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ECO 6170

Development Economics I

3 units

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Econometrics review
  • Market access
  • Technology transfer
  • Infrastructure
  • Institutions
  • Misallocation
  • Anti-poverty programs
  • Poverty traps

Readings

  • McCaig, Brian and Nina Pavcnik (2018). Export Markets and Labor Allocation in a Low-Income Country. American Economic Review 108(7): 1899–1941. Required, class 2; p.5.
  • Giorcelli, Michela and Bo Li (forthcoming, as listed). Technology Transfer and Early Industrial Development: Evidence from the Sino-Soviet Alliance. Review of Economic Studies. Required, class 3; p.5.
  • Alfaro-Ureña, Alonso, Isabela Manelici and Jose P. Vasquez (2022). The Effects of Joining Multinational Supply Chains: New Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Linkages. Quarterly Journal of Economics 137(3): 1495–1522. Required, class 3; p.5.
  • Atkin, David, Amit K. Khandelwal and Adam Osman (2017). Exporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment. Quarterly Journal of Economics 132(2): 551–615. Required, class 4; p.5.
  • Rotunno, Lorenzo, Sanchari Roy, Anri Sakakibara and Pierre-Louis Vézina (forthcoming, as listed). Trade Policy and Jobs in Vietnam: The Unintended Consequences of US-China Tariffs. World Bank Economic Review. Required, class 5; p.5.
  • Forge, Fabien, Jason Garred and Kyae Lim Kwon (2024). When are Tariff Cuts Not Enough? Heterogeneous Effects of Trade Preferences for the Least Developed Countries. Journal of International Economics 152: 103971. Required, class 5; p.5.
  • Faber, Benjamin (2014). Trade Integration, Market Size, and Industrialization: Evidence from China’s National Trunk Highway System. Review of Economic Studies 81(3): 1046–1070. Required, class 6; p.6.
  • Dell, Melissa, Nathan Lane and Pablo Querubin (2018). The Historical State, Local Collective Action, and Economic Development in Vietnam. Econometrica 86(6): 2083–2121. Required, class 7; p.6.
  • He, Guojun, Shaoda Wang and Bing Zhang (2020). Watering Down Environmental Regulation in China. Quarterly Journal of Economics 135(4): 2135–2185. Required, class 7; p.6.
  • Hsieh, Chang-Tai and Peter J. Klenow (2009). Misallocation and Manufacturing TFP in China and India. Quarterly Journal of Economics 124(4): 1403–1448. Required, class 8; p.6.
  • Chen, Chaoran, Diego Restuccia and Raül Santaeulàlia-Llopis (2022). The Effects of Land Markets on Resource Allocation and Agricultural Productivity. Review of Economic Dynamics 45: 41–54. Required, class 8; p.6.
  • Muralidharan, Karthik, Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar (2016). Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India. American Economic Review 106(10): 2895–2929. Required, class 9; p.6.
  • Muralidharan, Karthik, Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar (2023). General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence from India. Econometrica 91(4): 1261–1295. Required, class 9; p.6.
  • Balboni, Clare, Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak and Anton Heil (2022). Why Do People Stay Poor? Quarterly Journal of Economics 137(2): 785–844. Required, class 10; p.6.
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