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ResearchInterests: Informal Insurance, Safety Net, Risk-sharing Networks; Group formation; Inequality; Labor and credit contracts; Coercion.
Working Papers:
“Mobility and Aspirations,” with Debraj Ray, work in progress.
“Group Formation and Risk Pooling in a Field Experiment,” with Abigail Barr, Orazio Attanasio, Juan Camilo Cardenas and Costas Meghir, work in progress.
“Public Good Provision with Intermediaries,” with Francis Bloch, work in progress.
“Inequality and Risk-Sharing Arrangements,” working paper.
Published and Forthcoming Papers:
“An Experimental Test of Risk-Sharing Without Commitment,” with Gary Charness, Economic Journal, forthcoming.
“Risk Pooling, Commitment and Information: An Experimental Test,” with Abigail Barr, Journal of the European Economic Association 6(6): 1151–1185, December 2008.
“Informal Insurance in Social Networks,” with Francis Bloch and Debraj Ray, Journal of Economic Theory 143(1), 36-58, November 2008.
"Child Bonded Labor" entry for the Child Labor World Atlas, Hugh Hindman ed., ME Sharpe, forthcoming 2008.
“Reciprocity in Groups and the Limits to Social Capital,” with Francis Bloch and Debraj Ray, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2007.
“Contracts and Externalities: How Things Fall Apart,” with Debraj Ray, Journal of Economic Theory 131(1), pp 71-100, November 2006.
“Bargaining Power and Enforcement in Credit Markets” with Debraj Ray, Journal of Development Economics 79(2), pp 398-412, April 2006.
“Malnutrition and Child Labor,” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 107 (1), pp 83-102, March 2005.
“Informal Insurance, Enforcement Constraints, and Group Formation,” with Debraj Ray, in Group Formation in Economics: Networks, Clubs, and Coalitions, edited by Gabrielle Demange and Myrna Wooders, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2005.
“Endogenous Group Formation in Risk-Sharing Arrangements,” with Debraj Ray, Review of Economic Studies 70 (1), January 2003. For a conjecture related to the paper, click here. For robustness checks of Example 2, click here.
“Demand Elasticities for Health Service Providers in Tanzania,” with D. Sahn and S. Younger, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 65(2), pp 241-260, May 2003.
“Investing in Conflict Management,” (+ Figures) with S. Skaperdas, Journal of Conflict Resolution 46 (1), February 2002.
“Bonded Labor and Serfdom: A Paradox of Voluntary Choice,” Journal of Development Economics 67 (1), 101-127, February 2002.
“Minimum Wage Laws and Unemployment Benefits when Labor Supply is a Household Decision,” with K. Basu and J.E. Stiglitz,in Markets and Government, Oxford University Press 2002.
“Unemployment and Wage Rigidities when Labor Supply is a Household Decision,” (+ Figures) with K. Basu and J.E. Stiglitz, World Bank working paper, 1999.
“Foreign Direct Investment Incentive Competition: A Theoretical Framework,” World Bank, 1997.
“Equivalence Scales and Family Allowances,” with F. Foidart and P. Pestieau, Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles 155, 3ème trimestre 1997.
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Cornell University, June 1999
Master in Economics, Cornell University, June 1997
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Université de Liège, Belgium, 1995
TeachingAssociate Professor, Georgetown University, 2007-presentAssistant Professor, Georgetown University, 2003-2007Assistant Professor, University of California at Irvine, 1999-2003Visiting Assistant Professor in Economics, M.I.T., Spring 2007Visiting Assistant Professor in Economics, University College London, Spring 2003Visiting Assistant Professor in Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2001-2002Visiting Assistant Professor in Economics, New York University, Summer 2000 and 2002Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program (C.F.N.P.P.) 1996-98: Research Assistant.World Bank 1997: Summer Intern, to study incentive competition among countries for Foreign Direct Investments.Central Bank of Belgium, Operations in Foreign Currencies 1996: Summer Intern.University of Liege: Teaching Assistant for Intermediate Microeconomics Springs 1994 and 1995; Teaching Assistant for Intermediate Macroeconomics Fall 1995; Research Assistant for Economic History Fall 1994
Seminar& Conference PresentationMIT, the Foundations of Development Policy, Spring 2007Microeconomics Workshop, Fall 2005 & Spring 2006Georgetown University: Development Economics (MSFS), Spring 2004, 2005 and 2006Georgetown University: Development Economics (Graduate), Fall 2003 and 2006Georgetown University: Development Economics (Undergraduate), Fall 2003, 2005 and 2006UC Irvine: Decision Under Risk & Uncertainty, (Undergraduate), Winter 2003UC Irvine: Development Economics (Graduate), Winter 2003Princeton University: WWS 562b & c: Economic Analysis of Development (basic and advanced), Spring 2002Princeton University: Undergraduate Development Economics, Fall 2001UC Irvine: Undergraduate Development Economics, Spring 2000, Winter 2001 & Winter 2003UC Irvine: Graduate Contract Theory, Spring 2000 & Winter 2001UC Irvine: Intermediate Microeconomics, Falls 1999 and 2000UC Irvine: Honors Intermediate Microeconomics, Falls 1999 and 2000
Cornell University, ITAM,University of Montreal, Concordia University, University of Quebec inMontreal, the Tinbergen Institute, the research group of the World Bank,Southern Methodist University, University of Toronto, University ofSouthern California, Delta/Inra (Paris), University of Chicago,Princeton University, University of California Santa Barbara, Universityof California Berkeley, Cornell University, Institute of Advanced Study,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ECARE(Brussels), CaltechUniversity, Georgetown University, Penn State University, CornellUniversity, Oxford University, ZEI(Bonn), Yale University, World Bank,Princeton University, Boston University, George Washington University,Ohio State University, University of Virginia, London School ofEconomics/University College London, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona,Essex University, IDB, University of Maryland (agricultural economics), the Center for Global Development, Edinburgh University, George Washington University, Boston University, MIT, Georgetown University, Development Research Group of the World Bank, University of Maryland.
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