26/04/2026
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Congratulations to Bernard Gaffa for successfully defending his masterโs thesis last week !
Benโs research provides compelling causal evidence on the environmental impacts of gold mining in . Using high-resolution satellite data and a spatial difference-in-differences framework, he shows that ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐
๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฌ% ๐ถ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐โ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. His work highlights how the environmental costs of resource extraction are highly localized yet economically significant.
A big shoutout to his advisor, Dr. Vinish Shrestha, for outstanding mentorship throughout the project.
Weโre proud to see the rigorous application of causal inference and data science tools to important global policy questionsโexactly what the MS in Economic Analytics is all about.
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