Raphaël Soubeyran

Working Papers:

• Agricultural Productivity Growth and Deforestation in the Tropics (with M. Couttenier and S. Desbureaux)

• Individual vs. Collective Agglomeration Bonuses to Conserve Biodiversity, (with F. Bareille) R&R Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

• Social Preferences and the Distribution of Rewards (with M. Gueye and N. Querou) 

Some other work in  progress:

• The Political Economy of Deforestation in Africa, with N. Berman & M. Couttenier 

• Mineral Discoveries and Conflict, with M. Diouf & A. Tritah 

• The Environmental Economics of Accelerating the Adoption of Clean Cooking, with S. Desbureaux, L. Collart, M. Verpoorten, N. Stoop, M. Couttenier, N. Shinagawa, J. Kembere, C. Musharhamina

Some selected publications:

• Crop Prices and Deforestation in the Tropics (2023) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Vol. 119(102819), with Nicolas Berman, Mathieu Couttenier and Antoine Leblois.

• Fertile Ground for Conflict (2021) Journal of the European Economic Association Vol. 19(1): 82–127, with Nicolas Berman and  Mathieu Couttenier.  Online appendix, digest (in french)

• Knowledge Accumulation within an Organization. (2014) International Economic Review Vol 55(4), 1089–1128, with Ngo van Long and Antoine Soubeyran.

• Drought and Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa. (2014) Economic Journal Vol. 124(575) pp. 201-244, with Mathieu Couttenier.

Publications by topic [20]:

Development, agriculture and natural resources [10]:

• Crop Prices and Deforestation in the Tropics (2023) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Vol. 119(102819), with Nicolas Berman, Mathieu Couttenier and Antoine Leblois.

• Hotelling and Recycling (2023) Resource and Energy Economics 72: 101358, with Bocar Samba Ba.

• Services provided by multifunctional agroecosystems: Questions, obstacles and solutions (2023) Ecological Engeneering 191: 106949, with A. Stokes et al.

• Fertile Ground for Conflict (2021) Journal of the European Economic Association 19(1): 82–127 with Nicolas Berman and  Mathieu Couttenier.

• Inventory Credit as a Commitment Device to Save Grain until the Hunger Season (2019) American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 101(4): 1115–1139, with Tristan Le Cotty, Elodie Maître d'Hôtel and Julie Subervie.

• Linking Risk Aversion, Time Preference and Fertilizer Use in Burkina Faso (2018) Journal of Development Studies 54(11): 1991–2006, with Tristan Le Cotty, Elodie Maître d'Hôtel and Julie Subervie.

• A Survey of the Causes of Civil Conflicts: Natural Factors and Economic Conditions. (2015) Revue d’Economie Politique 126(6): 787–810, with Mathieu Couttenier.

• Rainwater Harvesting and Groundwater Conservation: When Endogenous Heterogeneity Matters. (2015) Environmental and Resource Economics 62(1): 19–34, with Mabel Tidball, Agnes Tomini and Katrin Erdlenbruch.

• Drought and Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa. (2014) Economic Journal 124(575): 201–244, with Mathieu Couttenier.

• When Does Universal Peace Prevail? Secession and Group Formation in Conflict. (2006) Economics of Governance 7(1): 3–29, with Francis Bloch and Santiago Sanchèz-Pagès.

Organizations, industrial and electoral competition [10]

• Contracting with Unverifiable Monetary Costs (2020) Journal of Economics & Management Strategy Vol. 29(4): 892-909, with Nicolas Quérou and Antoine Soubeyran.

• Social Preferences and Coordination: An Experiment (2020) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Vol. 173: 26-54, with Mamadou Gueye and Nicolas Quérou.

• Overburdened Judges. (2018) International Review of Law and Economics 55: 21–32, with Ludivine Roussey.

• Knowledge Accumulation within an Organization. (2014) International Economic Review 55(4): 1089–1128, with Ngo van Long and Antoine Soubeyran.

• Competition vs. Quality in an Industry with Imperfect Traceability. (2011) Economics Bulletin 31(4): 3052 – 3067, with Elodie Rouvière.

• Heterogeneity in Volontary Programs on Food Safety: Theory and Evidence from French Imports of Fresh Produce. (2010) European Review of Agricultural Economics 37(4): 479–499, with Elodie Rouvière and Céline Bignebat.

• Contest with Attack and Defense: Does Negative Campaigning Increase or Decrease Voter Turnout? (2009) Social Choice and Welfare 32(3): 337–353.

• Does a Disadvantaged Candidate Choose an Extremist Position? (2009) Annals of Economics and Statistics 93–94: 328–348.

• Political Cycles: Issue Ownership and The Opposition Advantage. (2009) Journal of Public Economic Theory 10(4): 685–716, with Pascal Gautier.

• When Inertia Generates Political Cycles. (2006) Economics Bulletin 4(31): 1–8.

Current and former Ph.D Students:

• Mamadou Gueye (2019) "Contracting with Spatial Externalities", Postdoc at Dauphine University

• Bocar Samba Ba (2016) "Natural Resources and Recycling", Assistant Professor at the University of Laval, Canada

Media, Popular Press and Vulgarization:

• "Le Terreau du Conflit" LUM Le magazine sciences et société de l'Université de Montpellier p. 20-21.

• "Should we subsidize alternative water sources?" Global Water Forum (with M. Tidball, A. Tomini and K. Erdlenbruch).

• "Climate and Conflict: Evidence of a weak link between drought and the likelihood of civil war" (2014) Media Briefings of the Royal Economic Society (with M. Couttenier).

• "Sécheresse et Guerre Civile en Afrique Sub-Saharienne" (2013) INRA Sciences Sociales (with M. Couttenier and A. Hofstetter).

• "An Overview of the Roots of Civil Wars: Natural Factors and Economic Conditions" (2013) G-MonD Policy Papers (with M. Couttenier).

• "La diplomatie permet-elle d’obtenir des avantages commerciaux?" (2011) AFSE/ Les Echos (with M. Couttenier).

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