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Working Papers

2019

1. Fintech and Household Resilience to Shocks: Evidence from Digital Loans in Kenya
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)

2016

2. Borrowing Requirements, Credit Access, and Adverse Selection: Evidence from Kenya
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2012

3. Evaluating the efficacy of mass media and social marketing campaigns in changing consumer financial behavior
   Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (4)
4. State vs Consumer Regulation: An Evaluation of Two Road Safety Interventions in Kenya
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2011

5. Mobile Money: The Economics of M-PESA
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (132)

2009

6. Health investments and economic growth: macroeconomic evidence and microeconomic foundations
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (41)
7. Heckle and Chide: Results of a Randomized Road Safety Intervention in Kenya
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Heckle and Chide: Results of a randomized road safety intervention in Kenya, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (19) (2011)

2008

8. Adverse Selection and Career Outcomes in the Ethiopian Physician Labor Market
   Cahiers de recherche, CIRPEE View citations (2)

2005

9. Employee Cost-Sharing and the Welfare Effects of Flexible Spending Accounts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Employee cost-sharing and the welfare effects of flexible spending accounts, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2004

10. Dynamic Enfranchisement
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (15)
    Also in Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003) View citations (7)
    Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society (2004) View citations (2)
    Wallis Working Papers, University of Rochester - Wallis Institute of Political Economy (2003) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Dynamic enfranchisement, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (54) (2006)
11. Optimal risk adjustment in a model with adverse selection and spatial competition
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2003

12. Comparing the distortionary effects of alternative in-kind intergovernmental transfers
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
13. Financing Pharmaceutical Innovation: How Much Should Poor Countries Contribute?
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Financing Pharmaceutical Innovation: How Much Should Poor Countries Contribute?, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2005) View citations (10) (2005)
14. Financing Pharmaceutical Innovation: When Should Poor Countries Contribute?
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
15. Poverty Reduction Using Self-Interested Intermediaries: Implications for the Design of Inter-Governmental Transfers
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics
16. Redistributing to the sick: How should health expenditures be integrated into the tax system?
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
17. The Organization of Public Service Provision
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article The Organization of Public Service Provision, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2004) View citations (4) (2004)

2001

18. Public policy toward nongovernmental organizations in developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
19. Purchasing Health Care Services from Providers with Unknown Altruism
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Purchasing health care services from providers with unknown altruism, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2005) View citations (122) (2005)

2000

20. Decentralizing the provision of health services: an incomplete contracts approach
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
21. Health insurance reform in four Latin American countries: theory and practice
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)

1998

22. Controlling Risk Selction Incentives when Health Insurance Contracts are Endogenous
    Working Papers, Australian National University - Department of Economics View citations (3)
23. Equilibrium in Competitive Insurance Markets with Ex Ante Adverse Slection and Ex Post Moral Hazard
    Working Papers, Australian National University - Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Equilibrium in competitive insurance markets with ex ante adverse selection and ex post moral hazard, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (5) (2002)
24. Managing Competition in the Health Insurance Market
    Working Papers, Australian National University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
25. The Treatment of Financial Services Under a Broad-Based Consumption Tax
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (2)

1997

26. International Risk Sharing and Health Insurance Financing
    Working Papers, Australian National University - Department of Economics

1992

27. Power sharing and pollution control: coordinating policies among levels of government
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

1991

28. An Application of Optimal Tax Theory tot he Regulation of a Duopoly
    Working Papers, University of Sydney, School of Economics
29. POLLUTION CONTROL VERSUS ABATEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR TAXATION UNDER ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
    Working Papers, University of Sydney, School of Economics

Journal Articles

2013

1. Transaction Networks: Evidence from Mobile Money in Kenya
   American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 356-61 View citations (54)

2011

2. Heckle and Chide: Results of a randomized road safety intervention in Kenya
   Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (11), 1438-1446 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Heckle and Chide: Results of a Randomized Road Safety Intervention in Kenya, Working Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)

2010

3. Monetary theory and electronic money: reflections on the Kenyan experience
   Economic Quarterly, 2010, 96, (1Q), 83-122 View citations (24)

2008

4. CONDITIONING AID ON SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
   Economics and Politics, 2008, 20, (1), 125-140 View citations (2)

2007

5. Protecting the Vulnerable: the Tradeoff between Risk Reduction and Public Insurance
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2007, 21, (1), 73-91 View citations (5)

2006

6. Dynamic enfranchisement
   Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (4-5), 551-572 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper Dynamic Enfranchisement, 2004 Meeting Papers (2004) View citations (15) (2004)
7. Employee cost-sharing and the welfare effects of flexible spending accounts
   Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (12), 2285-2301 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Employee Cost-Sharing and the Welfare Effects of Flexible Spending Accounts, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (2) (2005)
8. Optimal risk adjustment with adverse selection and spatial competition
   Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (5), 908-926 View citations (26)
9. Social Conflict and Gradual Political Succession: An Illustrative Model
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (4), 703-725 View citations (8)

2005

10. Comparing the Distortionary Effects of Alternative Intergovernmental Transfers
    Public Finance Review, 2005, 33, (4), 488-505 View citations (1)
11. Financing Pharmaceutical Innovation: How Much Should Poor Countries Contribute?
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2005, 19, (1), 45-67 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Financing Pharmaceutical Innovation: How Much Should Poor Countries Contribute?, Working Papers (2003) View citations (7) (2003)
12. Purchasing health care services from providers with unknown altruism
    Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24, (1), 73-93 View citations (122)
    See also Working Paper Purchasing Health Care Services from Providers with Unknown Altruism, Working Papers (2001) View citations (9) (2001)

2004

13. Falling short of expectations: public health interventions in developing and transition economies
    Social Science & Medicine, 2004, 58, (2), 223-225 View citations (1)
14. The Organization of Public Service Provision
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2004, 6, (3), 409-425 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The Organization of Public Service Provision, Working Papers (2003) (2003)

2002

15. Designing incentives for rural health care providers in developing countries
    Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 69, (1), 297-303 View citations (4)
16. Equilibrium in competitive insurance markets with ex ante adverse selection and ex post moral hazard
    Journal of Public Economics, 2002, 84, (2), 251-278 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Equilibrium in Competitive Insurance Markets with Ex Ante Adverse Slection and Ex Post Moral Hazard, Working Papers (1998) (1998)
17. Public Intervention in Health Insurance Markets: Theory and Four Examples from Latin America
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2002, 17, (1), 67-88 View citations (1)

2001

18. Controlling selection incentives when health insurance contracts are endogenous
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 80, (1), 25-48 View citations (10)
19. The public economics of tuberculosis control
    Health Policy, 2001, 57, (2), 79-96 View citations (2)

2000

20. Public spending on health care: how are different criteria related? a second opinion
    Health Policy, 2000, 53, (1), 61-67 View citations (2)

1997

21. Welfare-Improving Health Expenditure Subsidies
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (1), 206-21 View citations (18)

1996

22. Production efficiency and the design of temporary investment incentives
    Journal of Public Economics, 1996, 61, (1), 87-106 View citations (3)

Books

2010

1. Incentives and Dynamics in the Ethiopian Health Worker Labor Market
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (4)

Chapters

2014

1. State versus Consumer Regulation: An Evaluation of Two Road Safety Interventions in Kenya
   A chapter in African Successes, Volume I: Government and Institutions, 2014, pp 307-330 View citations (1)