Salvatore DI FALCO
Vice Dean for Research
Full Professor
Institute of Economics and Econometrics
Ph.D., University of York
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+41 22 379 82 79
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Research & publications
Jean-Paul Chavas and Salvatore Di Falco. Resilience, Weather and Dynamic of Adjustements in Agroecosystems: The case of Wheat Yield in England. Environmental and Resource Economics
Erwin Bulte, Gonne Beekman, Salvatore Di Falco, Lei Pan, and Joseph Hella. Behavioral responses and the impact of new agricultural technologies: Evidence from a double-blind field experiment in Tanzania. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 96 (3)
Salvatore Di Falco and Marcella Veronesi . Managing Environmental Risk in Presence of Climate Change: The Role of Adaptation in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. Environmental and Resource Economics 57 (4)
Salvatore is a Professor of Economics. His research focuses on the intersection between agricultural, environmental and development economics. He has analyzed the contribution of natural resources such as biodiversity on agricultural productivity, food security, and weather risk in arid environments. His work also focuses on the role of institutional structures (common property forests) on natural resource conservation, rural development and poverty reduction. More recent work includes the impact of social capital and traditional sharing norms on consumption, saving accumulation, investment decisions and adaptation to climate change. He is currently editor of the European Review of Agricultural Economics
Selected publications
Journal article
Di Falco, S., Nigus, H. Y., Nillesen, E., & Mohen, P. (2023). Markets and socially responsible behavior: do punishment and religion matter? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 209, 572-593.
Di Falco, S., & Vieider, F. (2022). Environmental Adaptation of Risk Preferences. The Economic Journal, 132, 2737–2766.
Di Falco, S., Bulte, E., Kassie, M., & Vollenweider, X. (2022). Low-Quality Seeds, Labor Supply and Economic Returns: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania. The Review of Economics and Statistics.
Di Falco, S., Bezabih, M., Mekonnen, A., & Kohlin, G. (2021). Land rights and the economic impacts of climatic anomalies on agriculture: Evidence from Ethiopia.. Environment and Development Economics.
Di Falco, S., & Barbier , E. (2021). Rural Populations, Land Degradation, and Living Standards in Developing Countries. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy.
Bulte, E., Di Falco, S., & Lensink, R. (2020). Randomized interventions and “real” treatment effects: A cautionary tale and an example. World Development, 127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104790.
Di Falco, S., Doku, A., & Mahajan, A. (2020). Peer effects and the choice of adaptation strategies. Agricultural Economics, 51 (1), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12538.
Di Falco, S., Lucchetti, J., Veronesi, M., & Kohlin, G. (2019). Property Rights, Water Scarcity and Land Disputes. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 102 (1), 54-71. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aaz036.
Di Falco, S., Noack, F., & Riekhof, M. C. (2019). Droughts, Biodiversity and Rural Incomes in the Tropics. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 6 (4), 823-852. https://doi.org/10.1086/703487.
Di Falco, S., Berck , P., Bezabih, M., & Kohlin, G. (2019). Rain and impatience: Evidence from rural Ethiopia. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 160, 40-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.02.016.
Di Falco, S., & Sharma, S. (2019). Cognitive drivers, and the effect of information on climate change adaptive behaviour in Fiji Islands. Environmental Science and Policy, 92, 245-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.11.019.
Di Falco, S., Sharma, A., & Fraser, I. (2018). Consumption of salt rich products: impact of the UK reduced salt campaign. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 19 (4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-018-9257-9.
Di Falco, S., & Sharma, S. (2018). Investing in Climate Change Adaptation: Motivations and Green Incentives in the Fiji Islands. Ecological Economics, 154, 394-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.08.015.
Di Falco, S., Feri, F., Pin, P., & Vollenweider, X. (2018). Ties that bind: Network redistributive pressure and economic decisions in village economies. Journal of Development Economics, 131, 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.12.001.
Di Falco, S., & Vieider, F. (2018). Assimilation in the Risk Preferences of Spouses. Economic Inquiry, 56 (3), 1809-1816. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12531.
Di Falco, S., & Zoupanidou, E. (2017). Soil Fertility, Crop Biodiversity, and Farmers’ Revenues: Evidence from Italy. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 46 (2), 162–172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0812-7.
Di Falco, S., Teklewold, H., Mekonnen, A., & Kohlin, G. (2017). Does adoption of multiple climate-smart practices improve farmers’climate resilience? Empirical evidence from the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. Climate Change Economics, 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010007817500014.
Wossen, T., Di Falco, S., & Berger, T. (2016). You are not Alone: Social Capital and Risk Exposure in Rural Ethiopia. Food Security, 8 (4), 799-813. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-016-0587-5.
Chavas, J.-P., & Di Falco, S. (2015). Resilience, Weather and Dynamic Adjustments in Agroecosystems: The Case of Wheat Yield in England. Environmental and Resource Economics, 67 (2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-015-9987-9.
Wossen, T., Berger, T., & Di Falco, S. (2015). Social capital, risk preference and adoption of improved farm land management practices in Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics, 46 (1), 81-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12142.
Di Falco, S., & Bulte, E. (2015). Does Social Capital Affect Human Capital? Family Ties and Schooling Decisions. Applied Economics, 47 (2), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.967383.
Di Falco, S., & Veronesi, M. (2014). Managing environmental risk in presence of climate change : the role of adaptation in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. Environmental and Resource Economics, 57 (4), 553-577. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-013-9696-1.
Bulte, E., Beekman, G., Di Falco, S., Hella, J., & Lei, P. (2014). Behavioral responses and the Impact of new agricultural technologies : evidence from a double-blind field experiment in Tanzania. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 96 (3), 813-830. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aau015.
