Travis Lybbert
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Publications
Travis Lybbert in Google Scholar
The Economic Roots of the American “Zigzag”: Knives, Forks, and British Mercantilism. Economic Inquiry forthcoming.
Risk Averters that Love Risk? Marginal Risk Aversion in Comparison to a Reference Gamble (with David R. Just). American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91(3) (2009): 612-26.
Le Marché le l'huile d'Argan et son impact sur les ménages et la forêt dans la région d'Essaouira (with Abdellah Aboudrare and Nicholas Magnan)Transfert de Technologie en Agriculture No.175 Avril (2009).
What’s Extra Virgin? An Economic Assessment of California’s Olive Oil Labeling Law (with Christopher Gustafson). Agricultural & Resource Economics Update 12:3 Jan/Feb (2009).
Risk Taking Behavior in the Presence of Nonconvex Asset Dynamics (with Christopher B. Barrett). Economic Inquiry forthcoming.
Exploring the Role of Spiritual Capital in Poverty Traps & Microfinance. Faith & Economics 51 (2008): 57-79.
California Wine Grape Growers' Use of Powdery Mildew Forecasts (with W. Douglas Gubler). Agricultural & Resource Economics Update 11:4 March/April (2008).
Is Risk Aversion Really Correlated with Wealth? How Estimated Probabilities Introduce Spurious Correlation (with David R. Just). American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89(4) (2007): 964-979.
Polarization and Pricing to the Rich. Applied Economics Letters 14 (2007): 389-394.
Patent Disclosure Requirements and Benefit Sharing: A counterfactual case of Morocco’s argan oil. Ecological Economics 64 (2007): 12-18.
Indian Farmers' Valuation of Yield Distributions: Will Poor Farmers Value "Poor" Seeds? Food Policy 31(5) (2006): 415-441.
Risk Responses to Dynamic Asset Thresholds (with Christopher B. Barrett). Review of Agricultural Economics 29(3) (2007): 412-418.
Bayesian Herders: Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Forecasts (with Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak, and Winnie K. Luseno). World Development 35(3) (2006): 480-497.
Does Resource Commercialization Induce Local Conservation? A Cautionary Tale from Southwestern Morocco (with Christopher B. Barrett and Hamid Narjisse). Society and Natural Resources 17 (2004): 413-430.
Stochastic Wealth Dynamics and Risk Management Among a Poor Population (with Christopher B. Barrett, Solomon Desta, and D. Layne Coppock). The Economic Journal 114 (2004): 750-777.
Technology Transfer for Humanitarian Use: Economic Issues and Market Segmentation Approaches. IP Strategy Today, BioDevelopments-International Institute Inc., Ithaca, NY, no. 5-2002, pp. 17-25. Revised version in Journal of Food, Agriculture, & Environment, 1(3-4) (Aug 2003).
Do Patents Come Too Easy? (with W. Lesser). Idea: The Journal of Law and Technology, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, 44(3) (2003): 381-407.
On Assessing the Cost of TRIPS Implementation. World Trade Review 1(3) (2002): 309-321.
Market-Based Conservation and Local Benefits: The Case of Argan Oil in Morocco (with Christopher B. Barrett and Hamid Narjisse). Ecological Economics 41(1) (2002): 125-144.
Is Bioprospecting A Viable Strategy for Conserving Tropical Ecosystems? (with Christopher B. Barrett). Ecological Economics 34 (2000): 293-300.
Non-Academic Articles
Costly measures vs. 'unconscionable' profits Op-Ed Palm Beach Post 10 November 2005. Here is a more readable version.