Salvatore di Falco
Salvatore holds the following positions:
- Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London (Wye Campus);
- Research Fellow at the Environment for Development Initiative (Ethiopia centre);
- Associate Editor of Environment and Development Economics (published by Cambridge University Press).
Background
Salvatore has held a Lectureship in Applied Economics at the Department of Economics at the University of Kent, and postdoctoral positions at the National University of Ireland, University of Maryland and the University of East Anglia. He also held a visiting position at the University of Wisconsin.
Salvatore completed a first degree in Economics at the University of Palermo (Italy). He was awarded an Msc in Economics and a PhD in Environmental Economics from the University of York (UK).
Research interests
- Environment and development economics;
- Risk management in rainfed agriculture;
- Adaptation to climate change;
- Biodiversity;
- Social capital and resource conservation.
Research
Research - 2014
Working Paper 148 Abstract This paper assesses the distinct impacts of weather and climate change measures on agricultural revenue of... Read more
Research - 2012
Working Paper 74 Abstract The expansion of a given land use may affect deforestation directly if forests are cleared to... Read more
Research - 2011
Working Paper 65 Abstract We analyse the role of risk mitigating strategies upon the willingness to adopt a marine PES... Read more
Working Paper 48 Abstract The lowering of trade barriers under the successive reforms of the pillar I of the Common... Read more
Research - 2010
Abstract This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of land fragmentation, crop biodiversity and their interplay with farm... Read more
Working Paper 19 Abstract We examine the driving forces behind farmers’ decisions to adapt to climate change, and the impact... Read more
Research - 2009
Abstract Previous research has identified a range of variables conducive to the self-organization of user groups for participatory resource management,... Read more