Items where Author is "Ghatak, Maitreesh"

Article

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2023) Direct transfer policies for the poor. Journal of Social and Economic Development. ISSN 0972-5792

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Mookherjee, Dilip (2023) Revisiting the Eswaran-Kotwal model of tenancy. Studies in Microeconomics. ISSN 2321-0222 (In Press)

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Verdier, Thierry (2023) Inequality and identity salience. Indian Economic Review, 58. pp. 181-191. ISSN 0019-4670

Baboni, Clare, Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Heil, Anton (2022) Why do people stay poor? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137 (2). 785 - 844. ISSN 0033-5533

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Jaravel, Xavier (2020) Is funding a large universal basic income feasible? A quantitative analysis of UBI with endogenous labour supply. LSE Public Policy Review, 1 (2). ISSN 2633-4046

Lal Roy, Ananda and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2020) The twin crises of Covid-19 and how to resolve them. The India Forum.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2020) The Reader: step up action to ease poverty amid this crisis. London Evening Standard. ISSN 0307-2088

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Jaravel, Xavier and Weigel, Jonathan (2020) The world has a $2.5 trillion problem. Here’s how to solve it. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2020) Coronavirus will upend the 'profits over people' mantra of globalisation. The Wire.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2020) 3 points of concern on government's much-needed economic package. NDTV.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2020) The crumbling of India’s economy. Hindustan Times.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Maniquet, Franccedilois (2019) Universal basic income: some theoretical aspects. Annual Review of Economics, 11. pp. 895-928. ISSN 1941-1383

Berg, Erlend, Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Manjula, R, Rajasekhar, D and Roy, Sanchari (2019) Motivating knowledge agents: can incentive pay overcome social distance? The Economic Journal, 129 (617). pp. 110-142. ISSN 0013-0133

de Quidt, Jonathan, Fetzer, Thiemo and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2018) Commercialization and the decline of joint liability microcredit. Journal of Development Economics, 134. pp. 209-225. ISSN 0304-3878

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2018) Prosocial motivation and incentives. Annual Review of Economics, 10. pp. 411-438. ISSN 1941-1383

de Quidt, Jonathan, Fetzer, Thiemo and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2018) Market structure and borrower welfare in microfinance. The Economic Journal, 128 (610). pp. 1019-1046. ISSN 0013-0133

de Quidt, Jonathan and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2018) Is the credit worth it? For-profit lenders in microfinance with rational and behavioral borrowers. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89 (1). pp. 175-199. ISSN 1370-4788

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2017) Profit with purpose? A theory of social enterprise. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9 (3). pp. 19-58. ISSN 1945-7731

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2017) Public-private partnerships for the provision of public goods: theory and an application to NGOs. Research in Economics, 71 (2). pp. 356-371. ISSN 1090-9443

de Quidt, Jonathan, Fetzer, Thiemo and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2016) Group lending without joint liability. Journal of Development Economics, 121. pp. 217-236. ISSN 0304-3878

Aneya, Madhav S., Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Morelli, Massimo (2016) Credit market frictions and political failure. Journal of Monetary Economics, 81. pp. 48-64. ISSN 0304-3932

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Karaivanov, Alexander (2014) Contractual structure in agriculture with endogenous matching. Journal of Development Economics, 110. pp. 239-249. ISSN 0304-3878

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Ghosh, Parikshit and Kotwal, Ashok (2014) Growth in the time of UPA: myths and reality. Economic and Political Weekly, 49 (16). pp. 34-43. ISSN 0012-9976

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Roy, Sanchari (2014) Did Gujarat's growth rate accelerate under Modi? Economic and Political Weekly, 49 (15). pp. 12-15. ISSN 0012-9976

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Mitra, Sandip, Mookherjee, Dilip and Nath, Anusha (2013) Land acquisition and compensation: what really happened in Singur? Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (21). pp. 32-44. ISSN 0012-9976

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2013) Bailouts and the optimal taxation of bonus pay. American Economic Review, 103 (3). pp. 163-167. ISSN 0002-8282

Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Lafortune, Jeanne (2013) Marry for what?: caste and mate selection in modern India. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 5 (2). pp. 33-72. ISSN 1945-7669

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Mookherjee, Dilip (2013) Land acquisition for industrialization and compensation of displaced farmers. Journal of Development Economics, 110. pp. 303-312. ISSN 0304-3878

Bonfatti, Roberto and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2012) Trade and the allocation of talent with capital market imperfections. Journal of International Economics, 89 (1). pp. 187-201. ISSN 0022-1996

Besley, Timothy, Burchardi, Konrad B. and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2012) Incentives and the De Soto Effect. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127 (1). pp. 237-282. ISSN 0033-5533

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Mueller, Hannes (2011) Thanks for nothing?: not-for-profits and motivated agents. Journal of Public Economics, 95 (1-2). pp. 94-105. ISSN 0047-2727

