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74 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17555
Diffusion in Social Networks: Experimental Evidence on Information Sharing vs Persuasion
Marcel Fafchamps, Asadul Islam, Debayan Pakrashi, Denni Tommasi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17150
Financial Inclusion and Threshold Effects in Carbon Emissions
Nidhaleddine Ben Cheikh, Christophe Rault
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16451
Too Fast, Too Furious? Digital Credit Delivery Speed and Repayment Rates
Alfredo Burlando, Michael A. Kuhn, Silvia Prina
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 174, 103427
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16304
Can a Mobile-App-Based Behavioral Intervention Teach Financial Skills to Youth? Experimental Evidence from a Financial Diaries Study
Veronica Frisancho, Alejandro Herrera, Silvia Prina
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 214, 595- 614
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16303
The Interplay among Savings Accounts and Network-Based Financial Arrangements: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Margherita Comola, Silvia Prina
published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (649), 516 - 535
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16131
How Do Political Connections of Firms Matter during an Economic Crisis?
Yutong Chen, Gaurav Chiplunkar, Sheetal Sekhri, Anirban Sen, Aaditeshwar Seth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16101
Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente
published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 29 May 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16056
Downward Revision of Investment Decisions after Corporate Tax Hikes
Sebastian Link, Manuel Menkhoff, Andreas Peichl, Paul Schüle
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (4), 194 - 222
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15680
The Effect of Firm-Level Investment on Inequality and Poverty around the World
Mehmet S. Tosun, Ethan D. Watson, Serhat Yildiz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15440
Finance, Informal Competition, and Expectations: A Firm-Level Analysis
Emanuele Brancati, Michele Di Maio, Aminur Rahman
published in: World Development, 2024, 173, 106408
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15207
Relationship between the Real Estate Sector and the Stock Market in Chinese Provinces
Zeyu Di, Almas Heshmati, Sijia Liu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14781
Closing the Gender Profit Gap?
Catia Batista, Sandra Sequeira, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: Management Science, 2022, 68 (12), 8515 - 9218,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14477
Liquidity or Capital? The Impacts of Easing Credit Constraints in Rural Mexico
Gabriela Aparicio, Vida Bobic, Fernando De Olloqui, María Carmen, María Carmen Fernández Diez, Maria Paula Gerardino, Oscar A. Mitnik, Sebastian Vargas Macedo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14051
Temporary International Migration, Shocks and Informal Insurance: Analysis Using Panel Data
Tanika Chakraborty, Manish Pandey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13891
The Gender of Debt and Credit: Insights from Rural Tamil Nadu
Isabelle Guérin, Christophe Jalil Nordman, Elena Reboul
published in: World Development, 2021, 146, 105363
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13410
The Effects of EU-Funded Enterprise Grants on Firms and Workers
Balázs Muraközy, Álmos Telegdy
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51 (1), 216-234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13081
Do Public Program Benefits Crowd Out Private Transfers in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence
Plamen Nikolov, Matthew Bonci
published in: World Development, 2020, 134, 104967
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12934
Adopting Mobile Money: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural Africa
Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2020, 110, 594 - 598
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12626
Time Delay and Investment Decisions: Evidence from an Experiment in Tanzania
Plamen Nikolov
published in: Economics Bulletin, 2018, 38 (2), 1124-1137.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12532
Do Private Household Transfers to the Elderly Respond to Public Pension Benefits? Evidence from Rural China
Plamen Nikolov, Alan Adelman
published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, 100204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12514
The Effects of Access to Credit on Productivity: Separating Technological Changes from Changes in Technical Efficiency
Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Plamen Nikolov, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Subal C. Kumbhakar
published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2019, 52 (1-3), 37-55
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12161
Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?
