Pranab Bardhan, [~122k pdf] co-chairEffects of Inequality on Economic Performance: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
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Pranab Bardhan, [~122k pdf] co-chair
Co-Chair
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Economics
611 Evans Hall #6880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
ph: 510-642-4527
fax: 510-642-6615
Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Has done theoretical and field studies research on rural institutions in poor countries, on political economy of development policies, and on international trade. A part of his work is in the interdisciplinary area of economics, political science, and social anthropology. Chief Editor of The Journal of Development Economics.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Bardhan
Samuel Bowles, [~9K pdf] co-chair
Co-Chair
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Economics
Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA 01003
ph: 413-545-1373
fax: 413-545-2921
Director of the Economics Program at the Santa Fe Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His primary research interests are the relationship between wealth inequalities, incomplete contracts and the governance of economic transactions in firms, markets and communities, the coevolution of preferences and institutions, and the role of non selfish motives in explaining behavior, and the implications of these topics for policies concerning education, cooperative production and egalitarian redistribution.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Bowles
Aghion, Philippe [~132K pdf]
Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Has studied the implications of credit market
imperfections for the growth process and its relation to wealth
distribution, the theory of the firm in the context of incomplete
information, the endogenous process of innovations, and the political
economy of reform in the transition process in Eastern Europe. Editor of
The Economics of Transition, a journal brought out by
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Aghion
Baland, Jean-Marie [~11K pdf]
Lecturer in Economics at University of
Namur, Belgium. Has done both theoretical and empirical work on rural
development (including a recent book on the economic-anthropological
issues arising in the process of halting degradation of environmental
resources) and on the macroeconomic implications of unequal economic
growth. Has also carried out field work in economic anthropology in West
Africa.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Baland
Banerjee, Abhijit [~11K pdf]
Professor at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Has done theoretical work on "herd behavior,"
capital market imperfections and occupational choice, income distribution
and risk-taking, learning behavior, etc.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Banerjee
Bénabou, Roland [~55K pdf]
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
University. Has done major theoretical research on social stratification,
local school finance and community structure, the implications of inequality
for growth,
and the political economy of redistribution.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Bénabou
Duflo, Esther [~9k pdf]
Assistant Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Works on various empirical issues in development economics: the consequences of women's political and social empowerment on child welfare, education, informal and formal finance for small businesses.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Duflo
Hoff, Karla [~13K pdf]
Research Economist at the World Bank. Works on the institutional issues of rural
development and transition economies, the public economics of redistributive policies,
and models of coordination failures.
With Joseph Stiglitz and Avishay Braverman, coedited (and wrote parts of) The Economics of Rural Organization.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Hoff
Kremer, Michael [~12K pdf]
Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Has worked on diverse areas
including growth theory, assortative matching models, long-run
demographic and technological change, investment in schooling, and on
reforming the institution of patenting innovations.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Kremer
Moene, Karl [~14K pdf]
Professor of Economics at University of Oslo,
Norway. An expert on the history and policy implications of solidaristic
bargaining processes in Scandinavia, the politics and economics of
redistribution, and the political economy of land reforms in poor
countries. Editor of The Scandinavian Journal of
Economics.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Moene
Mookherjee, Dilip [~16K pdf]
Professor of Economics at Boston University. Has worked on incentive contracts, viability of cooperative arrangements,
authority and responsibility in hierarchical structures, effects of land
reforms on productivity, and on incentive and organizational aspects of
financial and tax reform.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Mookherjee
Morris, Martina
Blumstein-Jordan Professor of Sociology and Statistics at the University of Washington. Works on empirical studies of changes in earnings inequality and economic
mobility in the US over the last 30 years.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Morris
Newman, Katherine [~48K pdf]
Malcolm Wiener Professor of Urban Studies in the Kennedy School of Government and Director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Sociology and Social Policy at Harvard University. Works on middle class economic insecurity, aging in the inner city, long term career pathways of low-wage workers, and the impact of welfare reform on the working poor.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Newman
Piketty, Thomas [~6K pdf]
Economist at CEPREMAP, Paris,
France. Has worked on social mobility and redistributive politics, fair
allocations in public economics, and dynamics of wealth distribution and
credit rationing.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Piketty
Przeworski, Adam [~20k pdf]
Professor of Politics at New York University. Works on the relation between political institutions and economic growth.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Przeworski
Udry, Christopher [~93k pdf]
Professor of Economics at Yale University. Works on markets and institutions in rural Africa, including informal financial and insurance markets, the organization of households, and the role of social networks in technological innovation.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Udry
Wallerstein, Michael [~28K pdf]
Professor at Northwestern
University. A political scientist who has worked on social democracy,
solidaristic bargaining, trade union behavior, and on the structural
dependence of the state on (mobile) capital.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Wallerstein
Wright, Erik [~46k pdf]
Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A sociologist who has worked on class structure in contemporary capitalist societies and the Marxist tradition of social theory within sociology.
To Publications: 1996-2005: Wright
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