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2008) Status incentives. American Economic Review, 98 (2). pp. 206-211. ISSN 0002-8282

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2008) L'offre de services publics par les acteurs non gouvernementaux. Revue d'économie du Développement, 22 (4). pp. 89-108. ISSN 1245-4060

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Morelli, Massimo and Sjöström, Tomas (2007) Entrepreneurial talent, occupational choice and trickle up policies. Journal of Economic Theory, 137 (1). pp. 27-48. ISSN 1095-7235

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Bardhan, Pranab (2007) Wealth, inequality and collective action. Journal of Public Economics, 91 (9). pp. 1843-1874. ISSN 0047-2727

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Besley, Timothy (2007) Retailing public goods: the economics of corporate social responsibility. Journal of Public Economics, 91 (9). pp. 1645-1663. ISSN 0047-2727

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Roy, S (2007) Land reform and agricultural productivity in India: a review of the evidence. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 23 (2). pp. 251-269. ISSN 1460-2121

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2007) Reforming public service delivery. Journal of African Economies, 16 (1). pp. 127-156. ISSN 1464-3723

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2006) Sorting with motivated agents: implications for school competition and teacher incentives. Journal of the European Economic Association, 4 (2-3). pp. 404-414. ISSN 1542-4774

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Khwaja, Asim and Andrabi, Tahir (2006) Subcontractors for tractors: asset speciality and contracting in a manufacturer-supplier network. Journal of Development Economics, 79 (2). pp. 273-302. ISSN 0304-3878

Gangopadhyay, S and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2005) Joint liability lending and the peer selection effect. The Economic Journal, 115 (506). pp. 1005-1015. ISSN 0013-0133

Besley, Tim and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2005) Competition and incentives with motivated agents. American Economic Review, 95 (3). pp. 616-636. ISSN 0002-8282

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Banerjee, Abhijit (2004) Eviction threats and investment incentives. Journal of Development Economics, 74 (2). pp. 469-488. ISSN 0304-3878

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Assuncao, Juliano (2003) Can unobserved heterogeneity in farmer ability explain the inverse relationship between farm size and productivity. Economics Letters, 80 (2). pp. 189-194. ISSN 0165-1765

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2003) Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of public services. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 19 (2). pp. 235-249. ISSN 0266-903X

Banerjee, Abhijit, Bardhan, Pranab, Basu, Kaushik, Datta-Chaudhuri, Mrinal, Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Guha, Ashok, Majumdar, Mukul, Mookherjee, Dilip and Ray, Debraj (2002) Strategy for economic reform in West Bengal. Economic and Political Weekly, 37 (41). pp. 4203-4218. ISSN 0012-9976

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Jiang, Nien-Huei (2002) A simple model of inequality, occupational choice and development. Journal of Development Economics, 69 (1). pp. 205-226. ISSN 0304-3878

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Ghatak, Maitreya (2002) Recent reforms in the Panchayat system in west Bengal: toward greater participatory governance. Economic and Political Weekly, 37 (1). ISSN 0012-9976

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Gertler, Paul and Banerjee, Abhijit (2002) Empowerment and efficiency: tenancy reform in West Bengal. Journal of Political Economy, 110 (2). pp. 239-280. ISSN 0022-3808

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2001) Government versus private ownership of public goods. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116 (4). 1343 - 1372. ISSN 0033-5533

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Morelli, Massimo and Sjostrom, Tomas (2001) Occupational choice and dynamic incentives. Review of Economic Studies, 68 (4). pp. 781-810. ISSN 0034-6527

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Kali, Raja (2001) Financially interlinked business groups. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 10 (4). pp. 591-619. ISSN 1058-6407

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2000) Contract choice in agriculture with joint moral hazard in effort and risk. Journal of Development Economics, 63 (2). pp. 303-326. ISSN 0304-3878

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Kali, Raja (2000) Diversified business groups in emerging economies. ICRA Bulletin: Money and Finance, 2 (4). pp. 20-31.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2000) Screening by the company you keep: joint liability lending and the peer selection effect. The Economic Journal, 110 (465). pp. 601-631. ISSN 0013-0133

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (1999) Group lending, local information and peer selection. Journal of Development Economics, 60 (1). pp. 27-50. ISSN 0304-3878

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Guinnane, Timothy W (1999) The economics of lending with joint liability: theory and practice. Journal of Development Economics, 60 (1). pp. 195-228. ISSN 0304-3878

Book Section

Fischer, Gregory and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2011) Spanning the chasm: uniting theory and empirics in microfinance research. In: Armendáriz, Beatriz and Labie, Marc, (eds.) The Handbook of Microfinance. World Scientific (Firm), London, UK. ISBN 9789814295659

