Working Papers - 2012
No. | Author(s), Title |
WP 94 | Alberto Chong, Ana L. De La O Torres, Dean Karlan and Leonard Wantchekon, "Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes" (January 2012) [41pp] |
WP 95 | Dean Karlan, Robert W. Fairlie and Jonathan Zinman, "Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training" (January 2012) [39pp] |
WP 96 | Dean Karlan and Margaret A. McConnell, "Hey Look at Me: The Effect of Giving Circles on Giving" (January 2012) [19pp] |
WP 97 | Mushfiq Movarak and Mark R. Rosenzweig, "Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured" (February 2012) [42pp] |
WP 98 | Mark R. Rosenzweig and Junsen Zhang, "Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins" (February 2012) [48pp] |
WP 99 | Gharad Bryan, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman, "You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Need to Watch Them: Loan Screening and Enforcement in a Referrals Field Experiment" (January 2012) [39pp] |
WP 100 | Miriam Bruhn, Dean Karlan and Antoinette Schoar, "The Impact of consulting Services on Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Mexico" [30pp] |
WP 101 | Dean Karlan and John A. List, "How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?" (March 2012) [15pp] |
WP 102 | Dean Karlan, Melanie Morten and Jonathan Zinman, "A Personal Touch: Text Messaging for Loan Repayment" (February 2012) [19pp] |
WP 103 | Timothy W. Guinnane and Susana Maringez Rodrigues, "For Every Law, a Loophole: Flexibility in the Menu of Spanish Business Forms, 1886-1936" (May 2012) [47pp] |
WP 104 | Timothy W. Guinnane and Jochen Streb, "Incentives That Saved Lives: government Regulation of Accident Insurance Associations in Germany, 1884-1994" (August 2012) [46pp] |
WP 105 | Dean Karlan, Ryan Knight and Christopher Udry, "Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development" (August 2012) [55pp] |
WP 106 | Gustav Ranis, "Another Look at Foreign Aid" (August 2012) [25pp] |
WP 107 | Gustav Ranis, "Labor Surplus Revisited" (September 2012) [30pp] |
WP 108 | Gustav Ranis, "Vertical and Horizontal Decentralization and Ethnic Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa" (August 2012) [19pp] |
WP 109 | Costas Meghir, Renata Narita and Jean-Marc Robin, "Wages and Informality in Developing Countries" (September 2012) [67pp] |
WP 110 | Dean Karlan, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Robert Darko Osei and Christopher Udry, "Agricultural Decisions After Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints" (October 2012) [50pp] |