Travis J. Lybbert

University of California, Davis

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1.

ABC, 123: The Impact of a Mobile Phone Literacy Program on Educational Outcomes

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Oct 2010
Jenny C. Aker, Christopher Ksoll and Travis J. Lybbert
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, University of Oxford and University of California, Davis
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An ‘Algorithmic Links with Probabilities’ Crosswalk for USPC and CPC Patent Classifications with an Application Towards Industrial Technology Composition

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP- 16-15
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Apr 2016
Nathan Goldschlag, Travis J. Lybbert and Nikolas Jason Zolas
Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, University of California, Davis and U.S. Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies
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Who Benefits from a Bioprospecting-Based Boom? The Case of Argan Oil in Morocco

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Feb 2001
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett and Hamid Narjisse
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and IAV Hassan II
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Information Networks Among Women and Men and the Demand for an Agricultural Technology in India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01411
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Mar 2015
Nicholas Magnan, David J. Spielman, Kajal Gulati and Travis J. Lybbert
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and University of California, Davis
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social network analysis, peer effects, technology adoption, learning externalities, India

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Stochastic Wealth Dynamics and Risk Management Among a Poor Population

Cornell University Applied Economics and Management Working Paper No. 2002-44
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Sep 2003
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, Solomon Desta and D. Layne Coppock
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Utah State University - College of Natural Resources and Utah State University - College of Natural Resources
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common property, covariate risk, Ethiopia, idiosyncratic risk, poverty traps, social insurance

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Leveling with Friends: Social Networks and Indian Farmers’ Demand for Agricultural Custom Hire Services

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01302
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Feb 2014
Nicholas Magnan, David J. Spielman, Travis J. Lybbert and Kajal Gulati
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of California, Davis and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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India, South Asia, Asia, productivity, lasers, technology transfer, social learning, network effects, technology adoption, experimental auction

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Getting Patents and Economic Data to Speak to Each Other: An 'Algorithmic Links with Probabilities' Approach for Joint Analyses of Patenting and Economic Activity

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP- 12-16
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Oct 2012
Travis J. Lybbert and Nikolas Jason Zolas
University of California, Davis and U.S. Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies
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Bayesian Herders: Asymmetric Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Forecasts

Cornell University Applied Economics & Management Working Paper No. 2003-17
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Sep 2003
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Winnie Luseno
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and RTI International
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The Seeds of Misallocation: Fertilizer Use and Maize Varietal Misidentification in Ethiopia

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The Seeds of Misallocation: Fertilizer Use and Maize Varietal Misidentification in Ethiopia

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Sep 2023
Nils Bohr, Tim Deisemann, Douglas Gollin, Frédéric Kosmowski and Travis J. Lybbert
Independent, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Davis
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crop varieties, agricultural technology, farmer belief, fertilizer, misallocation, African agriculture

The Seeds of Misallocation: Fertilizer Use and Maize Varietal Misidentification in Ethiopia

EBRD Working Paper No. 287
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Jan 2024
Nils Bohr, Tim Deisemann, Douglas Gollin, Frederic Kosmowski and Travis J. Lybbert
Independent, University of Oxford, Tufts University, Independent and University of California, Davis
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Crop varieties, agricultural technology, fertilizer, misallocation, African agriculture

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Bayesian Herders: Optimistic Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Forecasts

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 May 2005
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Winnie Luseno
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and RTI International
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expectations, risk, uncertainty, weather, early warning systems

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Dynamic Field Experiments in Development Economics: Risk Valuation in Morocco, Kenya and Peru

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39/2 (April 2010) 176–192
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Jul 2015
Travis J. Lybbert, Francisco Galarza, John G. McPeak, Christopher B. Barrett, Stephen R. Boucher, Michael R. Carter, Sommarat Chantarat, Aziz Fadlaoui and Andrew G. Mude
University of California, Davis, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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poverty, risk and uncertainty, dynamics, experiments, Kenya, Morocco, Peru

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Targeting Technology to Reduce Poverty and Conserve Resources: Experimental Delivery of Laser Land Leveling to Farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01274
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Aug 2013
Travis J. Lybbert, Nicholas Magnan, David J. Spielman, Anil K. Bhargava and Kajal Gulati
University of California, Davis, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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India, South Asia, Asia, conservation agriculture, resource management, demand heterogeneity, Market segmentation laser land leveling, technology targeting

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An ‘Algorithmic Links with Probabilities’ Concordance for Trademarks: For Disaggregated Analysis of Trademark & Economic Data

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-13-49
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 Dec 2013
Nikolas Jason Zolas, Travis J. Lybbert and Prantik Bhattacharyya
U.S. Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies, University of California, Davis and Klout
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Estimating Risk Preferences in the Presence of Bifurcated Wealth Dynamics: Can We Identify Static Risk Aversion Amidst Dynamic Risk Responses?

European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol 40 (2) (2013) pp. 361–377
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Jul 2015
Travis J. Lybbert, David Just and Christopher B. Barrett
University of California, Davis, Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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risk, uncertainty, wealth dynamics, risk aversion, risk preference estimation, poverty

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Public Benefits of Private Technology Adoption: The Localized Spatial Externalities of Water Conservation in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1455
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Nov 2015
Anil K. Bhargava, Travis J. Lybbert and David J. Spielman
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of California, Davis and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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India; South Asia; Asia; water; poverty; climate change; technology adoption; water use; economic development; natural resources; water conservation; groundwater; poverty alleviation

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Estimating Risk Preferences in the Presence of Bifurcated Wealth Dynamics: Do We Misattribute Dynamic Risk Responses to Static Risk Aversion?

