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Staff Biography
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Professor Maitreesh GHATAK Director of EOPP and Professor, Department of Economics |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7852 3568
Email: M.Ghatak@lse.ac.uk
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal WebSite 
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Research Interests:
- Applied Microeconomics
- Development Economics
- Public Organizations
Current Research Projects:
Selected Publications:
- Status Incentives
(with Tim Besley), Forthcoming, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2008
- Retailing Public Goods: The Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility
(with Tim Besley), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 91, No. 9, p. 1645–1663, September 2007
- Wealth Inequality and Collective Action
(with Pranab Bardhan and Alexander Karaivanov), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 91, No. 9, p. 1843–1874, September 2007
- Entrepreneurial Talent, Occupational Choice, and Trickle Up Policies
(with Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjostrom), Journal of Economic Theory, Symposium on Development Theory, Volume 137, No. 1, pp. 27-48, November 2007.
- Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents
(with Tim Besley), American Economic Review, 95(3)2005
- Subcontractors for Tractors: Asset Specificity and Contracting in a
Manufacturer-Supplier Network
(with Asim Khwaja, and Tahir_x000d_
Andrabi). Journal of Development Economics . Volume 79, No. 2, pp. 273-_x000d_
492, April 2006
- Government versus Private Ownership of Public Goods
with Timothy J. Besley. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116 (4), 2001.
- Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives
with Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjostrom. Review of Economic Studies, 68(4), 2001.
- Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal
with Abhijit V. Banerjee and Paul J. Gertler. Journal of Political Economy, 110 (2), 2002.
STICERD/CASE Publications:
- Why Do People Stay Poor?
Clare Balboni,
Oriana Bandiera,
Robin Burgess,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
Anton Heil,
March 2020
Paper No' EOPP 067:
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- Profit with Purpose? A Theory of Social Enterprise with Experimental Evidence
Timothy Besley,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
November 2013
Paper No' EOPP 047:
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- Group Lending Without Joint Liability
Thiemo Fetzer,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
Jonathan de Quidt,
July 2013
Paper No' EOPP 044:
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- Motivating Knowledge Agents: Can Incentive Pay Overcome Social Distance?
Erlend Berg,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
R Manjula,
D Rajasekhar,
Sanchari Roy,
March 2013
Paper No' EOPP 042:
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- Market Structure and Borrower Welfare in Microfinance
Thiemo Fetzer,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
Jonathan de Quidt,
September 2012
Paper No' EOPP 040:
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- Taxation and Regulation of Bonus Pay
Timothy Besley,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
July 2011
Paper No' EOPP 030:
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- Can Market Failure Cause Political Failure?
Madhav S, Aney,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
Massimo Morelli,
July 2011
Paper No' EOPP 029:
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- IMPLEMENTING HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE POOR: THE ROLLOUT OF RSBY IN KARNATAKA
Erlend Berg,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
R Manjula,
D Rajasekhar,
Sanchari Roy,
March 2011
Paper No' EOPP 025:
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- Contractual Structure and Endogenous Matching in Partnershipso
Maitreesh Ghatak,
Alexander Karaivanov,
February 2011
Paper No' EOPP 024:
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- Trade and the Skill Premium Puzzle with Capital Market Imperfections
Roberto Bonfatti,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
November 2010
Paper No' EOPP 020:
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- Repayment Frequency in Microfinance Contracts with Present-Biased Borrowers
Greg Fischer,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
July 2010
Paper No' EOPP 021:
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- Thanks for Nothing? Not-for-Profits and Motivated Agents
Maitreesh Ghatak,
Hannes Mueller,
November 2009
Paper No' EOPP 014:
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- Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
Abhijit Banerjee,
Esther Duflo,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
Jeanne Lafortune,
May 2009
Paper No' EOPP 009:
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- The de Soto Effect
Timothy Besley,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
April 2009
Paper No' EOPP 008:
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- Property Rights and Economic Development
Timothy Besley,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
February 2009
Paper No' EOPP 006:
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- Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents
Timothy Besley,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
November 2003
Paper No' TE/2003/465:
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- Eviction Threats and Investment Incentives
Abhijit Banerjee,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
June 2003
Paper No' DEDPS 39:
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- Credit Rationing, Wealth Inequality, and Allocation of Talent
Maitreesh Ghatak,
Massimo Morelli,
Tomas Sjostrom,
October 2002
Paper No' TE/2002/441:
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- Public-Private Partnership for the Provision of Public Goods: Theory and an Application to NGOs
Timothy Besley,
Maitreesh Ghatak,
August 1999
Paper No' DEDPS 17:
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Other Professional Activities:
Honours and Titles:
- Bhabatosh Datta Visiting Fellow, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, 2002.
- Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2000-01
- Post Doctoral Fellowship, STICERD, London School of Economics, Summer 1996
- The Simon Kuznets Prize, Harvard University, 1993
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