Christopher M. Woodruff

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

Assistant Professor

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla, CA 92093-0519

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

34

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Scholarly Papers (34)

1.

Remittances and Microenterprises in Mexico

UCSD, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies Working Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Sep 2001
Christopher M. Woodruff and Rene Zenteno
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS) and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
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Capital constraints, Migration, remittances, microenterprise finance

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Property Rights, Finance and Entrepreneurship

Conference Paper, The Nobel Symposium in Economics - The Economics of Transition, Stockholm, September 1999, CESifo Working Paper Series No. 212
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Dec 1999
Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
Downloads 1,564 (19,885)
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Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4934
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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E-Business, Education for Development (superceded), Innovation, Labor Policies, Microfinance

Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3962
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Feb 2009
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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innovation, microenterprises, SMEs, development

Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4230
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Economic Theory & Research, Investment and Investment Climate, Microfinance, Small Scale Enterprise, Economic Growth

Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2934
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Aug 2007
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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microenterprises, returns to capital, self-employment

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Citation 219

Property Rights and Finance

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 21 Mar 2002
Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Property Rights and Finance

NBER Working Paper No. w8852
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 23 Mar 2002 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2022
Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Citation 77

Courts and Relational Contracts

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 05 Feb 2002
Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Courts and Relational Contracts

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4338-02; Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 227
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Feb 2002
Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
Downloads 128 (366,247)

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Courts and Relational Contracts

NBER Working Paper No. w8572
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 25 Oct 2001 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Interfirm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 May 1998
John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Citation 84

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Private Order Under Dysfunctional Public Order

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Apr 2000
John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Networks, Trust and Search in Vietnam's Emerging Private Sector

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 May 1998
John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Intergenerational Mobility in Educational Attainment in Mexico

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Aug 1999
Christopher M. Woodruff and Melissa Binder
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS) and University of New Mexico - Department of Economics
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Who are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. De Soto

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3511
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Jun 2008
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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entrepreneurship, self-employment, De Soto

Who are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. De Soto

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4635
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Labor Markets, Tertiary Education, Work & Working Conditions, Microfinance

Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4746
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Access to Finance, Debt Markets, Gender and Health, Economic Theory & Research

Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3743
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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microenterprises, gender, microfinance, randomized experiment

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Citation 12

Mexican-American Entrepreneurship

Hudson Institute Research Paper No. 06-03
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2008
Robert W. Fairlie and Christopher M. Woodruff
UCLA and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Mexican-American Entrepreneurship

IZA Working Paper No. 3488
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 May 2008
Robert W. Fairlie and Christopher M. Woodruff
UCLA and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Mexican-Americans, entrepreneurship, inequality

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Non-Contractible Investments and Vertical Integration in the Mexican Footwear Industry

UCSD, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Sep 2001
Christopher M. Woodruff
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Theory of the firm, Property rights, Grossman/Hart/Moore model, Transactions costs

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Measuring Microenterprise Profits: Don't Ask How the Sausage is Made

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4229
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Business in Development, Business Environment, Competitiveness and Competition Policy, Economic Theory & Research, Income

Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2039
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 24 Mar 2006
Robert W. Fairlie and Christopher M. Woodruff
UCLA and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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entrepreneurship, self-employment, Mexico, Mexican-Americans

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The Quality of the Legal System and Firm Size

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Feb 2004
Luc Laeven and Christopher M. Woodruff
European Central Bank (ECB) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
Downloads 240 (211,854)
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The Quality of the Legal System, Firm Ownership, and Firm Size

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Luc Laeven and Christopher M. Woodruff
European Central Bank (ECB) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
Downloads 231 (219,919)
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Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6896
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Oct 2012
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
Downloads 110 (410,152)
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business training, female self-employment, randomized experiment, business start-up, trajectory of treatment effects

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Property Rights, Finance and Entrepreneurship

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Aug 1999
Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization Among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6442
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Apr 2012
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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informality, small enterprises, entrepreneurship

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Enterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5269
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Suresh de Mel, David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of Peradeniya, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
Downloads 129 (362,865)
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Microfinance, Debt Markets, Banks & Banking Reform, Natural Disasters, Hazard Risk Management

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Remittances and Banking Sector Breadth and Depth: Evidence from Mexico

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4983
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Access to Finance, Banks & Banking Reform, Population Policies, Debt Markets

What are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations Around the Developing World?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6895
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Oct 2012
David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
Downloads 117 (391,882)
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business training, consulting, randomized experiments, firm productivity

When is Capital Enough to Get Female Microenterprises Growing? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana

NBER Working Paper No. w17207
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 11 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2023
Marcel Fafchamps, David J. McKenzie, Simon Quinn and Christopher M. Woodruff
Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Oxford and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)
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Contract Enforcement in Transition

CEPR Discussion Paper Series Number 2081,
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Jun 2001
Christopher M. Woodruff, John McMillan and Simon Johnson
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center
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Experimental Evidence on Returns to Capital and Access to Finance in Mexico

The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 457-482, 2008
Posted: 31 Dec 2008
David J. McKenzie and Christopher M. Woodruff
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

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O17, O16, C93

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Courts and Relational Contracts

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 221-277, 2002
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Christopher M. Woodruff
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

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The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies

Posted: 18 Sep 2002
John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

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Entrepreneurs and the Ordering of Institutional Reform: Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine Compared

Posted: 04 Jun 2002
Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

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Why Do Firms Hide? Bribes and Unofficial Activity after Communism

Conference Paper, The Nobel Symposium in Economics - The Economics of Transition, Stockholm, September 1999
Posted: 19 Nov 1999
Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, Results for Development, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

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Why Do Firms Hide? Bribes and Unofficial Activity after Communism

Posted: 04 Oct 2001
Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, Results for Development, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

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Corruption, taxation, legal system, unofficial economy

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Dispute Prevention Without Courts in Vietnam

Posted: 04 Nov 1999
John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

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Trust and Search in Vietnam's Emerging Private Sector

Posted: 24 Oct 1999
Stephan M. Haggard, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

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Formal Measures of the Informal Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE, Vol. 45, No. 2, January 1997
Posted: 03 Sep 1997
Stanford University, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS) and Boston College

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