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2009) Property rights and economic development. In: Rodrick, Dani and Rosenzweig, M. R., (eds.) Handbook of Development Economics. Handbooks in economics. Elsevier (Firm), pp. 4525-4595. ISBN 9780444529442

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2007) Land reform. In: Basu, Kaushik, (ed.) The Oxford Companion to Economics in India. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780195669848

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Bardhan, P and Karaivanov, A (2006) Inequality and collective action. In: Bardhan, P, Bowles, S and Baland, J, (eds.) Inequality, Cooperation Action and Environmental Sustainability. Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA, pp. 36-59. ISBN 0691128790

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2006) Public goods and economic development. In: Banerjee, Abhijit, Benabou, R and Mookherjee, D, (eds.) Understanding Poverty. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 285-302. ISBN 0195305205

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2005) Incentives, risk and accountability in organizations. In: Hutter, Bridget and Power, Michael, (eds.) Organizational Encounters With Risk. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 149-166. ISBN 0521609283

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2005) Who should provide public goods? A perspective from the theory of organizations. In: Banerjee, Nirmala and Marjit, Sugata, (eds.) Developmment, Displacement and Disparity. Orient Longman, New Delhi, India. ISBN 8125028447

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Guinnane, Timothy W (2000) The economics of lending with joint liability: theory and practice. In: Mookerjee, Dilip and Ray, Debraj, (eds.) Readings in the Theory of Economic Development. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, pp. 411-440. ISBN 0631220062

Monograph

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2013) Profit with purpose? a theory of social enterprise with experimental evidence. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 047). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Fetzer, Thiemo, Quidt, Jonathan de and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2013) Group lending without joint liability. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 044). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Aney, Madhav S., Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Morelli, Massimo (2011) Can market failure cause political failure? Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 029). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2011) Taxation and regulation of bonus pay. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 030). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Berg, Erlend, Manjula, R, Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Roy, Sanchari and Rajasekhar, D (2011) Implementing health insurance for the poor: the rollout of RSBY in Karnataka. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 025). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Karaivanov, Alexander (2011) Contractual structure and endogenous matching in partnershipso. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 024). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Karaivanov, Alexander (2011) Contractual structure and endogenous matching partnerships. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 024). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Bonfatti, Roberto and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2010) Trade and the skill premium puzzle with capital market imperfections. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 020). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Fischer, Greg and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2010) Repayment frequency in microfinance contracts with present-biased borrowers. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 021). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Lafortune, Jeanne (2009) Marry for what?: caste and mate selection in modern India. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 009). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2009) The de Soto effect. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 008). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2009) Property rights and economic development. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP/2009/6). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2004) Competition and incentives with motivated agents. CEPR discussion paper no. 4641. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2003) Competition and incentives with motivated agents. Theoretical Economics; TE/2003/465 (TE/03/465). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Banerjee, Abhijit and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2003) Eviction threats and investment incentives. DEDPS (39). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2003) Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of Public Services. CARR Discussion Papers (DP 14). ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London, UK.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Morelli, Massimo and Sjostrom, Tomas (2002) Credit rationing, wealth inequality and allocation of talent. TE (441). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2001) Government versus private ownership of public goods. CEPR discussion paper; no. 2725. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.

Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (1999) Public-private partnership for the provision of public goods : theory and an application to NGOs. Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 17 (DEDPS No. 17). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Online resource

Gadenne, Lucie and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2020) How to reorganise the world health organization – and how to finance it. LSE Business Review (05 Jun 2020). Blog Entry.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2017) A murder is a murder, whatever the context. South Asia @ LSE (07 Jul 2017). Website.

Banerjee, Mukulika, Bhalla, Surajit, Desai, Meghnad and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2017) 2017 Legislative Assembly election results: experts react. South Asia @ LSE (12 Mar 2017). Website.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2016) Understanding why Hillary Clinton lost the election. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (02 Dec 2016). Website.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (2016) No hope left? Interpreting the West Bengal election results. South Asia @ LSE (25 May 2016). Website.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Ray, Debraj (2014) Please weight: when confronted by a large Indian statistic, divide by population. South Asia @ LSE (12 Sep 2014). Website.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Kumar, Chinmaya and Mitra, Sandip (2013) Cash versus in-kind transfers: what do beneficiaries really want? South Asia @ LSE (30 Sep 2013). Website.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Mitra, Sandip, Mookherjee, Dilip and Nath, Anusha (2013) Learning from Singur: land acquisition and compensation in India. South Asia @ LSE (13 Sep 2013). Website.

Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897, Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther and Lafortune, Jeanne (2012) Marriage in modern India: does caste still matter for mate selection? South Asia @ LSE (03 Oct 2012). Website.

Audio/visual resource

Raworth, Kate, Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Byanyima, Winnie (2020) The real story: coronavirus: how will it change us? BBC World Service.