Research
My research examines how climate shocks, water scarcity, and policy incentives shape land use and agricultural decisions. Recent projects cover saltwater intrusion and rice farming in the Mekong Delta, and the economics of silvopasture and carbon sequestration in the southeastern United States.
Working Papers
Published in Work in progress, 2026
Uses debiased machine learning on multi-year panel data to estimate the causal effect of climate stress on US milk production, allowing flexible controls for high-dimensional confounders while preserving valid inference on the treatment effect.
Recommended citation: Ta, Duong Phuc. "Estimating impacts of climate stress on US milk production: a panel data with debiased machine learning approach." Work in progress.
Published in Under review, 2025
Combines cost-benefit analysis with biophysical carbon data to assess whether silvopasture adoption is financially viable for landowners in the southeastern United States, and how that viability changes once carbon sequestration is valued.
Recommended citation: Ta, Duong Phuc, Bradford Mills, Kurt Stephenson, and John Fike. "Economic Feasibility and Carbon Sequestration of Silvopasture in the Southeastern U.S." Under review.
Journal Articles
Published in Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 4(2), 170-186, 2025
Recommended citation: Mills, Bradford, Chi Ta, Duong Phuc Ta, and Huong Nguyen. 2025. "Salinity Inundation, Profitability, and Rice Farming Exits in Mekong Delta of Vietnam." Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 4(2): 170-186.
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Published in Climate and Development, 15(2), 162-176, 2022
Recommended citation: Mills, Bradford, Dung Phuong Le, Duong Phuc Ta, Lien Nhu, Danh Thanh Vo, and Ricardo Labarta. 2022. "Intensive and extensive rice farm adaptations in salinity-prone areas of the Mekong Delta." Climate and Development 15(2): 162-176.
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Published in Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 36(2), 256-273, 2019
Recommended citation: Nguyen, Chuc Dinh, and Duong Phuc Ta. 2019. "Trade, Structural Adjustments and Productivity Growth in Vietnam: The Shift to Services." Journal of Southeast Asian Economies 36(2): 256-273.
Published in Vietnam Socio-Economic Development, 81, 2015
Recommended citation: Ta, Duong Phuc. 2015. "Effects of Capital Flows on Housing Prices in Emerging Economies: A Panel Approach." Vietnam Socio-Economic Development 81.
Conference Presentations
Published in AAEA-WAEA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2025
Recommended citation: Ta, Duong Phuc, Bradford Mills, Kurt Stephenson, John Fike, and Tom Stanley. 2025. "Economic Feasibility and Carbon Sequestration of Silvopasture in the Southeastern U.S." Selected presentation, AAEA-WAEA Annual Meeting, July 27-29, Denver, CO.
Published in RC06-VSA International Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2019
Recommended citation: Nguyen, Chien Thang, and Phuc Duong Ta. 2019. "Changing trend of production function of Vietnamese households." RC06-VSA International Conference: The Family in Modern and Global Societies, October 17-19, Hanoi, Vietnam.
A full list is also available on my Google Scholar profile.
