The presented paper examines the impact of ethnic networks on product demand and firm growth in rural India. First, the authors establish changes in regional rainfall intensity as an asymmetric de
An information designer has precise information about consumers' preferences over products sold by oligopolists. The designer chooses what information to reveal to differentiated firms who, then,
The use of market mechanisms for allocating goods like school slots and courses is hindered by the non-existence of competitive equilibria (CE) when the goods to be allocated are indivisible. To g