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Dr Russell Toth

BA(Hons) RWC, MS SIUC, MA Cornell, PhD Cornell
Senior Lecturer

Member of Sydney Institute of Agriculture

H04 - Merewether Building
The University of Sydney

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Biographical details

Russell Toth is a development microeconomist focusing on the development of the private sector (firms, access to finance, entrepreneurship, markets, role of new technologies), with projects frequently overlapping with environmental, agricultural and behavioural economics.

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Selected grants

2016

  • Contract for Baseline Study (Phase 2) for the Evaluation of the Early Impacts of Sustainability Standards on Smallholder Coffee Farming Households in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia; Neilson J, Toth R; ISEAL Alliance/Research Support.

2015

  • Food processing and value chain development in Indonesia; Pritchard W, Toth R, Jones R, Neilson J; Australia-Indonesia Centre/Small Projects.
  • Evaluation of the Early Impacts of Sustainability Standards on Smallholder Coffee Farming Households in Lampung and South Sumatra, Indonesia; Neilson J, Toth R, Arifin B, Mawardi S, Salazar Salame H, Giovanucci D; ISEAL Alliance/Research Support.

2014

  • Impacts of Digital Technologies on Public Health: Project Development and Inception; Toth R, Driessen J, di Miceli A; International Growth Centre/Research Grant.

2013

  • Grass-roots Entrepreneurship Education & Pro-Poor Enterprise Development, Myanmar; Seymour R, Toth R; United Nations Office for Project Services/Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT).
  • Evaluating smallholder livelihoods and sustainability in Indonesian coffee and cocoa value chains; Neilson J, Butt S, Toth R; Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)/Research and Development Programs (R&D Programs).
  • Buying a Job, Social Institutions, and Market Access for Gowth-Orientated MSMEs; Toth R; Centre for Economic Policy Research (UK)/Research Support.
  • The Human and Environmental Impacts of Migratory Pastoralism and Index-Based Livestock Insurance in Arid and Semi-Arid East Africa; Toth R; Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)/Australian Development Research Awards.
  • Birth of a Market for Private Health Insurance - Impact of offering health micro-insurance (MHI) product on SME retailer outcomes; Toth R; Asian Development Bank/Research Support.

2011

  • The emergence of transformative entrepreneurship: Evidence from ex ante characteristics, career choices and outcomes of business students in a developing country setting; Toth R; Innovations for Poverty Action/Research Support.
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Selected publications

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Book Chapters

  • Oo, A., Toth, R. (2014). Challenges and Constraints for Women-Led Enterprises. In Richard G Seymour (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Women in Asia: Case Studies & Perspectives, (pp. 188-197). Myanmar: Myanmar Heritage Publications.

Journals

  • Gobin, V., Santos, P., Toth, R. (2017). No Longer Trapped? Promoting Entrepreneurship Through Cash Transfers to Ultra-Poor Women in Northern Kenya. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 99(5), 1362-1383. [More Information]
  • Toth, R. (2015). Traps and Thresholds in Pastoralist Mobility. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 97(1), 315-332. [More Information]
  • Oo, A., Toth, R. (2014). Do community-sanctioned social pressures constrain microenterprise growth? Evidence from a framed field experiment. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 33, 75-95. [More Information]
  • Burtraw, D., Evans, D., Krupnick, A., Palmer, K., Toth, R. (2005). Economics of Pollution Trading for SO2 and NOx. Annual Review of Environment and the Resources, 30, 253-289. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Ermon, S., Xue, Y., Toth, R., Dilkina, B., Bernstein, R., Damoulas, T., Clark, P., DeGloria, S., Mude, A., Barrett, C., et al (2015). Learning Large-Scale Dynamic Discrete Choice Models of Spatio-Temporal Preferences with Application to Migratory Pastoralism in East Africa. 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2015), Austin: AAAI Press.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Empirical Poverty Analysis. Joint Annual Meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) and the Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) 2010, United States: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Household-level Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Human Capital in Indonesia. 2nd Indonesia International Conference on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Small Business IICIES 2010, Indonesia: Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Is Credit Really the Problem? Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Enterprise Dynamics in a Developing Country Setting. 44th Annual Canadian Economics Association Conference CEA 2010, Canada: Canadian Economics Association.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Why Isn't Financial Capital Enough? The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Emergent Small Enterprises in Indonesia. Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference NEUDC 2010, United States: Northeast Universities Development Consortium.
  • Toth, R. (2009). Determinants of Pastoralist Mobility and Movement in Northern Kenya. 43rd Annual Canadian Economics Association Conference CEA 2009, Canada: Canadian Economics Association.
  • Mihm, M., Toth, R., Lang, C. (2009). What Goes Around Comes Around: A theory of strategic indirect reciprocity in networks. North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society 2009, United States: The Econometric Society.
  • Toth, R. (2008). Time Inconsistent Choice and Social Insurance. 42nd Annual Canadian Economics Association Conference CEA 2008, Canada: Canadian Economics Association.

