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Number of items: 100.
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  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Balboni, Clare, Heil, Anton (2021). Replication Data for: 'Why Do People Stay Poor?'. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ppmeir
  • Lal Roy, Ananda, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2020). The twin crises of Covid-19 and how to resolve them. The India Forum,
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2020). The Reader: step up action to ease poverty amid this crisis. London Evening Standard,
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Jaravel, Xavier, Weigel, Jonathan (2020). The world has a $2.5 trillion problem. Here’s how to solve it. The New York Times,
  • Berg, Erlend, Ghatak, Maitreesh, R Manjula, R., Rajasekhar, D., Roy, Sanchari (2020). Motivating knowledge agents: Can incentive pay overcome social distance? 2010-2015. [Dataset]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-854126
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2020). Coronavirus will upend the 'profits over people' mantra of globalisation. The Wire,
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2020). 3 points of concern on government's much-needed economic package. NDTV,
  • Raworth, Kate, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Byanyima, Winnie (2020). The real story coronavirus: how will it change us?
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2020). The crumbling of India’s economy. Hindustan Times,
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Maniquet, Franccedilois (2019). Universal basic income: some theoretical aspects. Annual Review of Economics, 11, 895-928. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-080218-030220
  • Berg, Erlend, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Manjula, R, Rajasekhar, D, Roy, Sanchari (2019). Motivating knowledge agents: can incentive pay overcome social distance? The Economic Journal, 129(617), 110-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12544
  • de Quidt, Jonathan, Fetzer, Thiemo, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2018). Market structure and borrower welfare in microfinance. The Economic Journal, 128(610), 1019-1046. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12591
  • de Quidt, Jonathan, Fetzer, Thiemo, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2016). Group lending without joint liability. Journal of Development Economics, 121, 217-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.11.006
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Karaivanov, Alexander (2014). Contractual structure in agriculture with endogenous matching. Journal of Development Economics, 110, 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.05.005
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Ghosh, Parikshit, Kotwal, Ashok (2014). Growth in the time of UPA: myths and reality. Economic and Political Weekly, 49(16), 34-43.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Roy, Sanchari (2014). Did Gujarat's growth rate accelerate under Modi? Economic and Political Weekly, 49(15), 12-15.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Mitra, Sandip, Mookherjee, Dilip, Nath, Anusha (2013). Land acquisition and compensation: what really happened in Singur? Economic and Political Weekly, 48(21), 32-44.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2013). Bailouts and the optimal taxation of bonus pay. American Economic Review, 103(3), 163-167. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.3.163
  • Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Lafortune, Jeanne (2013). Marry for what?: caste and mate selection in modern India. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 5(2), 33-72. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.5.2.33
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Mookherjee, Dilip (2013). Land acquisition for industrialization and compensation of displaced farmers. Journal of Development Economics, 110, 303-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.01.001
  • Bonfatti, Roberto, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2012). Trade and the allocation of talent with capital market imperfections. Journal of International Economics, 89(1), 187-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.07.005
  • Besley, Timothy, Burchardi, Konrad B., Ghatak, Maitreesh (2012). Incentives and the De Soto Effect. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(1), 237-282. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjr056
  • Fischer, Gregory, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2011). Spanning the chasm: uniting theory and empirics in microfinance research. In Armendáriz, Beatriz, Labie, Marc (Eds.), The Handbook of Microfinance . World Scientific (Firm).
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Karaivanov, Alexander (2011). Contractual structure and endogenous matching partnerships. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 024). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Mueller, Hannes (2011). Thanks for nothing?: not-for-profits and motivated agents. Journal of Public Economics, 95(1-2), 94-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.09.003
  • Bonfatti, Roberto, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2010). Trade and the skill premium puzzle with capital market imperfections. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 020). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2009). Property rights and economic development. In Rodrick, Dani, Rosenzweig, M. R. (Eds.), Handbook of Development Economics (pp. 4525-4595). Elsevier (Firm). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-52944-2.00006-9
  • Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Lafortune, Jeanne (2009). Marry for what?: caste and mate selection in modern India. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 009). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2008). L'offre de services publics par les acteurs non gouvernementaux. Revue d'économie du Développement, 22(4), 89-108. https://doi.org/10.3917/edd.224.0089
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Morelli, Massimo, Sjöström, Tomas (2007). Entrepreneurial talent, occupational choice and trickle up policies. Journal of Economic Theory, 137(1), 27-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2006.02.007
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Bardhan, Pranab (2007). Wealth, inequality and collective action. Journal of Public Economics, 91(9), 1843-1874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.03.002
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Besley, Timothy (2007). Retailing public goods: the economics of corporate social responsibility. Journal of Public Economics, 91(9), 1645-1663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.07.006
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2007). Land reform. In Basu, Kaushik (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to Economics in India . Oxford University Press.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Roy, S (2007). Land reform and agricultural productivity in India: a review of the evidence. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 23(2), 251-269. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grm017
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2007). Reforming public service delivery. Journal of African Economies, 16(1), 127-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejm026
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2006). Sorting with motivated agents: implications for school competition and teacher incentives. Journal of the European Economic Association, 4(2-3), 404-414. https://doi.org/10.1162/jeea.2006.4.2-3.404
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Khwaja, Asim, Andrabi, Tahir (2006). Subcontractors for tractors: asset speciality and contracting in a manufacturer-supplier network. Journal of Development Economics, 79(2), 273-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.01.012
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Bardhan, P, Karaivanov, A (2006). Inequality and collective action. In Bardhan, P, Bowles, S, Baland, J (Eds.), Inequality, Cooperation Action and Environmental Sustainability (pp. 36-59). Princeton University Press.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2006). Public goods and economic development. In Banerjee, Abhijit, Benabou, R, Mookherjee, D (Eds.), Understanding Poverty (pp. 285-302). Oxford University Press.
