Maitreesh Ghatak

London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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1.

Public-Private Partnership for the Provision of Public Goods: Theory and an Application to NGOs

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS17
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Property Rights and Economic Development

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Property Rights and Economic Development

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP006
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Property Rights and Economic Development

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7243
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 07 Apr 2009
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Economic Development, Property rights

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Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents

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Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. TE465
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Nov 2004
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Competition, incentives, non-profits

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Financially Interlinked Business Groups: A Solution to Adverse Selection in Credit Markets

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Mar 2000
Maitreesh Ghatak and Raja Kali
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Arkansas - Department of Economics
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Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India

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Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-14
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 May 2009 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2010
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak and Jeanne Lafortune
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - College Park
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Caste, marriage markets, Gale-Shapley Algorithm

Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP009
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak and Jeanne Lafortune
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - College Park
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Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7300
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 15 Jul 2009
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak and Jeanne Lafortune
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - College Park
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caste, Gale-Shapley Algorithm, marriage markets

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The De Soto Effect

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The De Soto Effect

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP008
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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The De Soto Effect

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7259
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 May 2009
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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collateral, credit markets, Hernando de Soto

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Taxation and Regulation of Bonus Pay

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP030
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives

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Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives

University of Chicago Dept. of Economics Working Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Oct 2000
Maitreesh Ghatak, Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjöström
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, Bocconi University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics
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Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives

Posted: 12 May 2001
Maitreesh Ghatak, Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjöström
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, Bocconi University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics

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Implementing Health Insurance for the Poor: The Rollout of RSBY in Karnataka

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP025
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Erlend Berg, Maitreesh Ghatak, R. Manjula, D. Rajasekhar and Sanchari Roy
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and University of Sussex
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Credit Rationing, Wealth Inequality, and Allocation of Talent

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. TE441
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Maitreesh Ghatak, Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjostrom
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, Bocconi University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Commercialization and the Decline of Joint Liability Microcredit

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2016
Jonathan de Quidt, Thiemo René Fetzer and Maitreesh Ghatak
Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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microfinance; joint liability; commercialization; market structure

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Thanks for Nothing? Not-for-Profits and Motivated Agents

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Thanks for Nothing? Not-for-Profits and Motivated Agents

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP014
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Maitreesh Ghatak and Hannes Felix Mueller
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Instituto de Análisis Económic (IAE) Barcelona
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Thanks for Nothing? Not-for-Profits and Motivated Agents

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7663
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Feb 2010
Maitreesh Ghatak and Hannes Felix Mueller
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Instituto de Análisis Económic (IAE) Barcelona
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free riding, intrinsic motivation, labor donation, not-for-profits

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Can Market Failure Cause Political Failure?

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP029
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Madhav S. Aney, Maitreesh Ghatak and Massimo Morelli
Singapore Management University - School of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Bocconi University
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Marry for What: Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India

NBER Working Paper No. w14958
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 19 May 2009 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2022
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak and Jeanne Lafortune
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - College Park
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Eviction Threats and Investment Incentives

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS39
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Maitreesh Ghatak
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Government Versus Private Ownership of Public Goods

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Apr 2001
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Public goods, public ownership, public-private partnerships

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Why Do People Stay Poor?

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Why Do People Stay Poor?

NBER Working Paper No. w29340
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Clare Balboni, Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak and Anton Heil
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Independent
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Why Do People Stay Poor?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14534
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 08 May 2020
Clare Balboni, Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak and Anton Heil
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Contractual Structure and Endogenous Matching in Partnerships

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Contractual Structure and Endogenous Matching in Partnerships

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP024
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Maitreesh Ghatak and Alexander Karaivanov
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Simon Fraser University
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Contractual Structure and Endogenous Matching in Partnerships

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8298
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Mar 2011
Maitreesh Ghatak and Alexander Karaivanov
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Simon Fraser University
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contractual structure, endogenous matching, partnerships

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Trade and the Skill Premium Puzzle with Capital Market Imperfections

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8286
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Mar 2011
Roberto Bonfatti and Maitreesh Ghatak
University of Nottingham, UK and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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credit market frictions, Latin America, skill premium, trade liberalization

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Motivating Knowledge Agents: Can Incentive Pay Overcome Social Distance?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9477
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 May 2013
Erlend Berg, Maitreesh Ghatak, R. Manjula, D. Rajasekhar and Sanchari Roy
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and University of Sussex
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incentive pay, information constraints, knowledge transmission, public services, social proximity

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Universal Basic Income: Some Theoretical Aspects

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Universal Basic Income: Some Theoretical Aspects

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13635
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2019
Maitreesh Ghatak and Francois Maniquet
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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Labour Supply, unconditional cash transfers, universal basic income, welfare policies

Universal Basic Income: Some Theoretical Aspects

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 11, pp. 895-928, 2019
Posted: 04 Sep 2019
Maitreesh Ghatak and Francois Maniquet
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)

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The COVID-19 Shock and the Indian Economy – A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16855
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Feb 2022
Maitreesh Ghatak and Ramya Raghavan
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - London School of Economics
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Guilt, Esteem, and Motivational Investments

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15172
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Sep 2020
Maitreesh Ghatak and Zaki Wahhaj
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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investment in worker motivation, Job Satisfaction, Motivated agents, worker moral hazard

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Prosocial Motivation and Incentives

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 10, pp. 411-438, 2018
Posted: 07 Sep 2018
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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Market Structure and Borrower Welfare in Microfinance

Posted: 19 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2016
Jonathan de Quidt, Thiemo René Fetzer and Maitreesh Ghatak
Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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microfinance, market power, for-profit, social capital

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Group Lending Without Joint Liability

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9578
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 31 Jul 2013
Jon de Quidt, Thiemo René Fetzer and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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group lending, joint liability, micro finance, mutual insurance

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Land Reform and Agricultural Productivity in India: A Review of the Evidence

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 251-269, 2007
Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Maitreesh Ghatak and Sanchari Roy
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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agricultural productivity, land reform, West Bengal

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A Simple Model of Inequality, Occupational Choice, and Development

Posted: 10 Jan 2003
Maitreesh Ghatak and Neville Nien-Huei Jiang
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics

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Wealth inequality, Occupational choice, Poverty traps

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Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal

Posted: 25 Aug 2002
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Paul J. Gertler and Maitreesh Ghatak
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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Financially Interlinked Business Groups

Posted: 14 Aug 2001
Raja Kali and Maitreesh Ghatak
University of Arkansas - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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Business groups, cross-holding of debt and equity, financial interlinkage

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Screening by the Company You Keep: Joint Liability Lending and the Peer Selection Effect

Posted: 29 Aug 2000
Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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Empowerment and Efficiency: The Economics of Agrarian Reform

Posted: 23 Jan 1999
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Paul J. Gertler and Maitreesh Ghatak
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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