Julia Berazneva
Associate Professor of Economics, Middlebury College
- Affiliate, Environmental Studies Program
- Co-Director, Vermont Center for Behavioral Science Research on Climate and the Environment
I study environmental and resource economics, with recent work on soil and forests in Sub-Saharan Africa and on public attitudes toward climate policy in the United States. I teach courses in microeconomic theory, environmental and climate change economics, and environment and development.
Working Papers
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Soil Degradation in Sub-Saharan Agriculture
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Time and Risk Perceptions and Support for Climate Policy
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The Kids Are Alright: Environmental Concern Among Young Adults In The Time Of COVID
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'Still Strong:' The Effects of Hurricane Irene On The Preferences and Policy Views of Vermonters More Than One Decade Later
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Health and Labor Impacts of Mining: Evidence from South Africa
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Published and Forthcoming Papers
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Correlated Pollutants, Avoidance, and Local Environmental Policy
. The Energy Journal 46(5): 85–111, 2025. -
Moral Bandwidth and Environmental Concerns during a Public Health Crisis: Evidence from Germany
. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 228: 106753, 2024. -
Impacts of Environmental Degradation: Forest Loss, Malaria, and Child Outcomes in Nigeria
. The Review of Economics and Statistics 106(5): 1254–67, 2024.
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Paying for Agricultural Information in Malawi: The Role of Soil Heterogeneity
. Journal of Development Economics 165: 103144, 2023. -
Local Standards, Behavioral Adjustments, and Welfare: Evaluating California's Ocean-Going Vessel Fuel Rule
. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 9(3): 383–424, 2022. -
Local Lignocellulosic Biofuel and Biochar Co-Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Feedstock Provision in Economic Viability
. Energy Economics 93: 105031, 2021. -
Agricultural Productivity and Soil Carbon Dynamics: A Bioeconomic Model
. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101(4): 1021–46, 2019. -
Soil Management for Smallholders: Lessons from Kenya and Nepal
. Choices 34(2), 2019. -
Fuelwood Source Substitution, Gender, and Shadow Prices in Western Kenya
. Environment and Development Economics 23(6): 655–78, 2018. -
Allocation and Valuation of Smallholder Maize Residues in Western Kenya
. Ecological Economics 152: 172–182, 2018. -
Empirical Assessment of Subjective and Objective Soil Fertility Metrics in East Africa: Implications for Researchers and Policy Makers
. World Development 105: 367–382, 2018. -
Does Forest Loss Increase Human Disease? Evidence from Nigeria
. American Economic Review P&P 107(5): 516–21, 2017. -
Water Hyacinth Control in Lake Victoria: Transforming an Ecological Catastrophe into Economic, Social, and Environmental Benefits
. Sustainable Production and Consumption 3: 59–69, 2015. -
Audio Recording of Household Interviews to Ensure Data Quality
. Journal of International Development 26(2): 290–296, 2014. -
Explaining the African Food Riots of 2007–2008: An Empirical Analysis
. Food Policy 39: 28–39, 2013. -
Africa's Dual Crises: The Food and Financial Crises and Their Effects in Sub-Saharan Africa—Introduction and Overview
. In The Food and Financial Crises in Sub-Saharan Africa: Origins, Impacts and Policy, ed. David R. Lee and Muna Ndulo. CABI, Wallingford, Oxfordshire and Cambridge, MA, 2011. -
Transforming Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs
. Information Technologies & International Development 4(2): 3–10, 2007.