SSRN Global Poverty Research Lab, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Research Paper Series

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A Call for Structured Ethics Appendices in Social Science Papers

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 21-101

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Jan 2021

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Edward Asiedu, Dean Karlan, Monica Lambon-Quayefio and Christopher Udry

University of Ghana - Department of Finance, Northwestern University, University of Ghana and Northwestern University

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Consumer Protection for Financial Inclusion in Low and Middle Income Countries: Bridging Regulator and Academic Perspectives

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-110, Annual Review of Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2020

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Seth Garz, Xavier Giné, Dean Karlan, Rafe Mazer, Caitlin Sanford and Jonathan Zinman

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Northwestern University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Innovations for Poverty Action and Dartmouth College

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Does Lasting Behavior Change Require Knowledge Change? Evidence from Savings Interventions for Young Adults

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-109

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2021

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Samantha Horn, Julian Jamison, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman

Northwestern University, University of Exeter, Northwestern University and Dartmouth College

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Obtaining Externally Valid Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-108

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Sep 2020

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Vincent Armentano

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

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The Effects of Land Title Registration on Tenure Security, Investment and the Allocation of Productive Resources

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-107

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Sep 2020

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Andrew Agyei-Holmes, Niklas Buehren, Markus Goldstein, Robert Darko Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto and Christopher Udry

World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, University of Ghana - Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana - Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and Northwestern University

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Peers and Motivation at Work: Evidence from a Firm Experiment in Malawi

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-106

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2020

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Lasse Brune, Eric T. Chyn and Jason Kerwin

Northwestern University - Buffett Institute for Global Studies, University of Virginia - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Social Protection Amidst Social Upheaval: Examining the Impact of a Multi-Faceted Program for Ultra-Poor Households in Yemen

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-105

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2020

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Lasse Brune, Dean Karlan, Sikandra Kurdi and Christopher Udry

Northwestern University - Buffett Institute for Global Studies, Northwestern University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Northwestern University

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Does Poverty Change Labor Supply? Evidence from Multiple Income Effects and 115,579 Bags

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-104

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 May 2020

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Abhijit V. Banerjee, Dean Karlan, Hannah Trachtman and Christopher Udry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Yale University and Northwestern University

There are 3 versions of this paper

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How Political Insiders Lose Out When International Aid Underperforms: Evidence from a Participatory Development Experiment in Ghana

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-103

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 30 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2020

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Kate Baldwin, Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry and Ernest Appiah

Yale University, Northwestern University, Northwestern University and Pentecost University College

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Productivity and Health: Physical Activity as a Measure of Effort

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-101

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Feb 2020

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Oladele Akogun, Andrew Dillon, Jed Friedman, Ashesh Prasann and Pieter M. Serneels

Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)

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Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-102

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Feb 2020

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Seema Jayachandran

Northwestern University - Department of Economics

There are 5 versions of this paper

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Reconsidering the Market Size Effect in Innovation and Growth

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 19-106

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Jan 2020

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Hélène Latzer, Kiminori Matsuyama and Mathieu Parenti

Saint-Louis University, Brussels, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)

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Good Identification, Meet Good Data

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 19-105

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2020

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Andrew Dillon, Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry and Jonathan Zinman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Northwestern University and Dartmouth College

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Credit Building or Credit Crumbling? A Credit Builder Loan’s Effects on Consumer Behavior, Credit Scores and Their Predictive Power

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 19-104

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2020

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Jeremy Burke, Julian C. Jamison, Dean Karlan, Kata Mihaly and Jonathan Zinman

Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, RAND Corporation and Dartmouth College

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Assessing the Benefits of Long‐Run Weather Forecasting for the Rural Poor: Farmer Investments and Worker Migration in a Dynamic Equilibrium Model

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 19-102

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 23 May 2019

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Mark R. Rosenzweig and Christopher Udry

Yale University - Economic Growth Center and Northwestern University

There are 3 versions of this paper

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External Validity in a Stochastic World: Evidence from Low-Income Countries

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 19-101

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 23 May 2019

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Mark R. Rosenzweig and Christopher Udry

Yale University - Economic Growth Center and Northwestern University

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Heterogeneity, Measurement Error, and Misallocation: Evidence from African Agriculture

