Marcela Ibanez-Diaz, PhD (2007) Junior Professor Development Economics [since 08/2009] Children (2): 17.11.2008 and 05.10.2012 Courant Research Centre Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing Countries University of Göttingen Wilhelm Weber Str 2. 37073 Göttingen. Germany Tel. (49) 0551 39 10677 Email. mibanez@gwdg.de Education and Employment 2009- Junior Professor (W1) Development Economics, University of Göttingen 2008-2009 Post-Doc, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2007-2008 Post-Doc, University of Innsbruck, Austria 2003-2007 PhD Economics. Dissertation: Social Dilemmas: the role of incentives, norms and institutions, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 2002-2003 Visiting Student, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 1997-2002 Research Assistant and Lecturer, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia 1995-1997 Master in Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia 1991-1995 BA Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Selected Honours and Awards 2008-2009 Adlerbert Research Foundation. Post Doctoral Fellowship in Sustainable Development 2008 Research Grant. Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program 2002-2004 University of Gothenburg Stipendium. Selected Publications Ibanez, M., Martinsson, P. (2013). Curbing coca cultivation in Colombia: A framed field experiment. Forthcoming Journal of Public Economics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.04.005 Ibanez, M., Carlsson, F. (2010). A choice Experiment on Coca cultivation in Colombia. Journal of Development Economics 93 (2):249-263.
Ibanez, M., Czermak,S, Sutter, M. (2009). Searching for a better deal. On the influence of group decision making, time pressure and gender in a search experiment. Journal of Economic Psychology 30 (1): 1-10 Ibanez, M. (2007). Social Dilemmas: the role of incentives, norms and institutions. Economic Studies 166. Gothenburg Submissions Ibanez, M. (2013) Is war on drugs working? The Colombian Case. Submitted to: Journal of Political Economy Ibanez, M. (2013) What comes first the food or the morals? Submitted to: Economic Development and Cultural Change Working papers Ibanez, M., (2010). Adoption of certified organic technologies: the case of coffee in Colombia. Working Paper No. 39. CRC-PEG. Ibanez, M. (2010) Who cultivates coca and why? The case of Colombia. Working paper No. 40. CRC-PEG Ibanez, M. (2011). Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of certification: the case of organic coffee in Colombia. Working Paper 25. LACEEP Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program. Work in progress Riener, G. Ibanez,M. Rai, A. (2013) Sorting through Affirmative action: Two large field experiments in Colombia.. Ibanez, M. Vasquez, J. (2013) Can we fight drugs using communication campaigns? A framed field experiment. Ibanez, M. Vasquez, J. (2013) The Impact of an Alternative Development Program on the Culture of Legality: An Experimental Approach Ibanez, M. Schaffland, E.(2011). Group identity and leadership: Can the replacement of leaders be harmful for cooperation? Ibanez, M. Schaffland, E.(2013). Elite capture and Group Identity: Is monitoring effective against power abuse? Ibanez, M. Schaffland, E.(2013). Is elite capture mediated by entitlement? Ibanez,M. Dietrich, S. (2011). Impact of agricultural insurance in small landholders in Colombia.
