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List of works by Maitreesh Ghatak

A simple model of inequality, occupational choice, and development

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Bailouts and the Optimal Taxation of Bonus Pay

Can unobserved heterogeneity in farmer ability explain the inverse relationship between farm size and productivity

Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents

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Contract choice in agriculture with joint moral hazard in effort and risk

Contractual structure in agriculture with endogenous matching

Economic theories of the social sector: from nonprofits to social enterprise

peer reviewed, open access article published in LSE Public Policy Review

Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal

scholarly article by Abhijit Banerjee et al published April 2002 in Journal of Political Economy

Entrepreneurial talent, occupational choice, and trickle up policies

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Eviction threats and investment incentives

article published in 2004

Financially Interlinked Business Groups

Government Versus Private Ownership of Public Goods

Group lending without joint liability

Group lending, local information and peer selection

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Incentives and the De Soto Effect

Is funding a large universal basic income feasible? A quantitative analysis of UBI with endogenous labour supply

peer reviewed, open access article published in LSE Public Policy Review

Joint Liability Lending and the Peer Selection Effect*

L'offre de services publics par les acteurs non gouvernementaux

Land acquisition for industrialization and compensation of displaced farmers

Land reform and agricultural productivity in India: a review of the evidence

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Marry for What: Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India

scholarly article published May 2009

Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India

article by Abhijit Banerjee et al published May 2013 in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Property Rights and Economic Development*

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Public Goods and Economic Development

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Reforming Public Service Delivery

Retailing public goods: The economics of corporate social responsibility

scholarly article by Tim Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak published September 2007 in Journal of Public Economics

Status Incentives

article published in 2008

Subcontractors for tractors: Theory and evidence on flexible specialization, supplier selection, and contracting

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Symposium on. Institutions and economic performance

Thanks for nothing? Not-for-profits and motivated agents

The economics of lending with joint liability: theory and practice

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Trade and the allocation of talent with capital market imperfections

Two States: A Comparative Analysis of Gujarat and Bihar’s Growth Performance Between 1981–2011

scholarly article by Maitreesh Ghatak & Sanchari Roy published 3 March 2015 in India Review

Wealth inequality and collective action