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Working Papers

2013

1. Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2013)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013)

2012

2. Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
   Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2012) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2012) View citations (1)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (1)
3. Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2012) View citations (4)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2012) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (4)

2010

4. Crop price indemnified loans for farmers
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

2006

5. The Return to Capital in Ghana
   Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (22)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)

2005

6. Institutions and Development:A View from Below
   Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (17)
7. Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries
   Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (27)
   See also Chapter (2007)
8. The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana
   Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (50)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2008)

2004

9. Child Labor
   Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2003) View citations (3)
10. Consumption Smoothing? Livestock, Insurance and Drought in Rural Burkina Faso
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2006)
11. Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Cote D'Ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management View citations (26)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (21)
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2003) View citations (8)
12. Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (13)
    Also in Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (2000) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2010)
13. Social Networks in Ghana
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (12)

2000

14. Saving in Sub-Saharan Africa
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (2)

1995

15. Gender differentials in farm productivity
    FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (4)

1991

16. A Competitive Analysis of Rural Credit: State-Contingent Loans in Northern Nigeria
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (3)
17. Risk, Insurance and Default in a Rural Credit Market: An Empirical Investigation in Northern Nigeria
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (2)

Undated

18. Drought and Saving in West Africa: Are Livestock a Buffer Stock?
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (1998)
19. Estimation of Type 3 Tobit Models using Symmetric Trimming and Pairwise Comparisons
    Home Pages, Princeton University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (1997)

Journal Articles

2011

1. Crop Price Indemnified Loans for Farmers: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2011, 78, (1), 37-55
2. Esther Duflo: 2010 John Bates Clark Medalist
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (3), 197-216

2010

3. Creating Property Rights: Land Banks in Ghana
   American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 130-34
4. Learning about a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana
   American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (1), 35-69 View citations (47)
   Also in Proceedings, 2005 (2005) View citations (92)
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2008

5. The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana
   Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 116, (6), 981-1022 View citations (42)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

6. Consumption smoothing? Livestock, insurance and drought in rural Burkina Faso
   Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 79, (2), 413-446 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper (2004)
7. The Return to Capital in Ghana
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 388-393 View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2003

8. Fieldwork, Economic Theory, and Research on Institutions in Developing Countries
   American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 107-111 View citations (4)

2001

9. Social Learning Through Networks: The Adoption of New Agricultural Technologies in Ghana
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, 83, (3), 668-673 View citations (48)

1998

10. Drought and saving in West Africa: are livestock a buffer stock?
    Journal of Development Economics, 1998, 55, (2), 273-305 View citations (131)
    See also Working Paper

1997

11. Estimation of Type 3 Tobit models using symmetric trimming and pairwise comparisons
    Journal of Econometrics, 1997, 76, (1-2), 107-128 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper
12. Financial Liberalisation and Financial Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthesis
    Journal of African Economies, 1997, 6, (1), 1-28 View citations (2)
13. Rationing, Spillover, and Interlinking in Credit Markets: The Case of Rural Punjab
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1997, 49, (4), 557-85 View citations (24)
14. Recent Advances in Empirical Microeconomic Research in Poor Countries: An Annotated Bibliography
    Journal of Economic Education, 1997, 28, (1), 58-75 View citations (1)
15. The Characteristics of Informal Financial Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Journal of African Economies, 1997, 6, (1), 161-203 View citations (8)

1996

16. Gender, Agricultural Production, and the Theory of the Household
    Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (5), 1010-46 View citations (134)

1995

17. Gender differentials in farm productivity: implications for household efficiency and agricultural policy
    Food Policy, 1995, 20, (5), 407-423 View citations (30)
18. Risk and Saving in Northern Nigeria
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (5), 1287-1300 View citations (61)

1994

19. Risk and Insurance in a Rural Credit Market: An Empirical Investigation in Northern Nigeria
    Review of Economic Studies, 1994, 61, (3), 495-526 View citations (167)

1990

20. Credit Markets in Northern Nigeria: Credit as Insurance in a Rural Economy
    World Bank Economic Review, 1990, 4, (3), 251-69 View citations (64)

Books

2000

1. Readings in Development Economics, Volume I: Micro-Theory, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (1)
2. Readings in Development Economics, Volume II: Empirical Microeconomics, vol 2
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press
   Also in MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2000)

1999

3. Development Microeconomics
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (54)

Chapters

2007

1. Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries
   Elsevier View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper (2005)