Zambia

The rise of the information economy has highlighted how data may be an input into production (Veldkamp and Chung, forthcoming). Since firms conversely accumulate data through production, large firms may be able to accumulate data more quickly, giving them an advantage. The advantage is especially stark in retail, where a key dimension of productivity is the ability to forecast demand for individual products (Samaniego de la Parra and Shenoy, 2023). Walmart came to dominate U.S.

This project is a series of low-cost lab-in-the-field interventions that aim to identify the causal effects of institutions on business performance and gender gaps, and explore the channels behind this effect in Lusaka, Zambia.

This study examines the role that non-monetary aspects (such as friendships) can play in sustaining collusive behaviour.

This project investigates whether a scalable technology that pools data generated by individual retailers can overcome informational barriers to growth.

This project will evaluate whether kinship pressure and mutual insurance arrangements contribute to the hiring of family members in microenterprises in Zambia.