Ibanez, M. M. Kocher, P. Martinsson, S.Kroll. (2007) Cooperation preferences and income distribution. In Ibanez, M. (2007). Social Dilemmas: the role of incentives, norms and institutions. Economic Studies 166. Gothenburg Gapp, S. Ibanez, M. (2010) How to sustain cooperation? The effects of reputation and endogenous group formation Ibanez, M. Vasquez, J. Aguirre, E. (2011) Can we fight drugs using communication campaigns? A randomized control trial evaluation. Ibanez, M.; F. Lambarra,; M. Wollni. The development of solidarity norms in children: a cross country comparison. Ibanez, M.; S. Dietrich,; S. Klasen. (2013)The development of social capital: the effect of risks structure. Ibanez, M.; E. Asiedu. Who should police? Real status characteristics and the efficiency of control. Ibanez, M.; Riener,G.; Rai, A. BEP s: Designing an instrument for voluntary savings for old age. Ibanez, M.; Riener,G; M. Wollni; D. Banerjee. Gender and Leadership: the effect of judgment. Seminars/Conferences - Invited Discussant. Fertile Fields in Development: Individual Choice vs. Randomized Trials. WZB. 06 th -07 th June 2013. Berlin, Germany - Invited speaker Seventh Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy - ISSDP. Can we fight drugs using communication campaigns? A framed field Experiment. 15 th -17 th May 2013. Bogota, Colombia - Invited speaker Florence Behavioral and Experimental Workshop. Sorting through affirmative action. 02 th -05 th May 2013. Florence, Italy - Participant. European ESA Conference:. 12 th -15 th September 2011. Cologne, Germany - Invited lecturer:.iba-colloquium. Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung. Sorting through Affirmative Action. 24 th August 2012. Nuremberg, Germany - Invited speaker German Development Economics Conference. Sorting through affirmative action. 22 th -23 th June 2012..Bonn, Germany - Invited lecturer GIGA PhD. Seminar. Sorting through affirmative action. 5 th April 2012. Hamburg, Germany - Invited lecturer. Behavioral and Experimental Economics Course. Sorting through Affirmative Action. January 2012. Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia - Invited speaker. Nordic Conference behavioral and experimental Economics. 28 th - 29 th October 2011. Identity and Leadership. Lund, Sweden
- Invited speaker. European ESA Conference. Identity and Leadership. 14 th -17 th September 2011. Luxembourg - Invited lecturer. Behavioral and Experimental Economics Seminar:. Identity and Leadership. 26 th August 2011. University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Invited lecturer. Arnoldshain Seminar. 29 th June 1 st July 2011. University of Göttingen,Germany - Participant. Global Development Conference. 13 th -15 th January 2011. Bogota, Colombia - Invited lecturer:.seminar Latin American Experimental Economics Network. Group Identity and Leadership: 24h February 2011. Bogota, Colombia - Invited speaker: Households in conflict network. Who cultivates coca and why? 2 nd 3 rd December 2010. Bogota, Colombia - Invited Keynote speaker: PEG-Net conference. Who cultivates coca and what can we do about it? 2 nd -3 rd September 2010. Midrand. South Africa. - Invited speaker German Development Economics Conference. Adoption of certified organic technologies: The case of coffee in Colombia. 18 th -19 th June 2010. Hannover,Germany - Invited speaker The Shadow Economy. Who cultivates coca and why? 15th-16th April 2010.Potsdam.Invited speaker LACEEP Biannual meeting. Adoption of certified organic technologies: The case of Coffee in Colombia. September 28 th - October 2 nd, 2009.Cuzco. Third party funding Project: Collective Action in Agricultural Cooperatives. Research training group: Transformation of Agro-food Systems. RTG-1666.German Research Foundation. DFG Project: Narcotics and Illicit Drugs. Research training group: Globalization and Development. RTG 1723. German Research foundation. DFG Project:Collective Action and land Allocation. Collaborative research centre: Transformation of land use in Indonesia. German Research foundation. DFG Applications in progress Project: Solidarity Networks. Proposal: Collaborative research centre: Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: Methods, Determinants and Policy Issues at the Micro and Macro level. Pre-proposal. German Research Foundation. DFG
Courses Economics of Crime: Summer term 2010, 2011, 2012 Advanced Development Economics: Winter term 2010, 2011, 2012 Experimental economics: in the field. Winter term 2011 Microeconomics. Teaching Assistant. 2008 Environmental Economics. Teaching Assistant. 2007 Cost-Benefit Analysis. 1997-2002 Principles of economics. 1996-1997 PhD Students Elke Schaffland. Master International Economics. Göttingen University, Germany. Stephan Dietrich. Master Economics. University of Münich, Germany Edward Asiedu. Master in Economics. Master in Agricultural Economics. University of Guelph, Canada Debosree Banerjee. Master in Economics. University of New Dehli. Juanita Vasquez. Master in Economics. Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Miriam VorLaufer. Master in Agricultural Economics. Göttingen University, Germany Other community services Reviewer: Journal of Development Economics, World Development, German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Management Science, Ecological Economics, Research program Banco de la Republica, Colombia. External advisor LACEEP. Supervision Sophia Espinosa, Ramón Diaz.