Curriculum Vitae Dambala Gelo Kutela Department of Economics daatu24@yahoo.com University of Pretoria cellphone: +27730751696 Pretoria, 0002, South Africa Fax: +27 86 6242 444 Citizenship: Ethiopian Marital status: married Qualifications PhD, 2012, Economics, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa MSc,2002, Economics, School of Economics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Norway BSc, 1997, Forestry Sciences, Alemaya University of Agriculture, Ethiopia Certificate of PhD Specialization courses, 2007, Public Economics and Environmental Valuation, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden Postgraduate certificate,2002, Natural Resource Management, Department of International Development and Environment, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Norway 1
Workshops and Short Courses Bayesian Econometrics Workshop1, offered by Prof. Dipak K. Dey (University of Connecticut) and organized by Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, December, 2011 Bayesian Econometrics Workshop2, offered by Prof. Hedibert F. Lopes (University of Chicago) and organized by Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, November, 2011 Short Course on Economic Implications of Property Rights to Natural Resources, offered by Prof Marty Luckert (University of Alberta) and organized by Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria, South Africa, June, 2012 Short Course on Applying Game Theory and Behavioral Economics to the Environment, organized by the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Montreal University, Montreal, Canada, June 2010 Workshop on Non-linear Time Series Econometrics, offered by Prof. Mehmet Balcilar (Eastern Mediterranean University) and organized by Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, September, 2010 Workshop on Non-parametric Econometrics, offered by Prof. Jeffrey S. Racine (Senator William McMaster Chair in Econometrics, McMaster University, Canada) and organized by Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Nov, 2008, Pretoria, South Africa Workshop on Micro-econometrics for Policy, Program and Treatment Effects Evaluation, offered by Prof Sebastian Galiani (University of Washington) and organized by SALDRU, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town, July, 2007 2
Workshop on Advanced Panel Data Econometrics, offered by Prof Jorge M. Aguero (University of California Riverside) and organized by SALDRU, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town, July, 2007 Workshop on Game Theory, offered by Prof Partha Dasgupta (Cambridge University) and organized by Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria, South Africa, June, 2007 Languages English: Fluent; Amharic: Fluent, Afaan Oromo: Mother tongue. Software: Microsoft Office, Stata, R, Matlab (including Octave for DYNARE), E-view, GAMS, Limdep and winsbugs Conferences participation and paper presentation Conferences participation and paper presentation 4 th World Congress of Resource and Environmental Economics, 29 June -2 July, 2010, Montreal, Canada 18 th Conference of European Environmental and Resources Economics Association, 29 June, 2 July, 2011, Rome, Italy 19 th Conference of European Environmental and Resources Economics Association, 27 June- 3 July, 2012 8 th Nordic Development Economics, 18-20, June, 2009, Drowback, Norway 11 th Nordic Development Economics, 18-20, June, 2012, Gothenburg, Sweden 6 th International conference on Ethiopian Economy, 3-5 July, 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3
Work Experience Postdoc fellow, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, 1 April 2013- Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Econometrics, Department of Economics, University of Mannheim, 15 October 2012- Postdoc fellow, CEEPA, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Pretoria (March- December 2012) Researcher, EfD Project, Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) (1, December, 2008-1, December, 2009) Assistant lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria (1, March, 2008-30,Novemeber, 2008) Lecturer, Department of Economics, Hawassa, University (1, October, 2002-30,January 2007) Manager, Borana Integrated Rural Development Project, Development Department, Ethiopian Evangelical Mekanes Yesus Church (1, August, 1997-1,August, 1999) Research interests (i)applied Microeconometrics (treatment effect evaluation, discrete choice methods, Bayesian inference and model selection, non-linearity in panel data models), (ii) behavioral and experimental economics (applications to financial markets and coordination problems of the commons) (iii) non-market valuation in environment and health (iv) development economics Publications Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2012. Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in valuation of community forestry programs, Ecological Economics, 74: 85-94 Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2011. Contingent Valuation of Community Forestry in Ethiopia: Should we care about preference anomalies in double-bounded CVM?, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, Working paper Series, Working Paper No.2011-24 4
Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2011. Contingent Valuation of Community Forestry in Ethiopia: Should we care about preference anomalies in double-bounded CVM?, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Working paper No.272 Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2011. The Welfare Effect of Common Property Forestry Right: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, Working paper Series, Working Paper No.2011-23 Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2011. The Welfare and Common Property Forestry Right: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Working paper No 277 Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2011. Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in valuation of community forestry programs, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Working paper No.248 Gelo, D., and Alemu, T. 2012. Do rural households gain from decentralization of natural forest management? Evaluation of participatory forest management program in Ethiopia, forthcoming as book chapter in Forest Tenure Reform in Africa, Editor, Randall Bluffstone 2. PhD Dissertation Econometric Analysis of the Welfare Effects of Common Property Right Forestry Programs (Supervised by Professor Steven F Koch) Submissions Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2012. The Welfare Effect of common Property Forestry Right: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages, revise and resubmit American Journal of Agricultural Economics Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2011. Contingent Valuation of Community Forestry in Ethiopia: Should we care about preference anomalies in double-bounded CVM, submitted Ecological Economics 5
3. Conference Proceedings Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2012. Common property forestry program and the distribution of welfare impact: Evidences from Ethiopian villages, A paper presented on Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE 2012), 18-19 June, 2012, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2012. Contingent Valuation of Community Forestry in Ethiopia: Observing preference anomalies in double-bounded CVM, 19th Conference of European Association of Environmental and Resources Economics, 27 30 June, 2012, Prague, Czech Republic Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2009. Afforestation subsidy policy under asymmetric information and transaction cost in developing countries: Does rural capital market imperfection matter? A paper presented on Nordic Development Economics Conference, 18-19 June, 2009, Drowback, Norway Gelo, D and Koch, F. S. 2011.Do rural poor gain from common property forestry program? A quantile treatment effect (QTE) evaluation evidences from Ethiopian villages, 18th Conference of European Association of Environmental and Resources Economics, 29 June 2 July, 2011, Rome, Italy Work in progress Trust, Conflict and Natural Forest Management Outcomes: Evidence from framed field experiments Cooperation and Punishment in CPR Framed Field Experiments Saving and Social Preferences Model Uncertainty and Preference Anomalies in Double-Bounded Contingent Valuation Bayesian Inference for the Welfare Effect of Common Property Right Forestry Bayesian Regime Switching and Stock Market Returns in South Africa 6
Reference Name Institution Connection Contact Prof. Steve F. Koch Prof. James Blignaut Prof. Nicola Viegi Academic Awards Department of Economics, University of Pretoria Department of Economics, University of Pretoria Department of Economics, University of Pretoria PhD Dissertation Supervisor PhD dissertation Co-supervisor Graduate Monetary economics Lecturer Cell number: +27(0)835370541 Email: steve.koch@up.ac.za Cell number: +27(0)847204127 Email: james.blignaut@up.ac.za Cell number: +27(0)731667045 Email: nicola.viegi@up.ac.za 1. Volkswagen Foundation Junior Researcher Fellowship, 2012-2015 2. SIDA-IDRC Research grant through Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), 2010-2011 3. SIDA- scholarship for PhD specialization courses in Environmental Economics, September- December, 2007 4. University of Pretoria graduate bursary, 2007 5. SIDA- scholarship for PhD through Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), 2007-2009 6. NORAD-Hawassa University- capacity building program grant, 2010-2011 7. Environment for Development (EfD) PhD research project grant, 2009 8. Norwegian government state loan fund - MSc scholarship, 1999-2002 I. Membership of professional association European Association of Environmental and Resources Economics (EAERE) Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) Ethiopian Association of Agricultural Economics (EAAE) 7
Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) 8