I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames and an Affiliate of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at ISU. 

Research fields — My primary research fields are Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, and Applied Econometrics.

Contact information — Email to gdepaula@iastate.edu or postal mail to:

Gil DePaula

Department of Economics

260 Heady Hall

518 Farm House Lane

Ames, Iowa 50011-1054 

News

• Published Paper in Environment and Development Economics: "Comparing Market Instruments for Forest Conservation in Brazil using Farm-level Census Data" (with Leandro Veloso) (January 2025).

• Paper accepted for publication in Land Economics: "Trade-off between Yield and Nitrogen Pollution under Excessive Rainfall: Evidence from On-farm Field Experiments in Iowa" (with Choi, E., P. Kyveryga, and S. Fey) (November 2024). 

• Published Paper in Frontiers in Agronomy: "Smart Connected Farms and Networked Farmers to Improve Crop Production, Sustainability, and Profitability" (August 2024).

• Teaching Award: Faculty Early Achievement in Teaching Award. Iowa State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (March 2024).

• Published Invited Paper: "Bundled contracts and technological diffusion caused the Brazilian soybean boom" (February 2024).

• Published Paper in Jornal of Development Economics (November 2023) (Open access version).