This dissertation examines some of the distinctive features of business taxation in middle-income countries. Chapter 1 studies the role of firms acting as tax collectors …
This dissertation explores topics in applied microeconomics with a particular focus on policy issues. The first chapter explores racial bias in the referral patterns of …
This dissertation studies three different topics, all of which are relevant to health economics. Chapter 1 studies how home pregnancy tests give early fertility information …
This dissertation contains three chapters. In the first chapter, I study the effect of a seven-minute face-to-face conversation on trust and other-regarding preferences. I find …
This dissertation explores the employment and welfare effects of social insurance programs and government interventions aimed at reducing inequalities, focusing on individuals' and firms' behavioral …
This dissertation explores topics in the fields of industrial organization and public economics. The first chapter investigates the role of pre-purchase information in the market …
This dissertation explores the long-term consequences of two distinct forms of public investments made during childhood. In the first chapter I study how a shock …
This dissertation is composed of three self contained chapters, exploring topics in the Economics and Econometrics of Information. The first chapter is motivated by the …
Africa is currently at a crossroads. Its fast economic development is being threatened by escalating conflict, which has not only affected the stability of the …
The dissertation looks at political economy broadly through three different lenses. Chapter 1 studies the consequences of immigrant enfranchisement by exploiting Romania's accession to the …
This dissertation presents three applied microeconomics papers on topics relevant to development. In Chapter 1, I study the historical 1917 Halifax Explosion and reconstruction to …
