Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer, and the Rise of Modern Development Economics

In 2019, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. These three scholars were recognized "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty". This paper reviews the contributions of the...

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Main Author: Olken, Benjamin (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley, 2020-07-28T20:31:43Z.
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