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Abdoul G. Sam

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2003

Publications

97

Citations

1,640

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
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Abdoul G. Sam's work applies economic and statistical methods, including machine learning approaches like causal forests, to questions in agricultural economics, development, and environmental/corporate sustainability. Recurring topics include agricultural risk management (such as index insurance and credit access in Africa), technology adoption, corporate environmental practices (like ISO 14001 certification), and household welfare in the context of climate change. This research combines applied microeconomics with data-driven methods to study markets, policy interventions, and consumer or firm behavior.

Agricultural risk and insuranceTechnology adoption and credit access in developing regionsCorporate environmental performance and sustainabilityClimate change and household welfareApplied econometrics and machine learning methods

Publication output has declined from about 10 papers per year in 2017-2018 to roughly 2 per year in recent years, suggesting a slowing pace of output over the last decade.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 10 publications10172018: 10 publications10182019: 2 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)×8
  • Agricultural Economics×5
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×4
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics×3
  • The Journal of Development Studies×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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