Uganda

Do Information Frictions and Corruption Perceptions Kill Competition? A Field Experiment on Public Procurement in Uganda

We study whether information frictions and corruption perceptions deter firms from doing business with the government.

Working Paper
1 Feb 2024

Digital Accounting/Transparency Practices and Investment Readiness: Evidence from High-Growth Firms in Uganda

This project studies the impact of digital accounting and transparency practices on the growth of medium-sized high-growth firms in LICs.

Research Project
1 Jun 2023

The Search for Good Jobs: Evidence from a Six-year Field Experiment in Uganda

There are 420 million young people in Africa today. Understanding how youth search for jobs and what a¤ects their ability to find good jobs is of paramount importance.

Journal Article
1 Jun 2023

Effects of Weather Shocks on Production Outcomes in Firms

This project investigates how firms and their supply chain partners are indirectly affected by extreme weather events.

Research Project
1 Apr 2023

Consumer search and firm location: Theory and evidence from the garment sector in Uganda

How do consumers’ information frictions affect firms’ choice of location within a city? This paper combines an original data collection and a quantitative equilibrium model of consumer search and firm location to answer this question.

Research Note
10 Mar 2023

Matching with the Right Attitude: the Effect of Matching Firms with Refugee Workers

Does exposure to one refugee worker increase local employers’ demand for refugees?

Research Note
3 Mar 2023

Using Digital Collateral Credit Contracts to Profitably Increase Solar Home System Sales

This project investigates the impact of two credit financing options on household solar power purchases in Uganda and Tanzania.

Research Project
1 Mar 2023

Improving the Measurement of Productivity Dispersion and Misallocation in Developing Countries

This project aims to improve the measurement of how firms produce output in low-income countries. 

Research Project
1 Mar 2023

Matching with the Right Attitude: the Effect of Matching Firms with Refugee Workers

How to integrate disadvantaged workers such as immigrants and refugees into host-country labor markets is a pressing global question.

Working Paper
3 Feb 2023

Consumer Search and Firm Location: Theory and Evidence from the Garment Sector in Uganda

This paper studies the role of consumer information frictions in driving firms’ location choices within cities.

Working Paper
18 Dec 2022

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