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-108

Number of pages: 101 Posted: 03 Jan 2019

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Douglas Gollin and Christopher Udry

Oxford Department of International Development and Northwestern University

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Reshaping Adolescents’ Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-07

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Dec 2018

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Diva Dhar, Tarun Jain and Seema Jayachandran

University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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Industrialization without Innovation

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-106

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2020

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Paula Bustos, Juan Manuel Castro-Vincenzi, Joan Monras and Jacopo Ponticelli

CREI; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Princeton University, Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

There are 3 versions of this paper

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How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 19-103

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2020

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Dean Karlan and John A. List

Northwestern University and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

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Dangers of a Double-Bottom Line: A Poverty Targeting Experiment Misses Both Targets

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-105

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2019

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Dean Karlan, Adam Osman and Jonathan Zinman

Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Dartmouth College

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Randomizing Religion: The Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-104, Yale ICF Working Paper No. 2018-06

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 26 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2020

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Gharad Bryan, James J. Choi and Dean Karlan

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Yale School of Management and Northwestern University

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Environmental Externalities and Free-Riding in the Household

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-116

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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B. Kelsey Jack, Seema Jayachandran and Sarojini Rao

Tufts University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago

There are 3 versions of this paper

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The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-Off

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-115

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian and Yang Yao

Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics and Peking University

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The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-114

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian

University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Department of Economics

There are 4 versions of this paper

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Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation Across Countries: Lessons from U.S. Immigrants

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-113

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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David Lagakos, Benjamin Moll, Tommaso Porzio, Nancy Qian and Todd Schoellman

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Department of Economics, Yale University, Yale University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-112

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Matthias Doepke and Michèle Tertilt

Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Mannheim - Department of Economics

There are 6 versions of this paper

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Geographical Advantage: Home Market Effect in a Multi-Region World

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-111

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Kiminori Matsuyama

Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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Intuitive Donating: Testing One-Line Solicitations for $1 Donations in a Large Online Experiment

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-103

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Samantha Horn and Dean Karlan

Northwestern University and Northwestern University

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-102

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Abhijit V. Banerjee, Dean Karlan, Robert Darko Osei, Hannah Trachtman and Christopher Udry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, University of Ghana - Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Harvard College and Northwestern University

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Engel's Law in the Global Economy: Demand-Induced Patterns of Structural Change, Innovation and Trade

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-110

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Kiminori Matsuyama

Northwestern University - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Beyond CES: Three Alternative Classes of Flexible Homothetic Demand Systems

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-109

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2020

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Kiminori Matsuyama and Philip Ushchev

Northwestern University - Department of Economics and HSE University

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Financial Incentives as Signals: Experimental Evidence from the Recruitment of Village Promoters in Uganda

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-105

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Erika Deserranno

Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

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Leader Selection and Service Delivery in Community Groups: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-106

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Erika Deserranno, Miri Stryjan and Munshi Sulaiman

Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and BRAC-Africa

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Competition and Relational Contracts in the Rwanda Coffee Chain

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-103

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2020

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Rocco Macchiavello and Ameet Morjaria

University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Medicine and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

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Guns and Roses: Flower Exports and Electoral Violence in Kenya

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-102

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021

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Christopher Ksoll, Rocco Macchiavello and Ameet Morjaria

University of Oxford, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Medicine and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

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Credit Allocation Under Economic Stimulus: Evidence from China

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-108

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Lin William Cong, Haoyu Gao, Jacopo Ponticelli and Xiaoguang Yang

Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Renmin University of China, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Capital Accumulation and Structural Transformation

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-107

Number of pages: 95 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Paula Bustos, Gabriel Garber and Jacopo Ponticelli

CREI; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil - Central Bank of Brazil and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Is Democracy Detrimental for the Environment in Developing Countries? Evidence from Kenya

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-101

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Ameet Morjaria

Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

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Do Credit Constraints Limit Entrepreneurship? Heterogeneity in the Returns to Microfinance

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-104

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Abhijit V. Banerjee, Emily Breza, Esther Duflo and Cynthia Kinnan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-101

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020

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Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan and Benjamin Roth

Northwestern University, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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