Singapore Management University

School of Economics

This is a list of my papers.

Research

“What Do We Expect From Our Friends?” (with Stephen Leider, Markus Mobius and Tanya Rosenblat, Harvard University and Iowa State University), March 2010, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 120-138.

(previously part of NBER Working Paper W13135). Paper presented at: 2004 Econometric Society Summer meetings, 2004 SITE Conference on Experimental Economics, Max Planck Institute Ringberg Workshop on Social Networks, 2006 North American Economic Science meetings, Boston University, New York University, University of Connecticut, Texas A&M, Columbia University, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Michigan, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program.

 

“Directed Altruism and Enforced Reciprocity in Social Networks” (with Stephen Leider, Markus Mobius and Tanya Rosenblat, Harvard University and Iowa State University), November 2009, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 124, No. 4, pp. 1815-1851.

(previously part of NBER Working Paper W13135; earlier version circulated under the title “Social Capital in Social Networks”). Paper presented at: 2004 Econometric Society Summer meetings, 2004 SITE Conference on Experimental Economics, Max Planck Institute Ringberg Workshop on Social Networks, 2006 North American Economic Science Association meetings, Boston University, New York University, University of Connecticut, Texas A&M, Columbia University, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Michigan, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program.

 

“Instability and the Incentives for Corruption” (with Filipe R. Campante and Davin Chor, Harvard University), March 2009, Economics and Politics, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 42-92.

Paper presented at: the 10th Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Geneva), the NBER Political Economics Student Conference (Cambridge, MA), the 9th World Congress of the Econometric Society (London), the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association (Amsterdam). (Supplementary Appendix)

Publications:

“Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Value of Political Connections in Social Networks” (with Yen-Teik Lee, Bang Dang Nguyen and Kieu-Trang Nguyen), May 2012.

Paper presented at: City University of Hong Kong, Ecole Polytechnique, HEC Paris, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, INSEAD, National University of Singapore Business School, Sciences Po, Singapore Management University School of Economics and Lee Kong Chian Business School, THEMA—Université Cergy-Pontoise, University of Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Exeter Business School; and the Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet on Public Economics 2011, North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society 2011, SMU-ESSEC Workshop on Financial Economics 2011, University of Cambridge Finance Research Day 2011, and the Asian Finance Association Meeting 2011.

 

“Isolated Capital Cities, Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from U.S. States” (with Filipe R. Campante, Harvard University), May 2012.

             Paper presented at: PUC-Rio de Janeiro, FGV-Sao Paolo.

            

“A Centered Index of Spatial Concentration: Expected Influence Approach and Application to Population and Capital Cities” (with Filipe R. Campante, Harvard University), April 2010, invited revision for Theoretical Economics.

Paper presented at: George Washington University, SAET conference, GETA workshop, Harvard Kennedy School.

 

“One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan: Panel Data Evidence from Hometown Infrastructure in an Autocracy” (with Kieu-Trang Nguyen and Anh Tran Ngoc, Indiana University at Bloomington), November 2011.

             Paper presented at Indiana University at Bloomington (SPEA), Singapore Management              University.

 

“Inequality, Redistribution and Population” (with Filipe R. Campante, Harvard University), May 2010, under revision.

Paper presented at: American Association of Law and Economics Conference, Association for Public Economic Theory Conference, NBER Political Economics Student Conference.

 

“Keeping Dictators Honest: the Role of Population Concentration” (with Filipe R. Campante, Harvard University), April 2008, under revision.

Paper presented at: GRIPS Tokyo, University of Oslo, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris School of Economics, University of Lausanne, Houston University, Clemson University, Singapore Management University, American Economic Association Annual Meeting (San Francisco), Far East Meeting of the Econometric Society (Singapore), Workshop on Conflicts and Inequality (PRIO, Oslo).

 

“Corruption, Delays and the Pattern of Trade” (with Karine Serfaty de Medeiros, Harvard University), May 2008, under revision.

Paper presented and awarded the Tullock Prize for Best Empirical Paper at the Australasian Public Choice Conference, Melbourne 2009. Also presented at Nanyang Technology University and Singapore Management University.

 

“Directed Altruism and Enforced Reciprocity in Social Networks: How Much is a Friend Worth?” (with Stephen Leider, Marcus Mobius, Tanya Rosenblat, Harvard University and Wesleyan University), May 2007, NBER Working Paper No. 13135.

Later published in shortened versions as “Directed Altruism and Enforced Reciprocity in Social Networks” and

Working Papers:

“Social Connections of Politicians” (with Bang D. Nguyen and Yen-Teik Lee, Cambridge University and Singapore Management University)

“Labor Supply of Taxi Drivers in a Developing Country” (with Anh N. Tran, Indiana University at Bloomington)

“The Hometown Bias in Development Politics” (with Anh N. Tran, Indiana University at Bloomington)

“Corruption in State Politics: Media Coverage and Population Concentration” (with Filipe R. Campante, Harvard University)

“Redistribution and Population Size in China” (with Filipe R. Campante and Li Han, Harvard University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology).

 

Work in Progress: