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The economic impact of schistosomiasis and the underlying tradeoffs between water resources development and public health concerns have …

We extend the celebrated Rothschild and Stiglitz (1970) definition of Mean-Preserving Spreads to a dynamic framework. We adapt the …

A portion of the economics literature has long debated about the relative importance of historical, institutional, geographical, and …

Using a unique dataset collected in 59 rural Gambian villages, we study how ethnic heterogeneity is related to the structure of four …

Stiglitz and Weiss (1981) credit rationing is embedded within rank dependent expected utility theory. Our results show that sufficient …

Using panel village census data from Senegal, we assess the impact of a decentralized agricultural development program—the Programme de …

This paper examines whether there is a threshold above which financial depth no longer has a positive effect on economic growth. We use …

This article estimates the causal impact of land mines on child health in Angola, controlling for conflict exposure. Our identification …

Using a simple experimental design, count data models and routinely collected administrative data from Senegalese health districts, …