Discussion paper DP9100 Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development Christopher Udry Dean Karlan 26 Aug 2012 Business training; Consulting Credit constraints entrepreneurship Managerial capital Development Economics Z D21 D24 D83 D92 L20 M13
Discussion paper DP8166 The Evaluation of Citation Distributions Javier Ruiz-Castillo 1 Dec 2010 Research performance Citation analysis Welfare economics Power laws Industrial Organization Z A11 A12 D60 I32
Discussion paper DP8086 Absorbing A Windfall of Foreign Exchange: Dutch disease dynamics Frederick van der Ploeg Anthony Venables 31 Oct 2010 Absorptive capacity Absorption constraints Windfall Aid Natural resources Dutch disease International Trade and Regional Economics Z E21 E22 F10 F35 H63 O16 Q33
Discussion paper DP7709 Skilled Immigration and Innovation: Evidence from Enrollment Fluctuations in U.S. Doctoral Programs Keith Maskus Eric T. Stuen 21 Feb 2010 Foreign graduate students High-skilled immigration Immigration Innovation Visa policy Development Economics Z P33
Discussion paper DP7055 Do Temporary Contracts Affect TFP? Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing Firms Juan Dolado Rodolfo Stucchi 23 Nov 2008 Temporary workers Workers' effort Firms' tfp Labour Economics Z C14 C52 D24 J24
Discussion paper DP6154 Public Action for Public Goods Abhijit Banerjee Rohini Somanathan Lakshmi Iyer 2 Mar 2007 Collective action Public goods Development Economics Z H41
Discussion paper DP5208 Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Paragons or Parasites? YIshay Yafeh Tarun Khanna 23 Sep 2005 Business groups Emerging markets Financial Economics Z G15 G3 G32 L1
Discussion paper DP2721 The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India Tim Besley 27 Mar 2001 Government responsiveness Mass media Newspapers Political economy Political agency Political accountability Social protection Disaster relief Public food distribution Public Economics Z D72 H11 H41 I38 P26
Discussion paper DP1539 Competition between Intermediated and Direct Trade and the Timing of Disintermediation John Fingleton 20 Dec 1996 Disintermediation Intermediation Middleman Industrial Organization Z C78 D49
Discussion paper DP981 The Causes of Post-War Slumps and Miracles. An Evaluation of Olsonian Views on German Economic Performance in the 1920s and the 1950s Karl-Heinz Paqué 30 Jul 1994 Collective bargaining German economic history Institutions and growth Theory of collective action Trade unions Z F43 J51 N14 N34 O52
Discussion paper DP628 The Political Economy of Transition in the Soviet Union Gerard Roland 29 Jan 1992 Political economy Soviet union Transition International Macroeconomics Z E
Discussion paper DP614 Human Capital, Investment and Migration in an Integrated Europe Charles Wyplosz Michael Burda 30 Dec 1991 Aggregate supply Eastern europe investment Migration International Macroeconomics Z F22 J61