Mahmoud Arayssi, Ali Fakih, Nathir Haimoun
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26 (19), 1579-1585
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12095
Measuring the Spatial Misallocation of Labor: The Returns to India-Gulf Guest Work in a Natural Experiment
Michael A. Clemens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11517
Are Rushed Privatizations Substandard? Analyzing Firm-Level Privatization under Fiscal Pressure
Jan Hagemeier, Jan Svejnar, Joanna Tyrowicz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11149
Inequality, Good Governance and Endemic Corruption
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2019, 26, 999 - 1017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11061
Testing for Repugnance in Economic Transactions: Evidence from Guest Work in the Gulf
Michael A. Clemens
published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2018, 47 (S1), S5 - S44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10983
Does Reminding of Behavioural Biases Increase Returns from Financial Trading? A Field Experiment
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia, Fabio Piluso
published in:International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2020, 12 (2),1-22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10965
Returns to Islamic Microfinance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Pakistan
Maazullah, Arjun S. Bedi
published as 'Returns to Interest-free Microcredit: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Pakistan' in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2022, 14 (2), 93 - 107
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10520
Pledging, Praising and Shaming: Experimental Labour Markets in Ghana
Elwyn Davies, Marcel Fafchamps
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10099
'Even' After Access to Financial Services? Ricocheting Gender Equations
Shoba Arun, Samuel Annim, Thankom Gopinath Arun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9992
How Successful Are Banking Sector Reforms in Emerging Market Economies? Evidence from Impact of Monetary Policy on Levels and Structures of Firm Debt in India
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ali M. Kutan, Sudipa Majumdar
published in: European Journal of Finance, 2018, 24 (12), 1047 - 1062
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9340
Remittances and Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal
Linguère Mously Mbaye
revised version published as 'Remittances and rural credit markets: Evidence from Senegal' in:Review of Development Economic, 2021, 25 (1), 183 - 199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9259
Does Foreign Entry Spur Innovation?
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9026
Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country
Michael Berlemann, Max F. Steinhardt, Jascha Tutt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8772
Institutions and Development in MENA Region: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector
Mahmoud Arayssi, Ali Fakih
published in: International Journal of Social Economics, 2015, 42 (8), 717-732
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8657
Seasonal Credit Constraints and Agricultural Labor Supply: Evidence from Zambia
Günther Fink, Kelsey Jack, Felix Masiye
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8641
Do Interventions Change the Network? A Panel Peer-Effect Model Accounting for Endogenous Network Changes
Margherita Comola, Silvia Prina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7824
When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell
published in : Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42(4), 954-969
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7687
Usage of Financial Services in South Africa: Perceptions Matter
Philip Kostov, Thankom Gopinath Arun, Samuel Annim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7517
Braving the Waves: The Role of Time and Risk Preferences in Illegal Migration from Senegal
Jean-Louis Arcand, Linguère Mously Mbaye
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7333
Entrepreneurship Programs in Developing Countries: A Meta Regression Analysis
Yoon Y. Cho, Maddalena Honorati
published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 28, 110-130
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7223
China's High Saving Puzzle
Guonan Ma, Dennis T. Yang
published in: Shenggen Fan, Ravi Kanbur, Shnag-Yin Wei and Xiaobo Zhang (eds): Oxford Companion to the Economics of China, 2014, 190-193
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7042
Effect of Perceptions and Behaviour on Access to and Use of Financial Service: Evidence from South Africa
Samuel Annim, Thankom Gopinath Arun, Philip Kostov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6979
Loan Regulation and Child Labor in Rural India
Basab Dasgupta, Christian Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6964
Aggregate Savings and External Imbalances in China
Dennis T. Yang
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012, 26 (4), 125–146.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6653
Does It Pay to Be a Cadre? Estimating the Returns to Being a Local Official in Rural China
Jian Zhang, John T. Giles, Scott Rozelle
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40 (3), 337-356
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6594
Monitoring Costs, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship
Sanjay Banerji, Rajesh S.N. Raj, Kunal Sen
published in: Manchester School, 2016, 84 (5), 573 - 599
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6311
Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence on Self-Help Groups and Peer Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device
Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier, Dina Pomeranz
revised version published as 'Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 133, 275-294.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6024
Should Easier Access to International Credit Replace Foreign Aid?
