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    Lorenzo Casaburi is an associate professor of economics at the University of Zurich. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2013. His research focuses on development economics, with a particular focus on agriculture, contracts, and political economy in developing countries. He has published numerous papers in top journals and serves on the editorial board of the Economic Journal.

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    Lorenzo Casaburi is an associate professor of economics at the University of Zurich. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2013. His research focuses on development economics, with a particular focus on agriculture, contracts, and political economy in developing countries. He has published numerous papers in top journals and serves on the editorial board of the Economic Journal.

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    Lorenzo Casaburi is an associate professor of economics at the University of Zurich. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2013. His research focuses on development economics, with a particular focus on agriculture, contracts, and political economy in developing countries. He has published numerous papers in top journals and serves on the editorial board of the Economic Journal.

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    Lorenzo Casaburi

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    Contact Information
    University of Zurich
    Department of Economics
    Schönberggasse 1
    8001 Zürich, Switzerland
    +41 44 634 61 38
    lorenzo.casaburi@econ.uzh.ch
    https://www.econ.uzh.ch/en/people/faculty/casaburi.html

    Current Employment
    2021- University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Associate Professor (with tenure)

    Past Employment
    2016-20 University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor
    2013-16 Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Postdoctoral Fellow

    Education
    2013 Harvard University, Ph.D. Economics
    2004 University of Bologna, B.A. Economics cum laude
    2003-04 University of California Berkeley, Education Abroad Program Student

    Editorship
    2021- Associate Editor, Economic Journal

    Affiliations
    2016- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Affiliated Professor
    2021- Bureau for Research & Economic Analysis of Dev. (BREAD), Fellow (2016-21: Affiliate)
    2019- Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Research Fellow (2016-19: Affiliate)
    2016- International Growth Centre (IGC), Research Affiliate
    2014- Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Research Affiliate

    Publications
    “Using Individual-Level Randomized Treatment to Learn about Market Structure” with Tristan Reed,
    American Economic Journal: Applied,14.2 (2022): 58-90
    Madon T., Anderson R.J., Casaburi L., Lee K., Rezaee A., Gadgil A.J. (Eds.). (2022) An Introduction
    to Development Engineering. Springer.
    “Demand and Supply of Infrequent Payments as a Commitment Device: Evidence from Kenya” with
    Rocco Macchiavello, American Economic Review, 109.2 (2019): 523-555
    “Time vs. State in Insurance: Experimental Evidence from Contract Farming in Kenya” with Jack
    Willis, American Economic Review, 108.12 (2018): 3778-3813
    “Ghost-House Busters: The Electoral Response to a Large Anti Tax Evasion Program” with Ugo
    Troiano, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131.1 (2016): 273-314
    “Contract Farming and Agricultural Productivity in Western Kenya” with Michael Kremer and Sendhil
    Mullainathan, in S. Edwards, S. Johnson, D. Weil (eds.), African Economic Successes: Volume IV
    Sustainable Growth, (2016): 137-160, University of Chicago Press, NBER Books.
    “Loyalty, Exit and Enforcement: Evidence from a Kenya Dairy Cooperative” with Rocco Macchiavello,
    American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 105.5 (2015): 286-90.
    “Production in Advance versus Production to Order: The Role of Downstream Spatial Clustering and
    Product Differentiation” with G. Alfredo Minerva, Journal of Urban Economics, 70.1 (2011)

    Lorenzo Casaburi May 3, 2023


    “Firms’ International Status and Heterogeneity in Performance: Evidence from Italy" with Valeria
    Gattai and G. Alfredo Minerva, Rivista di Politica Economica, V-VI (2007): 151-187

    Working Papers
    “Land rental markets: experimental evidence from Kenya” with Michelle Acampora and Jack Willis
    (R&R American Economic Review)
    “Redistribution, voting, and clientelism: Evidence from the Italian Land Reform” with Bruno Caprettini
    and Miriam Venturini
    “Crony Capitalism, Collective Action, and ICT: Evidence from Kenya Contract Farming” (with
    Michael Kremer and Ravindra Ramrattan)
    “Harnessing ICT to Increase Agricultural Production: Evidence from Kenya” with Michael Kremer,
    Sendhil Mullainathan, and Ravindra Ramrattan
    “Rural Roads and Intermediated Trade: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Sierra Leone” with
    Rachel Glennerster and Tavneet Suri

    Teaching Experience
    2017- Development Economics (Master), U Zurich, instructor
    2016- Development Economics (Ph.D.), U Zurich, instructor
    2015 Development Economics (Ph.D.), Stanford, co-instructor
    2014-15 Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (B.A.), Stanford, instructor
    2010 Development Economics (Ph.D.), Harvard, teaching fellow for Prof. M. Kremer
    2009 International Trade (B.A.), Harvard, teaching fellow for Prof. M. Melitz
    2004, 2006 Advanced Micro (M.A.), Bologna, teaching fellow for Prof. P. Onofri

    Research Experience and Other Employment


    2009-11 Government of Sierra Leone, Agricultural Tracking Survey, Technical Consultant
    2005-06 Research Assistant, International Child Support and IPA, Kenya

    Professional Activities
    Scientific Advisory: United Nation Commission on Innovation for Climate Change, Food Security, and
    Agriculture; Swisscontact

