Robert M. Townsend

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• University of Chicago / Department of Economics (weight: 50%)
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• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / Economics Department (weight: 50%)
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Research profile

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• Kinship and Financial Networks, Formal Financial Access, and Risk Reduction
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Cynthia Kinnan & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:102:y:2012:i:3:p:289-93)
• Village Economic Accounts: Real and Financial Intertwined
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Archawa Paweenawat & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:102:y:2012:i:3:p:441-46)
• On the Optimality of Forward Markets
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1978)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:68:y:1978:i:1:p:54-66)
• Financial Structure and Economic Activity
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1983)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:73:y:1983:i:5:p:895-911)
• Economic Organization with Limited Communication
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1987)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:77:y:1987:i:5:p:954-71)
• Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Thailand
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009)
  by John Felkner & Kamilya Tazhibayeva & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:99:y:2009:i:2:p:205-10)
• The Impact of Credit on Village Economies
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Joseph P. Kaboski & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:4:y:2012:i:2:p:98-133)
• Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2013)
  by Shawn Cole & Xavier Gine & Jeremy Tobacman & Petia Topalova & Robert Townsend & James Vickery
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:5:y:2013:i:1:p:104-35)
• Consumption Insurance: An Evaluation of Risk-Bearing Systems in Low-Income Economies
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (1995)
  by Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:9:y:1995:i:3:p:83-102)
• Financial Structure and Economic Welfare: Applied General Equilibrium Development Economics
  Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2010)
  by Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reveco:v:2:y:2010:p:507-546)
• No bank, one bank, several banks: does it matter for investment?
  Working Papers, Banco de España (2010)
  by Alexander Karaivanov & Sonia Ruano & Jesús Saurina & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, bde:wpaper:1003)
• Computing Multi-Period, Information Constrained Optima
  Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2010)
  by Christopher Phelan & Robert M Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, cla:levarc:117)
• General Competitive Analysis in an Economy with Private Information
  Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (1997)
  by Edward C Prescott & Robert M Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, cla:levarc:1578)
• Pareto Optima and Competitive Equilibria With Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard
  Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2010)
  by Edward C Prescott & Robert M Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, cla:levarc:2069)
• Dynamic Mechanism Design With Hidden Income and Hidden Actions
  UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (2002)
  by Matthias Doepke & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, cla:uclawp:818)
• Dynamic Mecanism Design with Hidden Income and Hidden Actions: Technical Appendix
  UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (2002)
  by Matthias Doepke & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, cla:uclawp:819)
• Dynamic Mechanism Design with Hidden Income and Hidden Auctions
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004)
  by Townsend, Robert & Doepke, Matthias
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:4455)
• Households as Corporate Firms
  Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2010)
  by Samphantharak,Krislert & Townsend,Robert M.
  (ReDIF-book, cup:cbooks:9780521195829)
• Introduction To Macroeconomic Dynamics Special Issue: Inequality
  Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (2008)
  by Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:macdyn:v:12:y:2008:i:s2:p:149-153_07)
• Growth And Inequality: Model Evaluation Based On An Estimation-Calibration Strategy
  Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (2008)
  by Jeong, Hyeok & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:macdyn:v:12:y:2008:i:s2:p:231-284_07)
• Measuring The Impact Of Financial Intermediation: Linking Contract Theory To Econometric Policy Evaluation
  Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (2009)
  by Townsend, Robert M. & Urzua, Sergio S.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:macdyn:v:13:y:2009:i:s2:p:268-316_09)
• Liquidity Constraints And Incentive Contracts
  Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (1999)
  by Lehnert, Andreas & Ligon, Ethan & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:macdyn:v:3:y:1999:i:01:p:1-47_01)
• Using Repayment Data to Test Across Models of Joint Liability Lending
  Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2007)
  by Christian Ahlin & RobertM. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, ecj:econjl:v:117:y:2007:i:517:p:f11-f51)
• Models as Economies
  Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (1987)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ecj:econjl:v:98:y:1987:i:390:p:1-24)
• Resource Allocation under Asymmetric Information
  Econometrica, Econometric Society (1981)
  by Harris Milton & Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ecm:emetrp:v:49:y:1981:i:1:p:33-64)
• Pareto Optima and Competitive Equilibria with Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard
  Econometrica, Econometric Society (1984)
  by Prescott, Edward C & Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ecm:emetrp:v:52:y:1984:i:1:p:21-45)
• Risk and Insurance in Village India
  Econometrica, Econometric Society (1994)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ecm:emetrp:v:62:y:1994:i:3:p:539-91)
• A Structural Evaluation of a Large‐Scale Quasi‐Experimental Microfinance Initiative
  Econometrica, Econometric Society (2011)
  by Joseph P. Kaboski & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, ecm:emetrp:v:79:y:2011:i:5:p:1357-1406)
• Discovering the Sources of TFP Growth: Occupation Choice, Capital Heterogeneity, and Financial Deepening
  Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society (2004)
  by Robert M. Townsend & Hyeok Jeong
  (ReDIF-paper, ecm:nasm04:405)
• Entrepreneurship and financial constraints in Thailand
  Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier (2004)
  by Paulson, Anna L. & Townsend, Robert
  (ReDIF-article, eee:corfin:v:10:y:2004:i:2:p:229-262)
• Theories of intermediated structures
  Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier (1983)
  by Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:crcspp:v:18:y:1983:i::p:221-272)
• Reply to John long's comments
  Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier (1983)
  by Townsend, Robert
  (ReDIF-article, eee:crcspp:v:18:y:1983:i::p:279-280)
• Evaluation of financial liberalization: a general equilibrium model with constrained occupation choice
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2004)
  by Gine, Xavier & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:74:y:2004:i:2:p:269-307)
• Measuring the return on household enterprise: What matters most for whom?
