Current Research and Publications

Recent Publications

Gallenstein, R. A., "Wealth Inequality and Risk Management: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Ghana", Economics Letters, Forthcoming 2022.

Gallenstein, R. A., Flatnes, J. E., Dougherty, J. P., Sam, A., G., and Mishra, K. “The Impact of Index Insurance and Joint Liability Loan Contracts on Risk Taking: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment in Tanzania.” Agricultural Economics. 52(1): 141-156, 2021.

Dougherty, J. P., Gallenstein, R. A., and Mishra, K. “Impact of Index Insurance on Moral Hazard in the Agricultural Credit Market: Theory and Evidence from Ghana” The Journal of African Economies. Forthcoming, 2021. 

Gallenstein, R. A., Flatnes, J. E., and Sam, A., G. “The Impact of Shame on Risk Taking in Joint Liability Lending.” Journal of Development Studies. 54(4): 2194-2211, 2021.  

Mishra, K, Gallenstein, R., Sam, A., G., Miranda, M. J., Toledo, P., and Mulangu, F. “The Impact of Index Insurance on Credit Market Access in Northern Ghana.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 103(3): 923-943, 2021.

Dougherty, J. P., Flatnes, J. E., Gallenstein, R. A., Sam, A. G., and Miranda, M. J. “Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Index Insurance Demand: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment in Tanzania.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 175(1): 155-184, 2020.

Gallenstein, R.A., Mishra, K., Sam. A., and Miranda, M. J. “Willingness to Pay for Insured Loans in Northern Ghana.” Journal of Agricultural Economics. 70 (3): 640-662, 2019.

Research in Progress

Papers

Gallenstein, R. A., "Wealth Inequality and Endogenous Fairness Views", 2021.

Chen, Jian Chen, Jon Einar Flatnes, Richard A. Gallenstein, Mario J. Miranda, Yingmei Tang, "Group Lending without Joint Liability: The Role of Cognitive Social Capital in Microfinance", 2021.

Gallenstein, R. A., "Does Inequality Impede Risk Management? Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Ghana", 2021.

Jent, July, Richard A. Gallenstein, John P. Dougherty, "Achieving Integral Development through Inclusive Microfinance", 2021.

Shenoy, Ashish, Jon Einar Flatnes, Richard A. Gallenstein, "Risk Preferences over Correlated Risks: Insights on Demand for Index Insurance from a Lab Experiment in Ghana", 2021.

Dougherty, John P., Richard A. Gallenstein, Khushbu Mishra, "Impact of Index Insurance on Moral Hazard in the Agricultural Credit Market: Theory and Evidence from Ghana", 2021.

Dougherty, John P. , Jon Einar Flatnes, Richard A. Gallenstein, Mario J. Miranda, Abdoul G. Sam, "Climate Change and Index Insurance Demand: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment in Tanzania", 2020.

Mishra, Khushbu,  Richard A. Gallenstein, Mario J. Miranda, Abdoul G. Sam, Patricia Toledo, and Francis Mulangu, "Insured Loans and Credit Access: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Northern Ghana", 2020.

Impact Evaluations

Promoting Resilient Agricultural Growth with Area Revenue Index Insurance: An Experimental Analysis in Ghana.