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Sajal Lahiri, Javed Younas
revised version published as 'Financing Growth Through Foreign Aid and Private Foreign Loans: Nonlinearities and Complementarities' in: Journal of International Money and Finance, 2015, 56, 75-96
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5767
Why Use ROSCAs When You Can Use Banks? Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia
Abbi M. Kedir, Richard Disney, Indraneel Dasgupta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5427
Enrolment in Micro Life and Health Insurance: Evidences from Sri Lanka
Mirko Bendig, Thankom Gopinath Arun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5174
Risk Management among the Poor: The Case of Microfinancial Services
Thankom Gopinath Arun, Mirko Bendig
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4834
Excess Leverage and Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies: Is There A Threshold Effect?
Fabrizio Coricelli, Nigel Driffield, Sarmistha Pal, Isabelle Roland
revised version published as 'When does leverage hurt productivity growth? A firm-level analysis' in: Journal of International Money and Finance, 2012, 31 (6), 1674-1694
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4786
Financial Constraints and Innovation: Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Monika Schnitzer
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(5), 1115-1152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4609
Financial Dependence, Formal Credit, and Informal Jobs: New Evidence from Brazilian Household Data
Luis A. V. Catão, Carmen Pagés, Maria Fernanda Rosales
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4577
Do Institutions Have a Greater Effect on Female Entrepreneurs?
Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz
published as 'Institutions and female entrepreneurship' in: Small Business Economics, 2011, 37 (4), 397-415
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3933
Small Business Economics of the Lakota Fund on the Native American Indian Reservation
David A. Benson, Aaron Lies, Albert A. Okunade, Phanindra V. Wunnava
published in: Small Business Economics, 2011, 36 (2), 157-168
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3796
Financial Development and the Distribution of Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza, Felix Rioja
published in: Well-Being and Social Policy, 2009, 5 (1), 1-18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3758
Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Shwetlena Sabarwal, Katherine Terrell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3743
Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(3), 1-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3426
Evolution of Capital Structure in East Asia: Corporate Inertia or Endeavours?
Nigel Driffield, Sarmistha Pal
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (1), 1- 29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3393
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less
Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden, Maurice Schiff
published in: Annales d’Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 123-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3332
Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms: Evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America
Nauro F. Campos, Yuko Kinoshita
revised version published in: IMF Staff Papers, 2010, 57 (2), 326-365
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3299
Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell
published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2 (2), 194-226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3296
The Linkages between FDI and Domestic Investment: Unravelling the Developmental Impact of Foreign Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Leonce Ndikumana, Sher Verick
published in: Development Policy Review, 2008, 26 (6), 713-726
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3218
The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Flows to the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Almas Heshmati, Rhona Davis
published in: Heshmati, The Economy of Southern Kurdistan, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3191
Why Are Saving Rates of Urban Households in China Rising?
Marcos Chamon, Eswar Prasad
published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2 (1), 93-130
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3079
When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell
published in: Klaus Liebscher, Josef Christl, Peter Mooslechner (eds.), Foreign Direct Investment in Europe: A Changing Landscape, 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3059
Where Are the Real Bottlenecks? Evidence from 20,000 Firms in 60 Countries about the Shadow Costs of Constraints to Firm Performance
Wendy Carlin, Mark E Schaffer, Paul Seabright
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2160
Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth
Paola Giuliano, Marta Ruiz-Arranz
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 90 (1), 144-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1914
CEO Turnover, Firm Performance and Enterprise Reform in China: Evidence from New Micro Data
Takao Kato, Cheryl Long
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34 (4), 796 - 817
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1767
Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance in China: Evidence from Firms Listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges
Takao Kato, Cheryl Long
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 54 (4), 945-983
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1343
What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania
J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Dana Lup
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 54 (1), 33-70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 411
The Response of Consumption in Russian Households to Economic Shocks
Steven Stillman
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