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012)
  by Samphantharak, Krislert & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:98:y:2012:i:1:p:58-70)
• Selection into and across credit contracts: Theory and field research
  Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2007)
  by Ahlin, Christian & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:econom:v:136:y:2007:i:2:p:665-698)
• Wealth accumulation and factors accounting for success
  Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2011)
  by Pawasutipaisit, Anan & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:econom:v:161:y:2011:i:1:p:56-81)
• Collective Organizations versus Relative Performance Contracts: Inequality, Risk Sharing, and Moral Hazard
  Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2002)
  by Prescott, Edward Simpson & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jetheo:v:103:y:2002:i:2:p:282-310)
• Dynamic mechanism design with hidden income and hidden actions
  Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2006)
  by Doepke, Matthias & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jetheo:v:126:y:2006:i:1:p:235-285)
• The eventual failure of price fixing schemes
  Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1977)
  by Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jetheo:v:14:y:1977:i:1:p:190-199)
• Endogenous groups and dynamic selection in mechanism design
  Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2008)
  by Madeira, Gabriel A. & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jetheo:v:142:y:2008:i:1:p:259-293)
• Information-constrained optima with retrading: An externality and its market-based solution
  Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2011)
  by Kilenthong, Weerachart T. & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jetheo:v:146:y:2011:i:3:p:1042-1077)
• Optimal contracts and competitive markets with costly state verification
  Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1979)
  by Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jetheo:v:21:y:1979:i:2:p:265-293)
• Asset-return anomalies in a monetary economy
  Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1987)
  by Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jetheo:v:41:y:1987:i:2:p:219-247)
• Supplier relationships and small business use of trade credit
  Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2004)
  by Aaronson, Daniel & Bostic, Raphael W. & Huck, Paul & Townsend, Robert
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juecon:v:55:y:2004:i:1:p:46-67)
• Information constrained insurance : The revelation principle extended
  Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (1988)
  by Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:moneco:v:21:y:1988:i:2-3:p:411-450)
• Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India
  Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2011)
  by Petia Topalova & Shawn Cole & Xavier Gene & Jeremy Tobacman & Robert Townsend & James Vickery
  (ReDIF-paper, ess:wpaper:id:4293)
• Integrated household surveys: an assessment of U.S. methods and an innovation
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2017)
  by Krislert Samphantharak & Scott Schuh & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedbwp:17-7)
• The Economics of Platforms in a Walrasian Framework
  International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2020)
  by Anil K. Jain & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedgif:1280)
• Small-business access to trade credit: some evidence of ethnic differences
  Consumer and Community Affairs Policy Studies, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2000)
  by Daniel Aaronson & Paul Huck & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhcc:2000-2)
• Formal and informal financing in a Chicago neighborhood
  Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1996)
  by Philip Bond & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedhep:y:1996:i:jul:p:3-27:n:v.20no.4)
• Small business finance in two Chicago minority neighborhoods
  Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1999)
  by Philip Bond & Paul Huck & Sherrie L. W. Rhine & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedhep:y:1999:i:qii:p:46-62:n:v.23no.2)
• The credit risk-contingency system of an Asian development bank
  Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2001)
  by Robert M. Townsend & Jacob Yaron
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedhep:y:2001:i:qiii:p:31-48:n:v.25no.3)
• Community development banking and Financial Institutions Act: a critique with recommendations
  Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1994)
  by Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhpr:49)
• Small business access to trade credit: some evidence of ethnic differences
  Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2000)
  by Daniel Aaronson & Paul Huck & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhpr:672)
• A comparison of small business finance in two Chicago minority neighborhoods
  Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1999)
  by Philip Bond & Paul Huck & Sherrie L. W. Rhine & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhpr:780)
• Supplier relationships and small business use of trade credit
  Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2000)
  by Daniel Aaronson & Raphael W. Bostic & Paul Huck & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhwp:wp-00-28)
• Distinguishing limited commitment from moral hazard in models of growth with inequality
  Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2003)
  by Anna L. Paulson & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhwp:wp-03-06)
• How do minorities fund small business start-ups? Two Chicago neighborhoods offer insight
  The Region, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1999)