  • Gangopadhyay, S, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2005). Joint liability lending and the peer selection effect. The Economic Journal, 115(506), 1005-1015. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01029.x
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2005). Incentives, risk and accountability in organizations. In Hutter, Bridget, Power, Michael (Eds.), Organizational Encounters With Risk (pp. 149-166). Cambridge University Press.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2005). Who should provide public goods? A perspective from the theory of organizations. In Banerjee, Nirmala, Marjit, Sugata (Eds.), Developmment, Displacement and Disparity . Orient Longman.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Banerjee, Abhijit (2004). Eviction threats and investment incentives. Journal of Development Economics, 74(2), 469-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.07.004
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2004). Competition and incentives with motivated agents. (CEPR discussion paper no. 4641). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Assuncao, Juliano (2003). Can unobserved heterogeneity in farmer ability explain the inverse relationship between farm size and productivity. Economics Letters, 80(2), 189-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00091-0
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2003). Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of public services. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 19(2), 235-249. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/19.2.235
  • Banerjee, Abhijit, Bardhan, Pranab, Basu, Kaushik, Datta-Chaudhuri, Mrinal, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Guha, Ashok, Majumdar, Mukul, Mookherjee, Dilip, Ray, Debraj (2002). Strategy for economic reform in West Bengal. Economic and Political Weekly, 37(41), 4203-4218.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Jiang, Nien-Huei (2002). A simple model of inequality, occupational choice and development. Journal of Development Economics, 69(1), 205-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00059-7
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Ghatak, Maitreya (2002). Recent reforms in the Panchayat system in west Bengal: toward greater participatory governance. Economic and Political Weekly, 37(1).
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Gertler, Paul, Banerjee, Abhijit (2002). Empowerment and efficiency: tenancy reform in West Bengal. Journal of Political Economy, 110(2), 239-280. https://doi.org/10.1086/338744
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2001). Government versus private ownership of public goods. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116(4), 1343 - 1372. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355301753265598
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Morelli, Massimo, Sjostrom, Tomas (2001). Occupational choice and dynamic incentives. Review of Economic Studies, 68(4), 781-810. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-937X.00190
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Kali, Raja (2001). Financially interlinked business groups. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 10(4), 591-619. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1430-9134.2001.00591.x
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2001). Government versus private ownership of public goods. (CEPR discussion paper; no. 2725). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2000). Contract choice in agriculture with joint moral hazard in effort and risk. Journal of Development Economics, 63(2), 303-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3878(00)00116-4
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Kali, Raja (2000). Diversified business groups in emerging economies. ICRA Bulletin: Money and Finance, 2(4), 20-31.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2000). Screening by the company you keep: joint liability lending and the peer selection effect. The Economic Journal, 110(465), 601-631. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00556
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Guinnane, Timothy W (2000). The economics of lending with joint liability: theory and practice. In Mookerjee, Dilip, Ray, Debraj (Eds.), Readings in the Theory of Economic Development (pp. 411-440). Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (1999). Group lending, local information and peer selection. Journal of Development Economics, 60(1), 27-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00035-8
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Guinnane, Timothy W (1999). The economics of lending with joint liability: theory and practice. Journal of Development Economics, 60(1), 195-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00041-3
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  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Mookherjee, Dilip (2025). Misallocating misallocation? Annual Review of Economics, 17(1), 511 - 538. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-091624-051237 picture_as_pdf
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Wahhaj, Zaki (2025). Motivational investments and financial incentives. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewaf008 picture_as_pdf
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2024). Direct transfer policies for the poor. Journal of Social and Economic Development, 26(Suppl 1), 17 - 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-023-00306-4 picture_as_pdf
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Mookherjee, Dilip (2024). Revisiting the Eswaran-Kotwal model of tenancy. Studies in Microeconomics, 12(1), 32 - 58. https://doi.org/10.1177/23210222241231700 picture_as_pdf
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Verdier, Thierry (2023). Inequality and identity salience. Indian Economic Review, 58(1 supplement), 181 - 191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41775-023-00164-1 picture_as_pdf
  • Baboni, Clare, Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Heil, Anton (2022). Why do people stay poor? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(2), 785 - 844. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab045 picture_as_pdf
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Raghavan, Ramya (2022). The COVID-19 shock and the Indian economy-A cross-country comparative analysis. In The Impact of COVID-19 on India and the Global Order: A Multidisciplinary Approach (pp. 63-79). Springer Nature (Firm). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8472-2_3 picture_as_pdf
