Climate change: the potential impact on global agricultural markets
Many fear that climate change will have severe effects on the global economy, particularly through the threat to food production and farmers’ earnings. This research suggests that much of the potential...
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Why is labor mobility in India so low?
Migration from rural areas of India to the city is surprisingly low compared with other large developing countries, leaving higher paying job opportunities unexploited. This research shows that...
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Designing tax policy in high-evasion economies
Developing economies are typically characterized by low tax revenue and widespread tax evasion. This research shows that in such environments, it can be better to tax firms based on turnover rather...
View ArticleImpact of Incentives on Tax Collectors and Taxpayers
Tax collectors in developing countries collect far less tax revenue as a share of gross domestic product than tax collectors in higher income countries. In many of these developing countries, tax...
View ArticleHurting or helping competition? An examination of exclusive dealing contracts...
Do European car manufacturers make exclusive dealing contracts with their retailers to keep out new, smaller suppliers (mainly from Asia) and in turn, hurt competition? The manufacturing industry could...
View ArticleEconomic benefits of transportation infrastructure: historical evidence from...
Many governments commit significant portions of their budgets to building and maintaining transportation infrastructure. For example, nearly 20 percent of the money lent from the World Bank to...
View ArticleAbsolute poverty: when necessity displaces desire
How many poor people are there in the world? Where are they located? Are economic development and globalisation increasing or decreasing their number? If so, which countries have been most affected?...
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Cultural proximity and loans
In many, many cases, people have a preference for working and doing business with those who share the same religious beliefs, come from the same geographic region, or have something else in common. If...
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Growth and well-being: policy should not be based on GDP alone
Economists are often accused of focusing excessively on GDP, with the result that government policies make GDP a priority to the detriment of other contributors to well-being. This research proposes a...
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Tax evasion and inequality
How widespread is tax evasion – and what does that imply for the true extent of inequality? This research explores these questions by analyzing a unique dataset of leaked customer lists from offshore...
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Nominal wage rigidity in village labor markets: evidence from India
Markets for daily wage labor are ubiquitous in poor countries, providing employment for hundreds of millions of workers in India alone. In an exploration of how nominal wages in these markets respond...
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Understanding the Average Impact of Microcredit
The idea that giving small or “micro” loans to poor households in developing countries could help them escape poverty by starting or growing their own businesses, was once considered so compelling that...
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Why is labor mobility in India so low?
Migration from rural areas of India to the city is surprisingly low compared with other large developing countries, leaving higher paying job opportunities unexploited. This research shows that...
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Designing tax policy in high-evasion economies
Developing economies are typically characterized by low tax revenue and widespread tax evasion. This research shows that in such environments, it can be better to tax firms based on turnover rather...
View ArticleImpact of incentives on tax collectors and taxpayers
Tax collectors in developing countries collect far less tax revenue as a share of gross domestic product than tax collectors in higher income countries. In many of these developing countries, tax...
View ArticleEconomic benefits of transportation infrastructure: historical evidence from...
Dave Donaldson is an empirical trade economist and recipient of the 2017 John Bates Clark Medal. His research examines the intersection of international trade and development economics. Donaldson’s...
View ArticleAbsolute poverty: when necessity displaces desire
How many poor people are there in the world? Where are they located? Are economic development and globalisation increasing or decreasing their number? If so, which countries have been most affected?...
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Cultural proximity and loans
In many, many cases, people have a preference for working and doing business with those who share the same religious beliefs, come from the same geographic region, or have something else in common. If...
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Growth and well-being: policy should not be based on GDP alone
Economists are often accused of focusing excessively on GDP, with the result that government policies make GDP a priority to the detriment of other contributors to well-being. This research proposes a...
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Tax evasion and inequality
How widespread is tax evasion – and what does that imply for the true extent of inequality? This research explores these questions by analyzing a unique dataset of leaked customer lists from offshore...
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