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April 2009
Teaching Note

SKS Microfinance (TN)

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Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Financing and Loans; Valuation; Social Enterprise; Equity; Financial Markets; Microfinance; For-Profit Firms; Financial Services Industry; India

February 2009
Article

Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality?

Keywords: Finance; Growth and Development; Banks and Banking; Ownership; Quality

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13 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

India Authors:A. Banerjee, Shawn A. Cole, E. Duflo, and L. Linden Periodical:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming). (August 2007) Abstract This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2020
Supplement

Nancy Pfund DBL Partners

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

on MBAs. Here’s a closer look at three of this year’s offerings. Investing for Impact Professor Shawn Cole, Finance, and Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi, General Management A rapidly growing share of asset owners and managers are making... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases By: Carpena, Fenella, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Abstract—This paper uses a large-scale field experiment in India to study attitudinal,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2019
Supplement

OpenInvest

2008
Working Paper

Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality?

In 1980, India nationalized its large private banks. This induced different bank ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible identification of the effects of bank ownership on financial development, lending rates, and the quality of intermediation, as... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Credit; Banks and Banking; Interest Rates; State Ownership; Private Ownership; Banking Industry; India

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December 2005
Article

Capitalism and Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Louisiana, 1725-1820

Keywords: Economic Systems; Society; Louisiana

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Awards

Shin Research Excellence Award

Winner of the 2015 Shin Research Excellence Award from The Geneva Association and the IIS (International Insurance Society) for his work on insurance. View Details

Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

impact ventures. Sustainable Investing: What Does the Research Say? Professor Shawn Cole No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info Asset owners, investors, and advocates are increasingly... View Details

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

colleagues to refocus radically on truly modern phenomena, on anticipating the future, and on altering our theorizing and methods accordingly, or we will never catch up. Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

February 2007 (Revised October 2007)
Case

BASIX

By: Shawn A. Cole and Peter Tufano

BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if measured rainfall during the growing season falls below a pre-specified limit. Mr. Sattaiah,... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Microfinance; Insurance; Risk Management; Banking Industry; India

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