This paper adds to the literature on exchange rate and international trade by reexamining the effect of sustained currency fluctuation on the flow of exports and imports. We estimate the effect of strong exchange rate movement on trade by exploiting a regression discontinuity design.
Markets in developing countries are often portrayed as dysfunctional, with low levels of competition and large numbers of unproductive firms. In theory, increased competition could work as a disciplining force in these settings.
Many small businesses in low-income countries hire employees from their kinship networks. This fact is often attributed to hiring from the kinship network reducing contracting frictions or informational asymmetries.
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.
This project uses a unique firm level dataset to investigate the effects of movements in the exchange rates and changes in tariff on the responsiveness of exports and imports.
The project explores whether business can be encouraged to form horizontal linkages and collaborate on higher quality production through the offer of an opportunity to be part of a vertical linkage in Zambia.
