This a paper about the role of lawyers in small towns in India as the intermediary agents of large corporations. They help resolve disputes among farmers with small land holdings and also negotiate with them to purchase and aggregate a valuable asset i.e., land, for these corporations to expand...

Extralegal and rebel organizations often extort civilians to raise funds for their operations. A key issue in this process is overcoming informational asymmetries regarding extortionists' membership in the extralegal organization. In this paper, I examine how victims determine if an extortionist...