Working Papers

In many arid and semi-arid regions whether or not to use desalinated water has long been a non-issue and policy debates are focused on the timing and extent of the desali [...]

We examine the relationship between private transfers and household size in the presence of capital market imperfections by incorporating a two-sided dynastic utility spe [...]

In this study we examine consumption smoothing in three low-income Indian villages by testing the empirical implications of a multi-period risk sharing framework with bor [...]

This study examines the role of the various mechanisms that are employed to smooth consumption in village economies in less developed countries. Since intra-temporal remi [...]

In this paper we report an experiment conducted to assess the contribution of a computer system in the milking parlor to detection of mastitis and estrous (udder infectio [...]