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Elwyn Davies

World Bank

1818 H Street, NW

Washington, DC 20433

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

3

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267

TOTAL CITATIONS

5

Scholarly Papers (3)

Business Uncertainty in Developing and Emerging Economies

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 19 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 09 May 2025
World Bank, ITAM - Business School, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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JEL classification: D84, G31, G32, E22, E23, O11, D25 Managers, uncertainty, volatility, capital-output ratios, aggregate TFP, real options

Business Uncertainty in Developing and Emerging Economies

CESifo Working Paper No. 11368
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 30 Oct 2024
World Bank, ITAM - Business School, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 39 (1,238,337)
Citation 1

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managers, uncertainty, volatility, aggregate TFP, real options, development accounting

Material Incentives and Effort Choice Evidence from an Online Experiment Across Countries

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Oct 2023
Elwyn Davies and Marcel Fafchamps
World Bank and Stanford University
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work incentives, labor contracts, intrinsic motivation, Conditional Cooperation, cross-country comparisons

Material Incentives and Effort Choice: Evidence from an Online Experiment Across Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w30372
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 22 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Elwyn Davies and Marcel Fafchamps
World Bank and Stanford University
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Material Incentives and Effort Choice Evidence from an Online Experiment Across Countries

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 28 Sep 2022
Marcel Fafchamps and Elwyn Davies
Stanford University and World Bank
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work incentives, labor contracts, Intrinsic motivation, conditional cooperation, cross-country comparisons

Distortions, Informality, and the Firm Size Distribution: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Sep 2025
World Bank Group, Institute of Development Studies, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Informality, Misallocation, entry barriers, size distribution, firm dynamics