Jon Flatnes
Assistant Professor
College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Office Phone:
614-292-2432
Location:
Columbus
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Flatnes is an applied economist whose research is at the intersection of development economics, agricultural finance, and experimental economics. A large portion of his work focuses on the effectiveness of joint liability group lending contracts in developing countries. Flatnes also studies how index insurance contracts can be optimally designed to better protect smallholder farmers against weather risks using remote sensing data.