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Three Field Experiments in Development Economics.
(2014)
In the first chapter of this dissertation, I study the introduction of a bonus scheme with lottery payoffs at a large agricultural firm in Malawi. The “lottery bonus” was motivated by evidence from lab studies and by real ...
Firms, Destinations, and Aggregate Fluctuations
(Blackwell Publishing LtdWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2014-07)
Three Essays in Health and Development.
(2015)
The quality of healthcare is low in developing countries. In this dissertation, I examine two different proposals to improve healthcare quality: improve customer information regarding healthcare choices, or enroll individuals ...
Essays in International Economics.
(2016)
This dissertation analyzes how trade openness affects a country’s set of policy instruments in times of economic crises. Exploiting variations across Estonian firms trading with different mar- kets, the first chapter shows ...
Essays on Dynamic Structural Models for Employment and Organization.
(2014)
A household or an organization’s environment establishes the structure for how decisions are made, this means that the environment can influence happiness or success over time. The studies comprising this dissertation ...
Under the radar: How firms manage competitive uncertainty by appointing friends of other chief executive officers to their boards
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2019-01)
League‐Level Attendance And Outcome Uncertainty In U.S. Pro Sports Leagues
(Blackwell Publishing LtdWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2014-01)
Essays on Information Asymmetries in Lending.
(2015)
I study information asymmetries in loan underwriting. In the first chapter, I develop a model of how loan officers interpret and use soft information in making decisions about the size of loans they give to applicants. The ...