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Essays on Local Economic Growth in India
(2013-10-18)
This dissertation explores how local circumstances affect local
Essays on Gender, Intra-Household Allocation and Development
(2014-06-06)
This dissertation studies gender, intra-household allocation and development. Industrialization and globalization has expanded opportunities for women in developing countries to work in manufacturing and service sector ...
Pushing a Troika of Development: Promoting Investment, Curbing Corruption, and Enhancing Public Good Provision
(2013-03-15)
In recent decades, a new direction of development economics has emerged, led by economists on a mission to improve the quality of life for citizens of developing countries through proven, cost-effective interventions. This ...
Essays in Development Economics and Political Economy
(2013-09-30)
Chapter 1 studies the electoral response to the Ghost Buildings program, a nationwide anti tax evasion policy in Italy which used innovative monitoring technologies to target buildings hidden from tax authorities. The ...