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 May 2011
Travis J. Lybbert, David R. Just and Christopher B. Barrett
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Risk, uncertainty, wealth dynamics, risk aversion, risk preference estimation, poverty

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A United Family Prospers: Intrahousehold Economic Discord, Household Income and Child Growth in Burkina Faso

Number of pages: 105 Posted: 12 Jan 2021
Wenbo Zou, Travis J. Lybbert and Stephen A. Vosti
Nankai University, University of California, Davis and University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Intrahousehold bargaining, Intrahousehold allocative efficiency, Non-separable production-consumption household models, Early childhood growth, Gender, Experiments between spouses

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Early Childhood Nutrition, Parental Growth Perceptions and Educational Aspirations in Rural Burkina Faso

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Mar 2019
Wenbo Zou, Travis J. Lybbert, Stephen A. Vosti and Souheila Abbeddou
Nankai University, University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Ghent University
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Hope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways: Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance in Oaxaca, Mexico

NBER Working Paper No. w22661
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2023
Travis J. Lybbert and Bruce Wydick
University of California, Davis and University of San Francisco - Department of Economics
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Enhancing Innovation in the Ugandan Agri-Food Sector: Robusta Coffee Planting Material & Tropical Fruit Processing

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Economic Research Working Paper Series No. 42
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 26 Apr 2023
Travis J. Lybbert, Gracious Diiro, Dick Kawooya and Sacha A. Wunsch-Vincent
University of California, Davis, Makerere University, University of South Carolina and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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Innovation, Intellectual Property, Agriculture, Coffee, Tropical Fruit, Uganda

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Getting Patents and Economic Data to Speak to Each Other: An “Algorithmic Links with Probabilities” Approach for Joint Analyses of Patenting and Economic Activity

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Economic Research Working Paper Series No. 5
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 May 2023
Travis J. Lybbert and Nikolas Jason Zolas
University of California, Davis and U.S. Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies
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Intrahousehold Preference Heterogeneity and Demand for Labor-Saving Agricultural Technology: The Case of Mechanical Rice Transplanting in India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1880
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 12 Nov 2019
Kajal Gulati, Patrick S. Ward, Travis J. Lybbert and David J. Spielman
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Duke Kunshan University, University of California, Davis and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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demand; labour productivity; labour saving technologies; technology; agriculture; Oryza; rice; transplanting; gender; allocation; labour; labour allocation; mechanization

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Does Survey Mode Matter? Comparing In-Person and Phone Agricultural Surveys in India

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Apr 2023
Ellen Anderson, Travis J. Lybbert, Ashish Shenoy, Rupika Singh and Daniel Stein
University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis, IDinsight and IDinsight
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Data collection, phone survey, survey mode, Agriculture

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An "Algorithmic Links with Probabilities" Concordance for Trademarks For Disaggregated Analysis of Trademark and Economic Data

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Economic Research Working Paper Series No. 14
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 May 2023
Travis J. Lybbert, Nikolas Jason Zolas and Prantik Bhattacharyya
University of California, Davis, U.S. Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies and Klout
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Trademarks, Economics, Concordance, International trade, ISIC, SITC

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Bundling Genetic and Financial Technologies for More Resilient and Productive Small-Scale Agriculture

NBER Working Paper No. w29234
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Steve Boucher, Michael Carter, Jon Einar Flatnes, Travis J. Lybbert, Jonathan Malacarne and Laura Paul
University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), University of California, Davis, University of Maine and University of Delaware
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Filling a Niche? The Maize Productivity Impacts of Adaptive Breeding by a Local Seed Company in Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w27636
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2023
Samuel S. Bird, Michael Carter, Travis J. Lybbert, Mary Mathenge, Timothy Njagi Njeru and Emilia Tjernström
Luther College, University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis, Egerton University, Egerton University and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Implementer Desirability Bias in Program Evaluation

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Mar 2024
Ashish Shenoy and Travis J. Lybbert
University of California, Davis and University of California, Davis
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Field Experiments, NGOs, Hawthorne Effect, External Validity, Agricultural Extension

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Perceived Self-Efficacy, Poverty, and Economic Development

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 383-404, 2017
Posted: 27 Oct 2017
David Wuepper and Travis J. Lybbert
Technische Universität München (TUM) and University of California, Davis

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Bayesian Herders: Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Climate Forecasts

World Development, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2007
Posted: 24 May 2011
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Winnie Luseno
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and RTI International

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information, risk, early warning systems, Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia

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Risk Responses to Dynamic Asset Thresholds

Review of Agricultural Economics
Posted: 23 May 2011
Travis J. Lybbert and Christopher B. Barrett
University of California, Davis and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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Is Bioprospecting a Viable Strategy for Conserving Tropical Ecosystems?

Ecological Economics, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2000
Posted: 21 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Travis J. Lybbert
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of California, Davis

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iodiversity conservation, Property rights, Rural development

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Market-Based Conservation and Local Benefits: The Case Of Argan Oil in Morocco

Posted: 28 Oct 2002
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett and Hamid Narjisse
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and IAV Hassan II

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Resource commercialization, Conservation, Economic development, Bioprospecting

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Does Resource Commercialization Induce Local Conservation? A Cautionary Tale from Southwestern Morocco

Society and Natural Resources, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Oct 2002 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2013
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett and Hamid Narjisse
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and IAV Hassan II

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Migration Effects of Olympic Siting: A Pooled Time Series Cross-Sectional Analysis of Host Regions

The Annals of Regional Science, Vol. 34, Issue 3, 2000
Posted: 22 Aug 2001
Travis J. Lybbert and Dawn Thilmany
University of California, Davis and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics

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