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Can Institutions be Reformed from Within? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with the Rajasthan Police
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra; Duflo, Esther - eSocialSciences - 2012
be reformed through incremental administrative change. The police department of the state of Rajasthan, India …-scale public opinion and crime victimization survey—the first of its kind in India. [BREAD Working Paper No. 324]. URL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651096
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History Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India
Banerjee, Abhijit; Iyer, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper analyze the colonial institutions set up by the British to collect land revenue in India, and show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455419
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Do Firms Want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Constraints Using a Directed Lending Program
Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
substitute for other borrowing. We then apply this methodology to firms in India that became eligible for directed credit as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662240
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Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit; Ghatak, Maitreesh; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper studies the role played by caste, education and other social and economic attributes in arranged marriages among middle-class Indians. A unique data set on individuals who placed matrimonial advertisements in a major newspaper, the responses they received, how they ranked them, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967085
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Parochial Politics: Ethnic Preferences and Politician Corruption
Banerjee, Abhijit; Pande, Rohini - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
politician corruption that we conducted in North India is remarkably consistent with our theoretical predictions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123795
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Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India
Banerjee, Abhijit; Cole, Shawn; Duflo, Esther; Linden, Leigh - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
the results of two experiments conducted in Mumbai and Vadodara, India, designed to evaluate ways to improve the quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123906
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Can Institutions Be Reformed from Within? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with the Rajasthan Police
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra; Duflo, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
be reformed through incremental administrative change. The police department of the state of Rajasthan, India …-scale public opinion and crime victimization survey--the first of its kind in India. The results illustrate that two of the reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084513
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On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China
Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Qian, Nancy - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652075
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A DSGE Model of China
Dai, Li; Minford, Patrick; Zhou, Peng - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We use available methods for testing macro models to evaluate a model of China over the period from Deng Xiaoping …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083573
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Banking and the Macroeconomy in China: A Banking Crisis Deferred?
Le, Vo Phuong Mai; Matthews, Kent; Meenagh, David; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
finds that the main shocks hitting China in the crisis were international and that domestic banking shocks were unimportant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084147