Arun Chandrasekhar, Stanford University
Assistant Professor
Stanford, California
arungc@stanford.edu
Office:
(650) 725-4918
Bio/Research
I am an assistant professor at the economics department at stanford university. i work on development economics.
i study the role that social networks play in developing countries. a social network is a web of connections between units, such as financial relationships between households...
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i study the role that social networks play in developing countries. a social network is a web of connections between units, such as financial relationships between households...
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Bio/Research
I am an assistant professor at the economics department at stanford university. i work on development economics.
i study the role that social networks play in developing countries. a social network is a web of connections between units, such as financial relationships between households in a village. developing countries are marked by a lack well-functioning formal institutions. for instance, village farmers often don't have access to banks, insurance and court systems may not work well. as a consequence, individuals come to rely on their social networks to mediate and facilitate economic interactions. i am particularly interested in how the economics of networks can help us understand information aggregation failures and breakdown of cooperation in the developing world.
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i study the role that social networks play in developing countries. a social network is a web of connections between units, such as financial relationships between households in a village. developing countries are marked by a lack well-functioning formal institutions. for instance, village farmers often don't have access to banks, insurance and court systems may not work well. as a consequence, individuals come to rely on their social networks to mediate and facilitate economic interactions. i am particularly interested in how the economics of networks can help us understand information aggregation failures and breakdown of cooperation in the developing world.
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