Steve Boucher
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Associate Professor 2105 Social Sciences & Humanities Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 2-4 pm Phone: (530) 752-1527 Fax: (530) 752-5614 |
Selected Publications
- Boucher, S.R., and C. Mullally, "Evaluating the Impact of Index Insurance on Cotton Farmers in Peru." Chapter 9 of IDB on-line publication: Designing Impact Evaluations for Agricultural Projects. P. Winter, L. Salazar, and A. Maffioli, eds. 2010.
- Lybbert, T.J., F.B. Galarza, J. McPeak, C. B. Barrett, S. R. Boucher, M. R. Carter, S. Chantarat, A. Fadlaoui, and A. Mude. "Dynamic Field Experiments in Development Economics: Risk Valuation in Morocco, Kenya, and Peru." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39(2) (2010):176-192.
- Boucher, S.R., C. Guirkinger, and C. Trivelli. "Direct Elicitation of Credit Constraints: Conceptual and Practical Issues with an Application to Peruvian Agriculture." Economic Development and Cultural Change 57(4) (2009):609-640.
- Boucher, S.R., O. Stark, and J.E. Taylor. "A Gain with a Drain? Evidence from Rural Mexico on the New Economics of the Brain Drain." Corruption, Development and Institutional Design. J. Kornai, L. Matyas, and G. Roland, eds. pp. 100-119. Hounsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Palgrave, 2009.
- Boucher, S.R., M.R. Carter, and C. Guirkinger. "Risk Rationing and Wealth Effects in Credit Markets: Implications for Agricultural Development." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90(2) (2008):409-423.
- Guirkinger, C. and S.R. Boucher. "Credit Constraints and Productivity in Peruvian Agriculture." Agricultural Economics 39(3) (2008):295-308.
- Carter, M.R., F. Galarza and S.R. Boucher. 2007. "Underwriting Area-Based Yield Insurance to Crowd-In Credit Supply and Demand." Savings and Development 3 (2007):335-362.
- Boucher, S.R., and C. Guirkinger, "Risk, Wealth, and Sectoral Choice in Rural Credit Markets." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89(4) (2007):991-1004.
- Boucher, S.R., and J.E. Taylor. "Policy Shocks and the Supply of Mexican Labor to U.S. Farms." Choices 22(1) (2007):37-42.
- Boucher, S.R., A. Smith, J.E. Taylor, and A. Yunez-Naude, "Impacts of Policy Reforms on the Supply of Mexican Labor to U.S. Farm Jobs: New Evidence from Mexico." Review of Agricultural Economics 29(1) (2007):4-16.
- Zhang, J., L.Zhang, S.R. Boucher, and S. Rozelle. "Self-Employment: The Forgotten Engine of Rural China's Growth." Contemporary Economic Policy 24 (2006):446-458.
- Boucher, S.R., G. Dyer, and J.E. Taylor. "Subsistence Response to Market Shocks." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(2) (2006):279-291.
- Boucher, S.R., B. Barham, and M.R. Carter. "The Impact of 'Market-Friendly' Reforms on Credit and Land Markets in Honduras and Nicaragua." World Development 33(1) (2005):107-128.

