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Working Papers

2018

1. A Policy of Credit Disruption: The Punjab Land Alienation Act of 1900
   Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College

2010

2. Antiretroviral Therapy and Demand for HIV Testing: Evidence from Zambia
   Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (6)
3. Commitment and Conquest: The Case of British Rule in India
   Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College
   Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College (2010)
   School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy (2009)
4. Land and Law in Colonial India
   Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College
   Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College (2010)
5. Tax Preferences for Higher Education and Adult College Enrollment
   Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (3)

2007

6. Only Twice As Much: A Rule for Regulating Lenders
   Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College
   Also in Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College (2007)
   See also Journal Article Only Twice as Much: A Rule for Regulating Lenders, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

2006

7. Contracts, Hold-Up, and Exports: Textiles and Opium in Colonial India
   Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)
   Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College (2006) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Contracts, Hold-Up, and Exports: Textiles and Opium in Colonial India, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (23) (2008)

2000

8. Gender and Corruption
   Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (10)
   Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College (2000) View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Gender and corruption, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (366) (2001)
9. Taxation by Auction: Fund-Raising by 19th Century Indian Guilds
   Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College
   Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College (2000)
   See also Journal Article Taxation by auction: fund raising by 19th century Indian guilds, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2004) (2004)

Journal Articles

2012

1. How India Clothed the World: The World of South Asian Textiles, 1500–1850. Edited by Giorgio Riello and Tirthankar Roy. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2009. Pp.xxxiv, 489. $188.00, hardcover
   The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (1), 286-287
2. Myopia or strategic behavior? Indian regimes and the East India Company in late eighteenth century India
   Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (3), 352-366 View citations (2)

2010

3. Only Twice as Much: A Rule for Regulating Lenders
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 58, (4), 775-803 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Only Twice As Much: A Rule for Regulating Lenders, Department of Economics Working Papers (2007) (2007)

2008

4. Contracts, Hold-Up, and Exports: Textiles and Opium in Colonial India
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (3), 967-89 View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper Contracts, Hold-Up, and Exports: Textiles and Opium in Colonial India, Center for Development Economics (2006) View citations (1) (2006)

2004

5. Taxation by auction: fund raising by 19th century Indian guilds
   Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 74, (2), 411-428
   See also Working Paper Taxation by Auction: Fund-Raising by 19th Century Indian Guilds, Center for Development Economics (2000) (2000)

2002

6. Estimating the Contributions of Capital and Labor to GDP: An Instrumental Variable Approach
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2002, 50, (3), 693-708 View citations (1)
7. Social Capital, Household Welfare and Poverty in Burkina Faso
   Journal of African Economies, 2002, 11, (1), 4-38 View citations (47)

2001

8. Gender and corruption
   Journal of Development Economics, 2001, 64, (1), 25-55 View citations (366)
   See also Working Paper Gender and Corruption, Center for Development Economics (2000) View citations (10) (2000)

2000

9. Governance and Growth: A Simple Hypothesis Explaining Cross-Country Differences in Productivity Growth
   Public Choice, 2000, 102, (3-4), 341-64 View citations (163)

1999

10. Explaining Ethnic Differentials in Credit Market Outcomes in Zimbabwe
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1999, 47, (3), 585-604 View citations (22)
11. The hazards of piecemeal reform: british civil courts and the credit market in colonial India
    Journal of Development Economics, 1999, 58, (1), 1-24 View citations (54)

1998

12. Factor markets and resource allocation in colonial Punjab
    Journal of Development Studies, 1998, 34, (3), 97-115 View citations (1)

1997

13. A simple test of the nutrition-based efficiency wage model
    Journal of Development Economics, 1997, 53, (1), 85-98 View citations (25)

1996

14. Asia And Australia - Agricultural Production and Indian History. Edited by David Ludden. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. viii, 382. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1996, 56, (4), 948-949
15. Essays in Indian History: Towards a Marxist Perception. By Irfan Habib. New Delhi: Tulika, 1995, Pp. x, 389
    The Journal of Economic History, 1996, 56, (4), 949-950