Benjamin Crost
Last updated January 2013
Department of Economics
University of Colorado Denver
Campus Box 181
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217
Phone: (303) 315-2036
Fax: (303) 315-2048
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2011.
M.Sc. Agricultural Development Economics, University of Reading, UK, 2005.
Diplom. Biochemistry / Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany, 2004.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Colorado Denver,
2011-present
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
“The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Marijuana Use: New Estimates from the NLSY97”
with Daniel I. Rees. Forthcoming. Journal of Health Economics.
“The Effect Alcohol Availability on Marijuana Use: Evidence from the Minimum Legal
Drinking Age” with Santiago Guerrero. 2012. Journal of Health Economics 31(1): 112121.
“Political market characteristics and the provision of educational infrastructure in rural
India” with U.S. Kambhampati. 2010. World Development 38(2): 195-204.
“Bt-cotton and production risk: panel data estimates” with B. Shankar. 2008.
International Journal of Biotechnology 10(2-3): 122-131.
“Bias from Farmer Self-Selection in GM Crop Productivity Estimates: Evidence from
India” with B. Shankar, R. Bennett and S. Morse. 2007. Journal of Agricultural Economics
58(1): 24-36.
WORKING PAPERS:
“Aid Under Fire: Development Projects and Civil Conflict” with Joe Felter and Patrick
Johnston. Revision requested at American Economic Review.
“Conditional Cash Transfers and Civil Conflict: Experimental Evidence from the
Philippines”. with Joe Felter and Patrick Johnston.
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“Unemployment, Subsidized Employment and Happiness: Evidence from a Regression
Discontinuity”.
“Does the Minimum Drinking Age Reduce or Delay Traffic Mortality: Evidence from a
Cohort-Based Analysis”.
“The Great Recession, Socio-Economic Status and Health: Evidence from a Biomarker”.
“Optimal Climate Policy: Uncertainty versus Monte Carlo”. with Christian Traeger.
“Risk and Aversion in the Assessment of Climate Policy” with Christian Traeger.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
Aid Under Fire: How Development Projects Can Increase Civil Conflict. 2011. ARE Update
14(5): 1-4.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
World Bank, Manila. Short-Term Consultant. Political Characteristics and the Quality of
Local Service Delivery in the Philippines. 2009.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev), 2013
AEA Meetings, 2013
NBER Summer Institute: Economics of National Security, 2011, 2012
Northeast Universities Economic Development Consortium (NEUDC), 2012
IGCC Northern California Symposium, UC Berkeley, 2011
European Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2010
European Society for Population Economics, Annual Meeting, 2010
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Annual Meeting, 2005
AWARDS:
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, 2009-2010
Dissertation Research Award, Institute of Business and Economics Research (IBER), UC
Berkeley, 2009
REFEREE:
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, World Bank Economic
Review, Health Economics, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Agricultural
Economics, Food Policy, International Journal of Biotechnology.
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