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Professor Chaves research areas are information economics, market design, and political economy. He is especially interested in dynamic pricing and the effects of transparency on dynamic markets. His current work focuses on how to design market rules when these rules can affect the composition of traders in the market across time. His political economy work has studied, among other things, the persistence and effects of pre-colonial institutions on economic development in West Africa.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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He who counts elects: Economic elites, political elites, and electoral fraud
Chaves, I., Fergusson, L. & Robinson, J. A., Mar 1 2015, In: Economics and Politics. 27, 1, p. 124-159 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reinventing the wheel: The economic benefits of wheeled transportation in early Colonial British West Africa
Chaves, I., Engerman, S. L. & Robinson, J. A., Jan 1 2014, Africa's Development in Historical Perspective. Cambridge University Press, p. 321-365 45 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
14 Scopus citations