Chris Woodruff is Associate Professor of Economics at UC San Diego is visiting STICERD from August 2007 yo March 2008.. His current research uses field experiments in Mexico and Sri Lanka to measure returns to marginal capital investments in low-capital enterprises. The Sri Lanka project also aims to understand the process of recovery of microenterprises following the December 2004 tsunami. Migration from Mexico to the United States , and entrepreneurship among Mexican migrants, are also areas of interest. Chris has also studied the impact of the institutional environment on small scale enterprise in Mexico , Vietnam and Eastern Europe . Chris is in room R518 and can be contacted on 020 7955 7518, or by email cwoodruf@ucsd.edu.
