Distributed Ledgers: Design and Regulation of Financial Infrastructure and Payment Systems. Robert M. Townsend. MIT Press (2020). |
"The Economics of Platforms in a Walrasian Framework." Anil Jain and Robert M. Townsend. Economic Theory, 2020; see also International Finance Discussion Papers 1280. Abstract Prepublication PDF Link to Journal |
"Family Firms, Bank Relationships and Financial Constraints: A Comprehensive Score Card." Alexander Karaivanov, Jesus Saurina and Robert M. Townsend, International Economic Review, 60 (2): 547-593, 2018. Abstract Prepublication PDF,Link to Journal |
"Integrated Household Surveys: An Assessment of U.S. Methods and an Innovation" Krislert Samphantharak, Scott Schuh and Robert M. Townsend. Economic Inquiry, 56 (1), 2018: 50–80. Abstract Prepublication PDF Data Appendix on Dataverse |
"Risk and Return in Village Economies." Krislert Samphantharak and Robert M. Townsend, American Economic |
"Economic Development, Flow of Funds and the Equilibrium Interaction of Financial Frictions." Benjamin Moll, Robert M. Townsend, Victor Zhorin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (24): 6176-6184, 2017 (Formerly as NBER Working Paper No. 19618, 2014.) ABSTRACT PDF Prepublication version PNAS Q&A article |
"Human Capital Acquisition and Occupational Choice: Implications for Economic Development". Marti Mestieri, Johanna Schauer and Robert M. Townsend, Review of Economic Dynamics, 25, 2017: 151–186; also CEPR Discussion Paper No. 11825, 2017. Abstract Prepublication PDF Online Appendix |
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"Accounting for the Poor." Robert M. Townsend. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95(5), October 2013: 1196-1208. PDF |
"Chronicles from the Field: The Townsend Thai Project." Robert M. Townsend, Sombat Sakunthasathien, and Rob Jordan. Boston, MA: MIT Press, April 2013. LINK |
"Insurance and Credit: Micro Financial Underpinnings for Entire Economies." Robert M. Townsend. Presented at the Nobel Symposium on Growth and Development, Institute for International Economics in Stockholm, Sweden, September 3, 2012. PDF |
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"Kinship and Financial Networks, Formal Financial Access and Risk Reduction." Cynthia Kinnan and Robert M. Townsend. American Economic Review 102(3), May 2012: 289-93. PDF |
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"Microinsurance: A Case Study of the Indian Rainfall Index Insurance Market." Xavier Gine, Lev Menand, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery. In Ghate, Chetan (ed.) Handbook of the Indian Economy , 2012: Oxford University Press, pp. 167-194. For World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5459, 2010 see ABSTRACT PDF |