Aprajit Mahajan, C.V.
Department of Economics
579 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6072
Phone: 650-723-3864
Fax: 650-725-5702


Forthcoming and Published Papers
Identification and Estimation of Regression Models with Misclassification  Econometrica, 74 (3), 2006, pp.  631-665.

Child Nutrition in India in the Nineties  (with A. Tarozzi) Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55 (3), 2007, pp. 541-586.

Estimation of Price Elasticities with Non-Linear Errors-in-Variables Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(4), 2009, pp. 793-805.

Commitment Mechanisms and Compliance with Health-protecting Behavior: Preliminary Evidence from Orissa (India) (with B. Blackburn, A. Tarozzi and  J. Yoong) American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 99(2), 2009, pp. 231-235.

Why do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity (with Nick Bloom, David McKenzie and John Roberts) American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 100(2), 2010, pp. 619-623

Risk, Incentives and Contracts: Partnerships in Rio De Janeiro 1870-1891  (with Ran Abramitzky and Zephyr Frank) Journal of Economic History,  70(3), 2010, pp. 686-715

Lymphatic Filariasis in Orissa, India: Expanded Endemic Range and A Call to Re-evaluate The Targeting of Mass Drug Administration Programs (2010) (with Patricia Foo, A. Tarozzi, J. Yoong, Lakshmi Krishnan, Daniel Kopf and B. Blackburn)  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105(2), 2011, pp. 109-114. Tables 


Working Papers

Time Inconsistency, Expectations and Technology Adoption (2011) (with A. Tarozzi), revise and resubmit Econometrica
Does Management Matter? Evidence from India (2011) (with Nick Bloom, Benn Eifert, David McKenzie and John Roberts),  revise and resubmit Quarterly Journal of Economics

Micro-Loans, Bednets and Malaria: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (2010) (with B. Blackburn, Daniel Kopf, Lakshmi Krishnan, A. Tarozzi and  J. Yoong) [Short Version (2011)], revise and resubmit American Economic Review

Bednets, Information and Malaria in Orissa (2011)  (with B. Blackburn, A. Tarozzi and  J. Yoong), revise and resubmit Quantitative Economics

Estimation of Single-Index Models with Misclassified Regressors (2009)

Extremum Estimation and Numerical Derivatives (2010) (with Han Hong and Denis Nekipelov)

(Limited) Diffusion of Health Protecting Behavior: Evidence from Non-Beneficiaries of a Public  Health Program (2011) (with A. Tarozzi and Chutima Tontarawongsa)

Work in Progress (More specific information available upon request)

"Commitment Devices and Saving: Field Experimental Evidence from Income Tax Refund Participants" (with Damon Jones)
“Social Network Effects on Bednet Usage in India”, with B. Blackburn, Patricia Foo, Daniel Kopf,  A. Tarozzi and  J. Yoong


Teaching
Economics 102B (Undergraduate Econometrics)
Economics 270   (First Year Ph.D Econometrics)
Economics 214/216 (Second Year Ph.D Development)
Economics 273 (Second Year Ph.D Econometrics)