Debraj Ray

New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

Professor of Economics

269 Mercer Street, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10003

United States

Autonomous University of Barcelona - Instituto de Analisis Economico (CSIC)

Campus UAB

E-08193 Bellaterra

Spain

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

37

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Scholarly Papers (37)

1.

Polarization: Concepts, Measurement, Estimation

CIRPEE Cahier De Recherche Working Paper No. 03-01
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Apr 2003
Laval University, Autonomous University of Barcelona and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Apples and Oranges: Building a Better Dow

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2012
Debraj Ray and Rajiv Sethi
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Barnard College, Columbia University
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Dow Jones Industrial Average, Price-Weighted Index, Value-Weighted Index

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A Theory of Endogenous Coalition Structures

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Oct 1998
Debraj Ray and Rajiv Vohra
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Endogenous Group Formation in Risk-Sharing Arrangements

NYU Department of Economics Working Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Mar 2002
Garance Genicot and Debraj Ray
Georgetown University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Risk-Sharing, Insurance, Commitment, Coalition-proofness, Coalition, Groups

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Group Decision-Making in the Shadow of Disagreement

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Jul 2004
Debraj Ray, Kfir Eliaz and Ronny Razin
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, Brown University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Collective decision-making, Groups, Disagreements, Decision rules

Group Decision-Making in the Shadow of Disagreement

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Aug 2004
Kfir Eliaz, Debraj Ray and Ronny Razin
Brown University, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Informal Insurance in Social Networks

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Dec 2005
Georgetown University - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and University of Angers - Research Group in Quantitative Saving (GREQAM)National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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social network, risk-sharing, reciprocity networks, norms, informal insurance

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A Theory of Endogenous Fertility with Occupational Choice

American Economic Journal - Microeconomics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2012
Dilip Mookherjee, Silvia Prina and Debraj Ray
Boston University - Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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inequality, human capital, endogenous fertility, borrowing constraints

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Games of Love and Hate

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Aug 2018
Debraj Ray and Rajiv Vohra
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Citation 7

Productivity Response to a Contract Change

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4679
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Apr 2014
ESMT European School of Management and Technology, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Independent
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incentive pay, personnel economics, productivity, contracts

Anatomy of a Contract Change

NBER Working Paper No. w19849
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 25 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2023
ESMT European School of Management and Technology, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Independent
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Dynamic Coalition Formation from a Bargaining Perspective

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 31 Aug 2004
Kyle B. Hyndman and Debraj Ray
University of Texas at Dallas and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Coalitional bargaining, inefficiency

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Decoding India's Low Covid-19 Case Fatality Rate

NBER Working Paper No. w27696
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
Minu Philip, Debraj Ray and S. Subramanian
New York University (NYU) - New York University, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Madras Institute of Development Studies
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Bargaining Power and Enforcement in Credit Markets

Journal of Development Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Dec 2005
Garance Genicot and Debraj Ray
Georgetown University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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credit market, bargaining power, enforcement, power

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India's Lockdown: An Interim Report

NBER Working Paper No. w27282
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2023
Debraj Ray and S. Subramanian
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Madras Institute of Development Studies
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The Farsighted Stable Set

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Nov 2013
Debraj Ray and Rajiv Vohra
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Establishment and Management of Fish Sanctuary for Conserving Indigenous Fish Diversity in the Largest Freshwater Swamp Forest of Bangladesh: A Community Based Management Approach

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Sep 2021
Sylhet Agricultural University - Department of Agricultural and Rural Development, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, Sylhet Agricultural University and Sylhet Agricultural University
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Fish Sanctuary, Biodiversity, Ratargul Swamp Forest, Conservation, Management

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A Principal-Agent Relationship with No Advantage to Commitment

Bravo Working Paper # 2021-003
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Brown University - Department of Economics, Berkeley Research Group, LLC and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Contracts and Externalities: How Things Fall Apart

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Nov 2003
Garance Genicot and Debraj Ray
Georgetown University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Externalities, bilateral contracting, coordination, exploitation.

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Implications of an Economic Theory of Conflict: Hindu-Muslim Violence in India

NBER Working Paper No. w19090
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 May 2013 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2023
Anirban Mitra and Debraj Ray
University of Kent and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Maximality in the Farsighted Stable Set

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023
Rajiv Vohra and Debraj Ray
Brown University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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stable sets, farsightedness, maximality, history dependent expectations

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Aspirations and Inequality

NBER Working Paper No. w19976
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
Garance Genicot and Debraj Ray
Georgetown University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Poverty and Self-Control

NBER Working Paper No. w18742
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 26 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2023
Stanford University - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Measuring Upward Mobility

NBER Working Paper No. w29796
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Debraj Ray and Garance Genicot
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Georgetown University - Department of Economics
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Measuring Upward Mobility

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP17051
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Mar 2022
Garance Genicot and Debraj Ray
Georgetown University and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Income mobility, pro-poor growth, upward mobility

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Growth, Automation and the Long Run Share of Labor

NBER Working Paper No. w26658
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2022
Debraj Ray and Dilip Mookherjee
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Growth, Automation and the Long Run Share of Labor

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14286
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Jan 2020
Dilip Mookherjee and Debraj Ray
Boston University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Certified Random: A New Order for Co-Authorship

NBER Working Paper No. w22602
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Debraj Ray and Arthur J. Robson
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Department of Economics
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Missing Unmarried Women

NBER Working Paper No. w21511
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Vancouver School of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Signaling and Discrimination in Collaborative Projects

NBER Working Paper No. w28939
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Paula Onuchic and Debraj Ray
New York University, Economics Department and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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A Decision-Theoretic Basis for Choice Shifts in Groups

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Jun 2004
Kfir Eliaz, Debraj Ray and Ronny Razin
Brown University, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Choice shifts, group decision-making, risky shift, cautious shift, Allias paradox

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Noisy Agents

NBER Working Paper No. w24627
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
Francisco Espinosa and Debraj Ray
Berkeley Research Group, LLC and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Upward Mobility in Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w32391
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Apr 2024
Georgetown University - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago
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Contracts with Interdependent Preferences

NBER Working Paper No. w32290
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Apr 2024
Debraj Ray and Marek Weretka
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Economics
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Aspirations and Economic Behavior

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 12, pp. 715-746, 2020
Posted: 14 Aug 2020
Garance Genicot and Debraj Ray
Georgetown University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

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Conflict and Development

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 9, pp. 263-293, 2017
Posted: 14 Aug 2017
Debraj Ray and Joan Maria Esteban
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Autonomous University of Barcelona

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A Theory of Occupational Choice with Endogenous Fertility

Fifth Annual PopPov Conference on Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development, 2011
Posted: 21 May 2011
Dilip Mookherjee, Silvia Prina and Debraj Ray
Boston University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

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34.

The Time Structure of Self-Enforcing Agreements

Posted: 22 Jul 2002
Debraj Ray
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

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Coalitional Power and Public Goods

Posted: 12 Nov 2001
Debraj Ray and Rajiv Vohra
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics

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Inequality, Control Rights, and Rent Seeking: Sugar Cooperatives in Maharashtra

Posted: 27 Feb 2001
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Brown University - Department of Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

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Vertical Links between Formal and Informal Financial Institutions

REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Posted: 12 Nov 1996
Maria Sagrario Floro and Debraj Ray
American University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

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