Academic and Research
Grad Math Camp (Fall 2005)
Courses
Tufts mail
CV html;pdf
Education
- PhD (Economics); Queen's University (Canada); 1999
- MPhil (Economics); Univ of Cambridge (UK); 1991
- BA (Mathematics & Economics); Univ of Ghana; 1989
Research papers
- Non(Intervention) in Civil Conflicts,
(with J. Atsu Amegashie); European Journal of Political Economy
(September 2007)
- Who Herds? (with D. Bernhardt and M. Campello)
Journal of Financial Economics (June 2006)
- Evolution of Managerial Expertise (with D.
Bernhardt and E.
Hughson); American Economic Review (March 2006)
- Rematches in Boxing and Other Sporting Events
(with J. Atsu Amegashie), Journal of Sports Economics;
(Nov. 2005)
- The Effects of Learning-by-Doing on Product Innovation by a Durable
Good Monopolist (with J. Zabojnik);
International Journal of Industrial Organization, (Feb 2005)
- Debt-Contingent Inflation Contracts and Targets,
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, (March, 2002)
Other papers
- Death and Dying: The Simple Economics of Funerals in Ghana,
Ghana Policy Journal
(June, 2007);
Bankruptcy and burials (from The Economist)
Working papers
Work in Progress
-
Multi-market contact and consumer welfare
(with G. Norman)
-
Duration of
Security Analysts' Employment Spells (with R. Perrelli)
-
Crop Price Insurance for Farmers in Ghana (with D. Karlan and M.
McMillan)
- Tradenet and Farmers' Access to Markets in Ghana Story
(VoA news);
Selected conference/invited presentations
- International Industrial Organization Conference, April 2005, Atlanta
- Univ of New Hampshire; Whittemore Sch. of Business and Economics; March
2005
- Baruch College (CUNY); Dept. of Finance; April 2004
- University of Guelph, Dept of Economics; April 2004
- Northeastern University, Dept of Economics; March 2004
- Canadian Economics Association meetings; Ottawa; May 2003
- Canadian Economics Association meetings; Montreal; May 2002
- American Economic Association meetings; New Orleans; January 2001
- Bank of England, Monetary and Financial Analysis Division; June 1999
- Southern Finance Association Meetings; Florida; Nov. 1998
Professional service
- Referee: American Economic Review; B.E. Journal in
Macroeconomics; International Journal of Ind. Org;
Journal of Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Southern Economic Journal,
Peace and Change
General Interest
Interesting (non-technical) stuff:
- A primer on the
theory of bargaining written by
Ahbinay Muthoo of the Univ of Essex.
- Two recent newspaper articles discuss the role of game theorists in
the
spectrum auctions held in the UK. One in the Times , and the other in the
Daily Telegraph . But ....
- ... why did they fail in the Nertherlands?
Paul Klemperer of Oxford Univ explains in
The Flaws of a ``Dutch'' Auction, (Financial Times 07/25/00).
- Ever wondered why you need a new light bulb every six
months, or so? Would you rather prefer a bulb that lasts a thousand
years, if such a technology exists? But can you afford
it? Steve Landsburg of the University of Rochester sheds light on these
and other questions in Planning for
Obsolescence, in Oct. 1999 issue of Slate
Magazine.
See other articles by Steve Landsburg in
the
Slate Magazine.
- Richard Russell's
Dow Theory Letters
Inside Africa:
- The BBC asked ordinary Africans to send in their views on
(British PM) Tony Blair's Commission for Africa.
Kasozi Lubega (research assistant, Makerere University in Uganda) mailed
two letters: here is the
first and the
second letter. Samantha Smit, a hotel manager in Lusaka, Zambia also sent this
letter
- How
Aristides and
Audu live on low income.
- Aviation stories:
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