McPhail, Lifeng Ren, Jesus Campos-Gatica, Minjung Joo, Jon Martindill, and Travis J. Lybbert, 2021. “Worth the Hype? Tall Vines Raise Profits for Some – Tradeoffs for All” Catalyst: Discovery into Practice.

61. Travis J. Lybbert and Steven T. Buccola, 2020. “The Evolving Ethics of Analysis, Publication, and Transparency in Applied Economics” Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy.

60. Bruce Wydick, Travis J. Lybbert and R. Irvin Rojas Valdes, 2021. “Can Hope Elevate Microfinance? Evidence from Oaxaca, Mexico” Oxford Economic Papers. Supplemental materials. Media coverage The New York Times.

59. Ji Yeon Cheon, Marieke Fenton, Emma Gjerdseth, Qian Wang, Siwei Gao, Hannah Krovetz, Lucy Lu, Lee Shim, Nicholas Williams, and Travis J. Lybbert. 2020. “Heterogeneous Benefits of Virus Screening for Grapevines in California” American Journal of Enology & Viticulture.

58. Remidius D. Ruhinduka, Yonas Alem, Håkan Eggert, and Travis J. Lybbert. 2020. “Paddy Post-Harvest: The Role of Preferences in Storage and Processing Decisions of Smallholder Rice Farmers” European Review of Agricultural Economics.

57. Nathan Goldschlag, Travis J. Lybbert and Nikolas J. Zolas, “Tracking the Technological Composition of Industries with Algorithmic Patent Concordances” Forthcoming Economics of Innovation and New Technology.

56. Felipe Dizon and Travis J. Lybbert, “Leveraging the Lottery for Financial Inclusion: Lotto-Linked Savings Accounts in Haiti” Forthcoming Economic Development and Cultural Change.

55. Wenbo Zou, Travis J. Lybbert, and Stephen Vosti. 2020. “Early Childhood Nutrition, Parental Growth Perceptions and Educational Aspirations in Rural Burkina Faso” Journal of Development Studies 56:4, 798-816.

54. Travis J. Lybbert, Timothy K.M. Beatty, Terrance M. Hurley, and Timothy J. Richards. 2018. “American Journal of Agricultural Economics Volume 100: A Century of Publishing the Frontiers of the Profession” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(5): 1253-1274.

53. Travis J. Lybbert, Stephen A. Vosti, Katherine P. Adams, and Rosemonde Guissou. 2018. “Household Demand Persistence for Child Micronutrient Supplementation” Journal of Health Economics 62: 147-164.

52. Katherine P. Adams, Travis J. Lybbert, Stephen A. Vosti, Emmanuel Ayifah, Mary Arimond, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, and Kathryn G. Dewey. 2018. “Unintended Effects of a Targeted Maternal and Child Nutrition Intervention on Household Expenditures, Labor Income, and the Nutritional Status of Non-Target Siblings in Ghana” World Development 107: 138-150.

51. Travis J. Lybbert and Bruce Wydick. 2018 “Poverty, Aspirations and the Economics of Hope” Economic Development and Cultural Change 66(4): 709-753.

50. Travis J. Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan, David J. Spielman, Anil Bhargava, and Kajal Gulati. 2018“Targeting Technology to Reduce Poverty and Conserve Resources: Experimental Provision of Laser Land Leveling Services to Indian Farmers" Economic Development and Cultural Change 66(2): 265-306.

49. David Wuepper and Travis J. Lybbert. 2017. “Perceived Self-Efficacy, Poverty and Economic Development” Annual Reviews of Resource Economics 9:11.1-11.22.

48. Olena Sambucci and Travis J. Lybbert. 2016. “Behavioral Responses to Disease Forecasts: From Precision to Automation in Powdery Mildew Management.”  Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 20(1): 5-8.

47. Mateusz Filipski, Abdellah Aboudrare, Travis J. Lybbert, and J. Edward Taylor. 2017 “Spice Price Spikes: Simulating Impacts of Saffron Price Volatility in a Gendered Local Economy-wide Model” World Development 91: 84-99.

46. Christopher R. Gustafson, Travis J. Lybbert, and Daniel A. Sumner. 2016.“Consumer knowledge affects valuation of product attributes: Experimental results for wine” Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 65: 85-94.

45. Katherine P. Adams, Stephen A. Vosti, Travis J. Lybbert, and Emmanuel Ayifah. 2016. “Using Experimental Auctions to Estimate Willingness-to-Pay for a New Maternal Nutrient Supplement in Ghana” Agricultural Economics 47(5): 581-595.