Report

  • Toth, R. (2011). Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Entrepreneurial Dynamics: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Traps and Thresholds in Pastoralist Mobility.
  • Mihm, M., Toth, R., Lang, C. (2009). What Goes Around Comes Around: A Theory of Indirect Reciprocity in Networks.
  • Burtraw, D., Evans, D., Krupnick, A., Palmer, K., Toth, R. (2005). Economics of Pollution Trading for SO2 and NOx.

2017

  • Gobin, V., Santos, P., Toth, R. (2017). No Longer Trapped? Promoting Entrepreneurship Through Cash Transfers to Ultra-Poor Women in Northern Kenya. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 99(5), 1362-1383. [More Information]

2015

  • Ermon, S., Xue, Y., Toth, R., Dilkina, B., Bernstein, R., Damoulas, T., Clark, P., DeGloria, S., Mude, A., Barrett, C., et al (2015). Learning Large-Scale Dynamic Discrete Choice Models of Spatio-Temporal Preferences with Application to Migratory Pastoralism in East Africa. 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2015), Austin: AAAI Press.
  • Toth, R. (2015). Traps and Thresholds in Pastoralist Mobility. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 97(1), 315-332. [More Information]

2014

  • Oo, A., Toth, R. (2014). Challenges and Constraints for Women-Led Enterprises. In Richard G Seymour (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Women in Asia: Case Studies & Perspectives, (pp. 188-197). Myanmar: Myanmar Heritage Publications.
  • Oo, A., Toth, R. (2014). Do community-sanctioned social pressures constrain microenterprise growth? Evidence from a framed field experiment. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 33, 75-95. [More Information]

2011

  • Toth, R. (2011). Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Entrepreneurial Dynamics: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.

2010

  • Toth, R. (2010). Empirical Poverty Analysis. Joint Annual Meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) and the Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) 2010, United States: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Household-level Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Human Capital in Indonesia. 2nd Indonesia International Conference on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Small Business IICIES 2010, Indonesia: Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Is Credit Really the Problem? Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Enterprise Dynamics in a Developing Country Setting. 44th Annual Canadian Economics Association Conference CEA 2010, Canada: Canadian Economics Association.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Traps and Thresholds in Pastoralist Mobility.
  • Toth, R. (2010). Why Isn't Financial Capital Enough? The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Emergent Small Enterprises in Indonesia. Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference NEUDC 2010, United States: Northeast Universities Development Consortium.

2009

  • Toth, R. (2009). Determinants of Pastoralist Mobility and Movement in Northern Kenya. 43rd Annual Canadian Economics Association Conference CEA 2009, Canada: Canadian Economics Association.
  • Mihm, M., Toth, R., Lang, C. (2009). What Goes Around Comes Around: A Theory of Indirect Reciprocity in Networks.
  • Mihm, M., Toth, R., Lang, C. (2009). What Goes Around Comes Around: A theory of strategic indirect reciprocity in networks. North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society 2009, United States: The Econometric Society.

2008

  • Toth, R. (2008). Time Inconsistent Choice and Social Insurance. 42nd Annual Canadian Economics Association Conference CEA 2008, Canada: Canadian Economics Association.

2005

  • Burtraw, D., Evans, D., Krupnick, A., Palmer, K., Toth, R. (2005). Economics of Pollution Trading for SO2 and NOx. Annual Review of Environment and the Resources, 30, 253-289. [More Information]
  • Burtraw, D., Evans, D., Krupnick, A., Palmer, K., Toth, R. (2005). Economics of Pollution Trading for SO2 and NOx.
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