Working Papers
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Attanasio, O.P., C. Meghir, and A. Santiago. "Education Choices in Mexico: Using a Structural Model to Evaluate PROGRESA."
Aportela, F. "Effect of Financial Access on Savings by Low-Income People."
Buera, Francisco, Joseph P. Kaboski, and Yongseok Shin. "Finance and Development: A Tale of Two Sectors."
Cole, Shawn, Xavier Gine, Robert Townsend, James Vickery, et al. "Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India."
Collins, Daryl and Jonathon Morduch. "Banking Low Income Populations: Perspectives from South Africa."
Cunha, Flavio and James J. Heckman. "The Technology of Skill Formation."
De Mel, Susan, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff. "Measuring Microenterprise Profits: Don't Ask How the Sausage is Made."
Felkner, John, Kamilya Tazhibayeva, and Robert M. Townsend. "Efficiency of Rice Production in Thailand."
Felkner, John and Robert M. Townsend. "Enterprise and the Wealth of Villages."
Gelos, R. Gaston and Alejandro Werner. "Financial Liberalization, Credit Constraints, and Collateral: Investment in Mexican Manufacturing Sector."
Gine, Xavier, Robert Townsend, and James Vickery. "Forecasting when it Matters: Evidence from Semi-Arid India." World Bank working paper.
Haber, Stephen. "Mexico's Experiments with Bank Privatization and Liberalization, 1991-2002."
Holmes, Thomas J. "The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density."
Joeong, Hyeok and Robert M. Townsend. "Growth and Inequality: Model Evaluation Based on an Estimation Strategy."
Kaboski, Joseph P. and Robert M. Townsend. "The Impact of Credit: An Early Evaluation of a Large-Scale Government Credit Injection."
Karaivanov, Alexander and Robert Townsend. "Enterprise Dynamics and Finance."
Koriyama, Yukio and Robert M. Townsend. "A Spatial Kuznets Analysis: Dynamic Poverty and Inequality Mapping in Thailand."
Panle, Jia. "What Happens When Wal-Mart Comes to Town: An Empircal Analysis of the Discount Retailing Industry."
Pawasutipaisit, Anan and Robert M. Townsend. "Wealth Accumulation and Factors Accounting for Success."
Paweenawat, Archawa and Robert M. Townsend. "Villages of Small Open Economies."
Samphantharak, Krislert and Robert M. Townsend. "Households as Corporate Firms."
Stef-Praun, Tiberius, Gabriel Madeira, Ian Foster, Robert Townsend, et al. "Accelerated Solution of Moral Hazard Problems through the Swift Grid."
Townsend, Robert M. and Sergio Urzua. "Measuring the Impact of Financial Intermediation on Occupational Choices and Income."