This dissertation examines several standard testing problems under the nonstandard condition that the true parameter vector is near or at the boundary of the parameter …
This dissertation studies economic inequality through the lens of intergenerational mobility and tax evasion. The first two chapters investigate intergenerational mobility in Sweden and the …
This dissertation is composed of three essays on intergenerational transmission of inequality emphasizing the role of human capital at birth. Chapter 1 examines the role …
I study experimentally (1) the impacts of the framing of redistribution policy and past wages on individuals' work effort decisions and (2) the effect of …
In this dissertation, I explain how socially desirable outcomes can be realized in the presence of incomplete information scenarios, through the design of a robust …
This dissertation studies the effects of minimum wages and hiring tax credits in different settings. Chapter 1 studies the effect of changes in city minimum …
This dissertation is comprised of the following three chapters: (1) "Causality and Markovianity: Information Theoretic Measures" (joint work with Eric Renault), my job market paper …
This dissertation examines how environment and history shape the contemporary economic preference and behavior of people across the Globe. Chapter 1 explores the origins of …
In this dissertation, I investigate the core with asymmetric information (Chapters 2 and 3) and the Shapely value with externalities (Chapter 4). In Chapter 2 …
This dissertation examines the influence of Medicare's reimbursement structure on the observed behavior of healthcare providers. Specifically, it studies how hospitals respond to Medicare's disjointed …
This dissertation provides three empirical essays on contemporary China's development. It deals with the institutional reform, organization and finance of industrial enterprises in contemporary China …
This dissertation investigates the interaction between politics and the media with a focus on aspects of competition. The first chapter examines the effect of electoral …
This dissertation consists of three essays that examine the relative merits of private and public provision of natural and human resources in India. The first …
It is well documented that nursing homes are importantly segregated by race and that there are significant differences in the relative quality of nursing homes …
The struggle for economic resources and political power has played a key role in human history. Political institutions and the distribution of economic resources define …
This dissertation offers insight into the effect of regulation on various aspects of growth and development. Exploiting plausibly exogenous variation generated by deregulatory events, I …
This dissertation consists of three papers. In the first paper, I study the socioeconomic consequences of adherence to the Pentecostal movement in Brazil, using exposure …
This dissertation shows how mobile phone data can be used in order to study the consequences of short term population movement. All three chapters use …
I study the effect of formal rules on individual behavior and social norms using lab-in-the-field and lab experiments. I use dictator games in my experiments …
