Meredith Startz

Dartmouth College

Meredith Startz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College and Theme Leader for the 'Innovation, Organisations and Markets' research theme at PEDL (CEPR). Her research interests lie at the intersection of development and trade, and focus on how contracting problems shape transactions and firms in developing countries. Meredith holds a PhD in Economics from Yale University.

Research suggests that partisanship and social media usage correlate with belief in COVID-19 misinformation, and that misinformation shapes citizens’ willingness to get vaccinated.

Distance between buyers and sellers can create search and contracting problems: how to find out what goods are available and ensure they are actually delivered.

This randomized controlled trial evaluates a business training programme for women-owned small and medium enterprises in urban Uganda, examining both the direct effects on the management and growth of businesses invited to participate, and the indirect effects on the rest of the community.

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Meredith Startz

Researcher's Grant Projects

Middlemen: Understanding Wholesale and Retail Distribution Chains in Nigeria

Business-to-Business Information Sharing and the Foundations of Reputational Motives for Contract Compliance

Information and Contracting Problems Among Nigerian Traders

The Value of Face-to-Face: Travel and the Information Costs of Trade

Returns to Consulting for Women Entrepreneurs

Returns to Consulting for Women Entrepreneurs

Researcher's Publications

Belief in COVID-19 Misinformation in Nigeria

Cutting Out the Middleman: The Structure of Chains of Intermediation

How COVID-19 Has Affected Lagos Traders: Findings from High-Frequency Phone Surveys

The Value of Face-to-Face: Search and Contracting Problems in Nigerian Trade

Managerial Human Capital in Small and Medium Enterprises

The Value of Face-to-Face: Travel and the Information Costs of Trade