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Three Misallocations
(2014)
I study three forms of misallocation that distort production and lower aggregate economic output. Imperfect markets and imperfect governance are hallmarks of a developing country. I assess whether the misallocation caused ...
Bank Competition: Measurement, Decision-Making, and Risk Profiles
(2015-01)
This paper investigates how competition impacts the future operating decisions and risk profile of banks. We construct a comprehensive, time-varying, bank-specific measure of a bank’s competitive environment (BCE) using ...
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN AFRICA: NEW EVIDENCE AND POLICIES FROM SWAZILAND
(2013-06-01)
Drawing on the 2007 and 2010 Swaziland Labor Force Surveys, this paper provides first systematic evidence on recent youth employment challenges in Swaziland, a small, land-locked, middle-income country with one of the ...
Organizational structure as a determinant of performance: Evidence from mutual funds
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012-06)
This article develops and tests a model of how organizational structure influences organizational performance. Organizational structure, conceptualized as the decision‐making structure among a group of individuals, is shown ...
Exceptional boards: Environmental experience and positive deviance from institutional norms
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2013-02)
Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics.
(2013)
My dissertation, Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics, provides an inter-disciplinary look at topics involving choice and welfare in economics.
In my first chapter, Growing Up in a Steel Town: Early-Life Exposure and ...
Where is the Hospitality in Your Library? (MAIUG Meeting 2013)
(2013-10-18)
In the library and information fields, we spend countless hours focusing on making our world a more self-service environment. While many patrons much prefer to work independently and easily find resources on their own, we ...
The Efficiency and Equity of the Tax and Transfer System in France
(2013-04-01)
Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ...