Microeconomics

Imperfect information and learning: Evidence from cotton cultivation in Pakistan

Information problems are pervasive in developing economies and can hinder productivity growth. This paper studies how much rural producers in developing countries can learn from their own cultivation experience, i.e. learning by doing, to redress …

Land for peace? Game theory and the strategic impediments to a resolution in Israel-Palestine

Why have Israel and the Palestinians failed to implement a ‘land for peace’ solution, along the lines of the Oslo Accords? This paper studies the application of strategic behavior models, in the form of games, to this question. I show that existing …