Di Falco, S., Adinolfi, F., Bozzola, M., & Capitanio, F. (2014). Crop insurance as a strategy for adapting to climate change. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65 (2), 485-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12053.
Di Falco, S. (2014). Adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan agriculture: assessing the evidence and rethinking the drivers. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 41 (3), 405-430. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbu014.
Di Falco, S., & Veronesi, M. (2013). How can african agriculture adapt to climate change?: a counterfactual analysis from Ethiopia. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions, 89 (4), 743-766. https://doi.org/10.1353/lde.2013.0043.
Di Falco, S., & Bulte, E. (2013). The impact of kinship networks on the adoption of risk-mitigating strategies in Ethiopia. World Development, 43, 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.011.
Andrade De Sá, S., Palmer, C., & Di Falco, S. (2013). Dynamics of indirect land-use change : empirical evidence from Brazil. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 65 (3), 377-393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2013.01.001.
Doku, A., & Di Falco, S. (2012). Biofuels in developing countries : are comparative advantages enough? Energy Policy, 44 (5), 101-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.01.022.
Di Falco, S., Kohlin, G., & Yesuf, M. (2012). Strategies to adapt to climate change and farm productivity in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. Climate Change Economics, 3 (2), 43101. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010007812500091.
Di Falco, S., & Chavas, J.-P. (2012). On the productive value of crop biodiversity : evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions, 88 (1), 58-74. https://doi.org/10.1353/lde.2012.0009.
Bezabih, M., & Di Falco, S. (2012). Rainfall variability and food crop portfolio choice : evidence from Ethiopia. Food Security, 4 (4), 557-567. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-012-0219-7.
Di Falco, S. (2012). On the value of agricultural biodiversity. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 9 (4), 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-110811-114543.
Di Falco, S., Yesuf, M., Kohlin, G., & Ringler, C. (2012). Estimating the impact of climate change on agriculture in low-income countries: household level evidence from the Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Environmental and Resource Economics, 52 (4), 457-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-011-9538-y.
Di Falco, S. (2012). Economic incentives for pollution control in developing countries: what can we learn from the empirical literature? Politique Agricola Internazionale (PAGRI), 2 (2), pp. 45474.
Palmer, C., & Di Falco, S. (2012). Biodiversity, poverty, and development. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 28 (1), 48-68. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grs008.
Di Falco, S., Veronesi, M., & Yesuf, M. (2011). Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93 (3), 829-846. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aar006.
Di Falco, S., & Bulte, E. (2011). A dark side of social capital? kinship, consumption, and savings. Journal of Development Studies, 47 (8), 1128-1151. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2010.514328.
Di Falco, S., Bezabih, M., & Yesuf, M. (2010). Seeds for livelihood: srop biodiversity and food production in Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 69 (8), 1695-1702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.03.024.
Di Falco, S., Penov, I., Aleksiev, A., & Van Rensburg, T. M. (2010). Agrobiodiversity, farm profits and land fragmentation : evidence from Bulgaria. Land Use Policy, 27 (3), 763-771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.10.007.
Balcombe, K., Fraser, I., & Di Falco, S. (2010). Traffic lights and food choice: a choice experiment examining the relationship between nutritional food labels and price. Food Policy, 35 (3), 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.12.005.
Di Falco, S., & Chavas, J.-P. (2009). On crop biodiversity, risk exposure, and food security in the highland of Ethiopia. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91 (3), 599-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01265.x.
Adhikari, B., & Di Falco, S. (2009). Social inequality, local leadership and collective action: an empirical study of forest commons. European Journal of Development Research, 21 (2), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2008.16.
Di Falco, S., Smale, M., & Perrings, C. (2008). The role of agricultural cooperatives in sustaining the wheat diversity and productivity : the case of southern Italy. Environmental and Resource Economics, 39 (2), 161-174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-007-9100-0.
Smale, M., Singh, J., Di Falco, S., & Zambrano, P. (2008). Wheat breeding, productivity and slow variety change: evidence from the Punjab of India after the Green Revolution. The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 52 (4), 419-432. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8489.2008.00435.x.
Di Falco, S., & Van Rensburg, T. M. (2008). Making the commons work: conservation and cooperation in Ireland. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions, 84 (4), 620-634. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.84.4.620.
Di Falco, S., & Chavas, J.-P. (2008). Rainfall shocks, resilience, and the effects of crop biodiversity on agroecosystem productivity. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions, 84 (1), 83-96. https://doi.org/10.1353/lde.2008.0048.
Di Falco, S., & Chavas, J.-P. (2006). Crop genetic diversity, farm productivity and the management of environmental risk in rainfed agriculture. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 33 (3), 289-314. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbl016.
Di Falco, S., & Perrings, C. (2005). Crop biodiversity, risk management and the implications of agricultural assistance. Ecological Economics, 55 (4), 459-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.005.
Adhikari, B., Di Falco, S., & Lovett, J. (2004). Household characteristics and forest dependency : evidence from common property forest management in Nepal. Ecological Economics, 48 (2), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2003.08.008.
Di Falco, S., & Perrings, C. (2003). Crop genetic diversity, productivity and stability of agroecosystems : a theoretical and empirical investigation. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 50 (2), 207-216. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.5002006.
Di Falco, S. (2002). Environmental quality and economic development : an econometric analysis. Economia delle fonti di energia e dell'ambiente, 45 (1), 107-123.
Baiocchi, G., & Di Falco, S. (2001). Investigating the shape of the EKC: a nonparametric approach. FEEM, 9, pp. 45658.