    Referee: American Economic Review, American Economic Review: Insights, Econometrica, Journal of
    Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Agricultural
    Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Journal of Agricultural
    Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Journal, Journal of African
    Economies, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of
    Development Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of the European
    Economic Association, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of International Economics, Journal
    of International Trade and Development, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban
    Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Routledge, World
    Bank Economic Review

    Conference Program Committee Member: European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society (2019,
    2020); EEA-ESEM (2019-23), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (2019), BREAD/NBER
    pre-conference (2019)

    Grant Proposal Reviewer: J-PAL/CEGA ATAI, Private Enterprise Development in Low Income
    Countries (PEDL), NSF, USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)

    Lorenzo Casaburi May 3, 2023


    Presentations
    2023/24 Nobel Symposium in Development Microeconomics, IIES Stockholm, Central European
    University Wien
    2022/23 Oxford, FAO, ETH, SITES Summer School in Development Economics
    2021/22 BREAD, Barcelona Summer Forum, Northwestern University, St. Gallen, Peking
    University, University of Basel, Bar-Ilan, Catholic University/LEAP Milan, CERGE-EI
    Prague, University of Venice
    2020/21 NYU Abu Dhabi, Bologna, Ben Gurion University, Williams College, Tinbergen,
    University of Naples, CEPR STEG workshop, Paris Dauphine University, Japan Empirical
    Economics Seminar
    2019/20 Yale Kuznets Conference Trade and Development, Lund, Tilburg
    2018/19 Euregio Workshop Trento (keynote speaker), Barcelona GSE Summer Forum Economic
    Analysis of Electoral Policies, UZH Workshop Political Economy and Development, AEA
    Meetings (discussant), University of Bolzano, Stockholm School of Economics,
    University of Liverpool, LMU Munich, Swiss Development Network Conference,
    Imperial College, University of Sussex, University of Fribourg, UK DFID, University of
    Maryland, Inter-American Development Bank, IMT Lucca, ETH Zurich
    2017/18 Development Economics Conference German Economic Association, New Economic
    School Moscow, IPA Ghana, IFPRI, University of Vienna, Geneva Workshop on Financial
    Inclusion, IGC-PEDL Conference, Oxford CSAE, BREAD/NBER (coauthor presenting),
    Nova School of Business and Economics, Pompeu Fabra, TCD/LSE/CEPR Development
    Workshop
    2016/17 Edinburgh Workshop on agricultural productivity, rural-urban migration, and structural
    transformation, Harvard/MIT, AEA Meetings, NBER Development, LSE/UCL,
    Stockholm University, University of Naples, Georgetown, Montreal Workshop on
    Productivity, Entrepreneurship and Development, Trinity College Dublin
    2015/16 McGill, USAID, Theoretical Research in Development Economics Conference, Bocconi,
    Brown, Yale, CREI/UPF, New York University, UC Berkeley ARE, UC Davis
    (Econ/ARE), Cambridge, IIES Stockholm, Toulouse, EIEF, IESE, Zurich, UC San Diego,
    UC Berkeley, University of Southern California, Oxford, Yale School of Management,
    NEUDC, UC Santa Cruz, Stanford, CEPR/PODER Annual Symposium on Development
    Economics, Harvard
    2014/15 NBER Summer Institute Development Economics, Barcelona GSE Summer Forum
    Development Economics, PACDEV, Boston University, American Economic Association
    Meetings, Columbia, BASIS Annual Conference, IGC Growth Week, Stanford SIEPR
    2013/14 European Economic Association Meetings, World Bank, Royal Economic Society, CSAE
    Oxford, UC Berkeley ARE, UC Davis ARE, IPA-SME/PEDL Conference, Millennium
    Challenge Corporation, National Tax Association Conference, UC San Diego, IGC
    Growth Week, BASIS Annual Conference, Stanford SIEPR
    2012/13 Paris School of Economics, NBER Development and Organizational Economics
    Workshop, Stanford SIEPR, JPAL ATAI
    2010-2012 NBER Africa Conference, NSF/AERC Agriculture Session

    Honors and Fellowships (selected)


    2019 Prize for Excellence in Development, German Economics Association & KfW
    2017,18,20 Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review
    2010 Harvard Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
    2008-09 Harvard Interdisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy Fellowship
    2007-08 Harvard Sustainability Science Program Giorgio Ruffolo Fellowship
    2004 Rotary Award, Best Graduate in Economics at the University of Bologna
    2000-2004 University of Bologna, Collegio Superiore Fellowship

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    Research Grants (selected)
    2020 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant ($1.65M)
    2019 Swiss National Science Foundation Eccellenza Grant ($1.17M)
    2018 J-PAL ATAI, with Jack Willis ($50,000)
    2016 IGC, with Dina Pomeranz ($65,000)
    2013 Anonymous Donor, with Rocco Macchiavello and Tristan Reed ($113,000)
    2013 Anonymous Donor, with Michael Kremer ($630,000)
    2013 USAID-BASIS, with Michael Kremer, Alphonce Odondo, and John Shoven ($715,000)
    2013 PEDL Exploratory Grant, with Michael Kremer and Sendhil Mullainathan ($75,000)
    2011 J-PAL ATAI, with Tristan Reed and Tavneet Suri ($31,000)
    2010 3ie, with Rachel Glennerster, Tavneet Suri and Sullay Kamara ($165,000)
    2010 USAID Development Innovation Ventures, with Rachel Glennerster ($230,000)
    2010 J-PAL ATAI, with Michael Kremer and Sendhil Mullainathan ($180,000)

    Lorenzo Casaburi May 3, 2023

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