44. Nikolas Zolas, Travis J. Lybbert, and Prantik Bhattacharyya. 2016. “An ‘Algorithmic Links with Probabilities’ Concordance for Trademarks with an Application Towards Bilateral IP Flows” The World Economy.

43. Travis J. Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan and W. Douglas Gubler. 2016. “Multidimensional Responses to Disease Information: How Do Winegrape Growers React to Powdery Mildew Forecasts & To What Environmental Effect?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 98(2): 383-405.

42. Christopher R. Gustafson, Travis J. Lybbert, Daniel A. Sumner. “Consumer Sorting and Hedonic Valuation of Wine Attributes: Exploiting Data from a Field Experiment” Agricultural Economics.

41. Nicholas Magnan, David J. Spielman, Kajal Gulati, and Travis J. Lybbert. 2015 “Leveling with Friends: Network Effects on Demand for an Agricultural Technology in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India” Journal of Development Economics 116: 223-251.

40. Travis J. Lybbert, Aaron Smith and Daniel Sumner. “Weather-Induced Crop Shocks & Inter-Hemispheric Supply Responses: Implications for the Effects of Climate Change on Food Prices” Climate Change Economics 5(4): 1-11.

39. Abdellah Aboudrare, Aden Aw-Hassan and Travis J. Lybbert. 2014. “Importance Socio-économique du Safran pour les Ménages des Zones de Montagne de la Région de Taliouine-Taznakht au Maroc” Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires 2(1): 1-14.

38. Yoko Kusunose and Travis J. Lybbert. 2014. “Coping with drought by adjusting land tenancy contracts: A model and evidence from rural Morocco” World Development 61: 114-126.

37. Travis J. Lybbert and Nikolas J. Zolas. 2014. “Getting Patents & Economic Data to Speak to Each Other: An ‘Algorithmic Links with Probabilities’ Approach for Joint Analyses of Patenting & Economic Activity” Research Policy 43: 530-542.

36. Travis J. Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan, David Spielman, Kajal Gulati, Anil Bhargava. 2013. “Farmers’ Demand for Laser Land Leveling in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India: An experimental auction to inform market segmentation and targeting strategies” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95(2): 339-345.

35. Travis J. Lybbert and Ghada Elabed. 2013. “Olive Oil as an Economic Development Elixir: Olive oil policies and rural poverty alleviation in the Middle East & North Africa” Development Policy Review. 31(4): 485-506.

34. Travis J. Lybbert, David R. Just, and Christopher B. Barrett. 2013. “Estimating risk preferences in the presence of bifurcated wealth dynamics: Do we misattribute dynamic risk responses to static risk aversion?” European Review of Agricultural Economics 40(2): 361-377.

33. Michael Carter and Travis J. Lybbert. 2012. “Consumption versus Asset Smoothing: Testing the Implications of Poverty Trap Theory in Burkina Faso” Journal of Development Economics 99: 255-264.

32. David R. Just and Travis J. Lybbert. 2012. “A Generalized Measure of Marginal Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence from India and Morocco” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(2): 444-450.

31. Jenny C. Aker, Christopher Ksoll and Travis J. Lybbert. 2012. “Can Mobile Phones Improve Learning? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Niger” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4(4): 94-120.

30. Travis J. Lybbert and Daniel Sumner. 2012. “Agricultural Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing Countries: Policy Options for Innovation and Technology Diffusion” Food Policy 37: 114-123.

29. Travis J. Lybbert. 2012. “Hybrid Public-Private Delivery of Preventative Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement Products: Key Challenges, Opportunities and Players in an Emerging Product Space” SCN News (UN Standing Committee on Nutrition) 39: 32-39.

28. Travis J. Lybbert, Abdellah Aboudrare, Deborah Chaloud, Nicholas Magnan, and Maliha S. Nash. 2011. “Booming markets for Moroccan argan oil appear to benefit some rural households while threatening the endemic argan forest” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(34): 13963-13968.

27. Travis J. Lybbert and John McPeak. 2012. “Risk & Intertemporal Substitution: Livestock Portfolios & Off-take Among Kenyan Pastoralists” Journal of Development Economics 97: 415-426.

26. Travis J. Lybbert, Troy C. Lybbert, Aaron Smith, and Scott Warren. 2012. “Does the Red Flag Rule Induce Risk Taking in Sprint Finishes? Moral Hazard Crashes in Cycling’s Grand Tours” Journal of Sports Economics 13(6): 603-618.

25. Nicholas Magnan, Travis J. Lybbert, Alex F. McCalla, and Julian A. Lampietti. 2011. “Modeling the Limitations and Implicit Costs of Cereal Self-Sufficiency: The Case of Morocco” Food Security 3 (Suppl 1): S49-S60.