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Jaravel, Xavier (2020). Is funding a large universal basic income feasible? A quantitative analysis of UBI with endogenous labour supply. LSE Public Policy Review, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.9 picture_as_pdf
  • Gadenne, Lucie, Ghatak, Maitreesh (5 June 2020) How to reorganise the world health organization – and how to finance it. LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
  • de Quidt, Jonathan, Fetzer, Thiemo, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2018). Commercialization and the decline of joint liability microcredit. Journal of Development Economics, 134, 209-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.05.010 picture_as_pdf
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2018). Prosocial motivation and incentives. Annual Review of Economics, 10, 411-438. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-063016-103739
  • de Quidt, Jonathan, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2018). Is the credit worth it? For-profit lenders in microfinance with rational and behavioral borrowers. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89(1), 175-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12189
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2017). Profit with purpose? A theory of social enterprise. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(3), 19-58. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20150495
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2017). A murder is a murder, whatever the context.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2017). Public-private partnerships for the provision of public goods: theory and an application to NGOs. Research in Economics, 71(2), 356-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2017.04.005
  • Banerjee, Mukulika, Bhalla, Surajit, Desai, Meghnad, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2017). 2017 Legislative Assembly election results: experts react.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2016). Understanding why Hillary Clinton lost the election.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh (2016). No hope left? Interpreting the West Bengal election results.
  • Aneya, Madhav S., Ghatak, Maitreesh, Morelli, Massimo (2016). Credit market frictions and political failure. Journal of Monetary Economics, 81, 48-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2016.03.012
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Ray, Debraj (2014). Please weight: when confronted by a large Indian statistic, divide by population.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2013). Profit with purpose? a theory of social enterprise with experimental evidence. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 047). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Kumar, Chinmaya, Mitra, Sandip (2013). Cash versus in-kind transfers: what do beneficiaries really want?
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Mitra, Sandip, Mookherjee, Dilip, Nath, Anusha (2013). Learning from Singur: land acquisition and compensation in India.
  • Fetzer, Thiemo, Quidt, Jonathan de, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2013). Group lending without joint liability. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 044). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Berg, Erlend, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Manjula, R, Rajasekhar, D, Roy, Sanchari (2013). Motivating knowledge agents: can incentive pay overcome social distance? (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 042). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Lafortune, Jeanne (2012). Marriage in modern India: does caste still matter for mate selection? picture_as_pdf
  • Aney, Madhav S., Ghatak, Maitreesh, Morelli, Massimo (2011). Can market failure cause political failure? (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 029). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2011). Taxation and regulation of bonus pay. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 030). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Berg, Erlend, Manjula, R, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Roy, Sanchari, Rajasekhar, D (2011). Implementing health insurance for the poor: the rollout of RSBY in Karnataka. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 025). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Karaivanov, Alexander (2011). Contractual structure and endogenous matching in partnershipso. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 024). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Fischer, Greg, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2010). Repayment frequency in microfinance contracts with present-biased borrowers. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 021). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2009). The de Soto effect. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 008). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2009). Property rights and economic development. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP/2009/6). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2008). Status incentives. American Economic Review, 98(2), 206-211. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.98.2.206
  • Besley, Tim, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2005). Competition and incentives with motivated agents. American Economic Review, 95(3), 616-636. https://doi.org/10.1257/0002828054201413
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2003). Competition and incentives with motivated agents. (Theoretical Economics; TE/2003/465 TE/03/465). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Banerjee, Abhijit, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2003). Eviction threats and investment incentives. (DEDPS 39). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2003). Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of Public Services. (CARR Discussion Papers DP 14). ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation.
  • Ghatak, Maitreesh, Morelli, Massimo, Sjostrom, Tomas (2002). Credit rationing, wealth inequality and allocation of talent. (TE 441). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Ghatak, Maitreesh (1999). Public-private partnership for the provision of public goods : theory and an application to NGOs. (Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 17 DEDPS No. 17). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.