Staff Biography


	Professor Maitreesh GHATAK Director of EOPP and Professor, Department of Economics
	Tel: +44 (0)20 7852 3568 Email: M.Ghatak@lse.ac.uk STICERD , 32L 3.08A Curriculum Vitae Personal WebSite Publications on LSE Research Online
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics Development Economics Public Organizations Current Research Projects: Creating Collateral: The de Soto Effect and the Political Economy of Legal Reform Marry for What? Partner Selection in Modern India Can Market Failure cause Political Failure? 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: Read Abstract \| Full paper Profit with Purpose? A Theory of Social Enterprise with Experimental Evidence Timothy Besley, Maitreesh Ghatak, November 2013 Paper No' EOPP 047: Read Abstract \| Full paper Group Lending Without Joint Liability Thiemo Fetzer, Maitreesh Ghatak, Jonathan de Quidt, July 2013 Paper No' EOPP 044: Read Abstract \| Full paper 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: Read Abstract \| Full paper Market Structure and Borrower Welfare in Microfinance Thiemo Fetzer, Maitreesh Ghatak, Jonathan de Quidt, September 2012 Paper No' EOPP 040: Read Abstract \| Full paper Taxation and Regulation of Bonus Pay Timothy Besley, Maitreesh Ghatak, July 2011 Paper No' EOPP 030: Read Abstract \| Full paper Can Market Failure Cause Political Failure? Madhav S, Aney, Maitreesh Ghatak, Massimo Morelli, July 2011 Paper No' EOPP 029: Read Abstract \| Full paper 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: Read Abstract \| Full paper Contractual Structure and Endogenous Matching in Partnershipso Maitreesh Ghatak, Alexander Karaivanov, February 2011 Paper No' EOPP 024: Read Abstract \| Full paper Trade and the Skill Premium Puzzle with Capital Market Imperfections Roberto Bonfatti, Maitreesh Ghatak, November 2010 Paper No' EOPP 020: Read Abstract \| Full paper Repayment Frequency in Microfinance Contracts with Present-Biased Borrowers Greg Fischer, Maitreesh Ghatak, July 2010 Paper No' EOPP 021: Read Abstract \| Full paper Thanks for Nothing? Not-for-Profits and Motivated Agents Maitreesh Ghatak, Hannes Mueller, November 2009 Paper No' EOPP 014: Read Abstract \| Full paper Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak, Jeanne Lafortune, May 2009 Paper No' EOPP 009: Read Abstract \| Full paper The de Soto Effect Timothy Besley, Maitreesh Ghatak, April 2009 Paper No' EOPP 008: Read Abstract \| Full paper Property Rights and Economic Development Timothy Besley, Maitreesh Ghatak, February 2009 Paper No' EOPP 006: Read Abstract \| Full paper Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents Timothy Besley, Maitreesh Ghatak, November 2003 Paper No' TE/2003/465: Read Abstract \| Full paper Eviction Threats and Investment Incentives Abhijit Banerjee, Maitreesh Ghatak, June 2003 Paper No' DEDPS 39: Read Abstract \| Full paper Credit Rationing, Wealth Inequality, and Allocation of Talent Maitreesh Ghatak, Massimo Morelli, Tomas Sjostrom, October 2002 Paper No' TE/2002/441: Read Abstract \| Full paper 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: Read Abstract \| Full paper Other Professional Activities: Co-Editor, 2008 - present Journal of Development Economics Member of Editorial Board, 2002 - present Review of Economic Studies Board Member, 2008 - present Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, Program in Public Policy and Development Economics 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