Spring 2003

Recent Discussion Papers

• “Abilities, Budgets and Age: Inter-Generational Economic Mobility in Finland”
Robert E. B. Lucas and Sari A. Pekkala

• “Foreign Direct Investment, Management Practices, and Social Capital: New Evidence on the Host Country Effects of Japanese Multinationals”
Peter B. Doeringer and David G. Terkla

• “The Distributive Impact of Privatization in Latin America: Evidence from Four Countries”
David McKenzie and Dilip Mookherjee

• “Trade Structure, Industrial Structure, and International Business Cycles”
Marianne Baxter and Michael A. Kouparitsas

• “The Environmental Impact of Poverty: Evidence from Firewood Collection in Rural Nepal”
Jean-Marie Baland, Pranab Bardhan, Sanghamitra Das, Dilip Mookherjee, Rinki Sarkar

• “What Attracts High Performance Factories? Management Culture and Regional Advantage”
Peter Doeringer, Christine Evans-Klock, David Terkla

• “From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History”
Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein

IED Research in Progress

IED FacultyAffiliates

Rosenstein-Rodan Prize

Boston University’s Institute for Economic Development  (IED) houses a number of exciting research projects, including (i) land reforms, fiscal decentralization and privatization in various developing countries; (ii) impact of poverty on deforestation in India and Nepal; (iii) foreign direct investment and firm level productivity; (iv) racial justice and social exclusion; (v) trade structure and international business cycles; (vi) migration and intergenerational mobility; (vii) social learning and financial crises; (viii) dowries and human capital accumulation in economic history; (ix) design of health insurance and social security systems, and (x) financial markets and growth. Its seminar series features speakers from various universities presenting results of their recent research and leading academics and policy practitioners discuss important policy issues pertaining to economic development in its development policy workshops. The Institute regularly serves as host to academic scholars from different countries, this year ranging from China, Hong Kong, France, India, Italy and Germany.  IED belongs to the Northeast Universities Development Consortium, which sponsors an annual conference on development economics.