24. Nicholas Magnan, Rachid Mrabet, Travis J. Lybbert, and Aziz Fadlaoui. 2011. “The Quasi-Option Value of Delayed Input Use Under Catastrophic Drought Risk: The case of no-till in Morocco” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93(2): 498-504.

23. Travis J. Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan, and Abdellah Aboudrare. 2010. “Household and Argan Forest Impacts of Morocco’s Argan Oil Bonanza” Environment and Development Economics 15: 439-464.

22. Travis J. Lybbert and Adrian Bell. 2010. “Stochastic Benefit Streams, Learning and Technology Diffusion: Why Drought Tolerance is not the new Bt” AgBioForum 13(1): 13-24. Correspondence in Nature Biotechnology 28(6): 553-554.

21. Travis J. Lybbert, Francisco Galarza, John McPeak, Christopher B. Barrett, Stephen R. Boucher, Michael R. Carter, Sommarat Chantarat, Aziz Fadlaoui, Andrew G. Mude. 2010. “Dynamic Field Experiments in Development Economics: Risk valuation in Morocco, Kenya and Peru” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39(2): 176-192.

20. Travis J. Lybbert. 2010. “The Economic Roots of the American “Zigzag”: Knives, Forks, and British Mercantilism” Economic Inquiry 48(3): 810-815.

19. Travis J. Lybbert and Christopher B. Barrett. 2011. “Risk taking behavior in the presence of nonconvex asset dynamics” Economic Inquiry 49(4): 982-988.

18. Christopher R. Gustafson and Travis J. Lybbert. 2009. “What’s Extra Virgin? An Economic Assessment of California’s Olive Oil Labeling Law” Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 12:3 Jan/Feb.

17. David R. Just and Travis J. Lybbert. 2009. “Risk Averters that Love Risk? Marginal Risk Aversion in Comparison to a Reference Gamble” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91: 612-626.

16. Travis J. Lybbert and W. Douglas Gubler. 2008. “California Wine Grape Growers’ Use of Powdery Mildew Forecasts” Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 11(4) March/April.

15. Travis J. Lybbert. 2008. “Exploring the Role of Spiritual Capital in Poverty Traps & Microfinance” Faith & Economics 51: 57-79.

14. Travis J. Lybbert and David R. Just. 2007. “Is Risk Aversion Really Correlated with Wealth? Spurious correlation from estimated probabilities” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89: 964-979.

13. Travis J. Lybbert. 2007. “Patent Disclosure Requirements and Benefit Sharing: A counterfactual case of Morocco’s argan oil” Ecological Economics 64: 12-18.

12. Travis J. Lybbert. 2007. “Polarization & Pricing to the Rich” Applied Economics Letters 14: 389-394.

11. Travis J. Lybbert and Christopher B. Barrett. 2007. “Risk Responses to Dynamic Asset Thresholds” Review of Agricultural Economics 29(3): 412-418.

10. Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak, and Winnie K. Luseno. 2007. “Bayesian Herders: Updating of Rainfall Beliefs In Response to External Forecasts” World Development 35: 480-497.

9. Travis J. Lybbert. 2006. “Indian Farmer’s Valuation of Yield Distributions: Will poor farmers value ‘pro-poor’ seeds?” Food Policy 31: 415-441.

8. Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, Solomon Desta, and D. Layne Coppock. 2004. “Stochastic Wealth Dynamics and Risk Management Among A Poor Population” Economic Journal 114: 750-777.

7. Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, and Hamid Narjisse. 2004. “Does Resource Commercialization Induce Local Conservation? A Cautionary Tale from Southwestern Morocco.” Society & Natural Resources 17: 413-430.

6. William H. Lesser and Travis J. Lybbert. 2004. “Do Patents Come Too Easy?” IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technology 44(3): 381-407.

5. Travis J. Lybbert. 2002. “On Assessing the Cost of TRIPS Implementation.” World Trade Review 1: 309-319.

4. Travis J. Lybbert. 2002. “Technology Transfer for Humanitarian Use: Economic Issues and Market Segmentation Approaches.” Intellectual Property Strategy Today 2: 17-24. Revised version in 2003. International Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment 1: 95-99.

3. Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, and Hamid Narjisse. 2002. "Market-Based Conservation and Local Benefits: The Case of Argan Oil in Morocco." Ecological Economics 41: 125-144.

2. Christopher B. Barrett and Travis J. Lybbert. 2000. “Is Bioprospecting A Viable Strategy for Conserving Tropical Ecosystems?” Ecological Economics 34: 293-300.

1. Travis J. Lybbert and Dawn Thilmany. 2000. “Migration Effects of Olympic Siting: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Host Regions.” The Annals of Regional Science 34(3): 405-420.