Lauren Falcao Bergquist

Assistant Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University. My research is in development economics, with a focus on agricultural markets and firms in sub-Saharan Africa. I received my PhD in economics from UC Berkeley in 2017.

Recent work by Lauren Falcao Bergquist

Scaling up agricultural policy interventions: Evidence from Uganda

A new methodology combining experimental data with a quantitative model sheds light on the household-level and distributional effects of scaling up...

Articles : Methods & Measurement

Lauren Falcao Bergquist Benjamin Faber Thibault Fally Matthias Hoelzlein Edward Miguel Andres Rodríguez-Clare

Published 16.01.23
Exerting market power: Competition among agricultural traders in Kenya

Low competition undermines consumer welfare. Collusive agreements are flexible enough to deflect the effect of a small number of new traders.

Articles : Agriculture

Lauren Falcao Bergquist

Published 27.10.17

Lauren Falcao Bergquist

Recent work by Lauren Falcao Bergquist

Scaling up agricultural policy interventions: Evidence from Uganda

Exerting market power: Competition among agricultural traders in Kenya