Amazon Returns and Urban Retail Frictions
This project studies how easier product returns through Whole Foods locations affect online shopping behavior, consumer convenience, and retail market outcomes.
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Research
Main quest: welfare under friction.
My work begins from a simple curiosity: when markets do not connect people, goods, and places smoothly, who bears the cost, and how do institutions or climate shocks change that burden?
The current map follows three connected routes: urban retail frictions, agricultural heat exposure, and when Good Agricultural Practice training improves behavior and farm outcomes for independent oil palm smallholders in Malaysia, and when it does not.
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Extreme Heat and Tomato Markets in India
This project studies how extreme heat affects agricultural production, market arrivals, and prices in Indian tomato markets.
farmland paperGAP Training for Independent Oil Palm Smallholders in Malaysia
This project studies paired Core Learning Farms and Check Farms in Johor, Malaysia to examine when training translates into measurable farm-level gains and when complementary constraints limit its impact.
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