Essays in development economics and applied econometrics

Abstract

This thesis covers different topics in the fields of development economics and applied econometrics. The part on development economics contains three chapters: a theoretical model on fair trade, an empirical paper on the functioning of micro-credit groups and a literature review on the demand for micro-insurance. The part on applied econometrics contains a methodological paper on eliciting expectations and a description of an implementation of some robust estimators in Stata.

Date of Award	11 Apr 2016
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	University of Namur
Sponsors	Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique F.R.S.-FNRS
Supervisor	Jean-Marie BALAND (Supervisor), CATHERINE GUIRKINGER (Supervisor), Mathias HUNGERBUHLER (President), Guilhem Cassan (Jury), Xavier GINE (Jury) & William Parente (Jury)