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When to Start a New Firm?The success of new start-up firms often depends on timing. It is valuable for the potential entrepreneur to wait for the right moment before starting a new firm. In this paper we provide a theoretical model to determine the optimal time for starting...
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Savings By and For the PoorThe poor can and do save, but often use formal or informal instruments that have high risk, high cost, and limited functionality. This could lead to undersaving compared to a world without market or behavioural frictions. Undersaving can have...
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What sustains informality?We consider two vertical links between informal- and formal-sector firms and study their implications. In one case, the final products produced by the formal- and informal-sector firms are vertically differentiated in terms of quality, and the size...
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Firm Location Choice in CitiesWe use large survey data sets of firms provided by the World Bank for China, India, and Brazil—Investment Climate Surveys—to address the important question: what determines the locational choice of firms among cities in these countries. We find that...
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Gender Differentiation in the Analysis of Alternative Farm Mechanization Choices on Small Farms in KenyaUsing multinomial logit we analyze factors that influence the choice of mechanization technologies in Nyanza Province. The results show that farmers are aware of the attributes of the mechanization technologies, and that animal traction is the most...
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Savings by and for the PoorPart of Journal Special Issue Poverty, Development, and Behavioral Economics
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Global Labour Standards versus Freedom of Choice
by Kaushik Basu The Conundrum Most reasonable people agree that workers, wherever they happen to be, should have the guarantee of certain basic rights...
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Gender Differentiation in the Analysis of Alternative Farm Mechanization Choices on Small Farms in KenyaPart of Book Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure
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Estimable Equilibrium Models of Locational Sorting and Their Role in Development EconomicsPart of Journal Special Issue Spatial Inequality and Development
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