  by Philip Bond & Paul Huck & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedmrr:y:1999:i:sep:p:10-1326:n:v13,no.3)
• Optimal contracts and competitive markets with costly state verification
  Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1979)
  by Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedmsr:45)
• Heterogeneity and risk sharking in village economies
  Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2013)
  by Pierre-Andre Chiappori & Krislert Samphantharak & Sam Schulhofer-Wohl & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedmsr:483)
• A model of circulating private debt
  Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1982)
  by Robert M. Townsend & Neil Wallace
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedmsr:83)
• Portfolio choices and risk preferences in village economies
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2013)
  by Pierre-Andre Chiappori & Krislert Samphantharak & Sam Schulhofer-Wohl & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedmwp:706)
• The Economics of Bank Supervision: So Much to Do, So Little Time
  Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2016)
  by Thomas M. Eisenbach & David O. Lucca & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fednls:87118)
• Patterns of rainfall insurance participation in rural India
  Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2007)
  by Xavier Gine & Robert M. Townsend & James Vickery
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fednsr:302)
• Barriers to household risk management: evidence from India
  Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2009)
  by Shawn Cole & Xavier Gine & Jeremy Tobacman & Petia Topalova & Robert M. Townsend & James Vickery
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fednsr:373)
• Resource Allocation in Bank Supervision: Trade-offs and Outcomes
  Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2016)
  by Thomas M. Eisenbach & David O. Lucca & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fednsr:769)
• Who Sees the Trades? The Effect of Information on Liquidity in Inter-Dealer Markets
  Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2019)
  by Rod Garratt & Michael Junho Lee & Antoine Martin & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fednsr:892)
• Monetary theory and electronic money : reflections on the Kenyan experience
  Economic Quarterly, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2010)
  by William Jack & Tavneet Suri & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedreq:y:2010:i:1q:p:83-122:n:v.96no.1)
• Firms as clubs in Walrasian markets with private information
  Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2000)
  by Edward Simpson Prescott & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedrwp:00-08)
• Mechanism design and assignment models
  Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2003)
  by Edward Simpson Prescott & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedrwp:03-09)
• Firms as clubs in Walrasian markets with private information : technical appendix
  Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2005)
  by Edward Simpson Prescott & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedrwp:05-11)
• Theory of the firm: applied mechanism design
  Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (1996)
  by Edward Simpson Prescott & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedrwp:96-02)
• Micro Enterprise and Macro Policy
  Papers, Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi (1996)
  by Townsend, R.
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:banita:285)
• General Equilibrium Models of Financial Systems: Theory and Measurement in Village Economies
  Papers, Centro de Estudios Monetarios Y Financieros- (1997)
  by Lim, Y. & Townsend, R.M.
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:cemfdt:9716)
• Computing Multiperiod, Information-Constrained Optima
  University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center (1990)
  by Phelan, C. & Townsend, R.M.
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:chicer:90-13)
• Understanding the Structure of Village and Regional Economies
  University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center (1990)
  by Townsend, R.M.
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:chicer:91-2)
• Risk and Insurance in Village India
  University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center (1991)
  by Townsend, R.M.
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:chicer:91-3)
• Understanding the Structure of Village and Regional Economics
  University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center ()
  by Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:chiprc:91-2a)
• Risk and Insurance in Village India
  University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center ()
  by Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:chiprc:91-3a)
• Introduction (Chapter1), "Key Elements and Patterns in Theory and Early European History"
  University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center ()
  by Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:chiprc:93-5)
• Market Anticipations, Rational Expectations, and Bayesian Analysis
  International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1978)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ier:iecrev:v:19:y:1978:i:2:p:481-94)
• General Competitive Analysis in an Economy with Private Information
  International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1984)
  by Prescott, Edward C & Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ier:iecrev:v:25:y:1984:i:1:p:1-20)
• Welfare Gains From Financial Liberalization
  International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2010)
  by Robert M. Townsend & Kenichi Ueda
  (ReDIF-article, ier:iecrev:v:51:y:2010:i:3:p:553-597)
• Discrimination in Financial Services: How Should We Proceed?
  Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association (1997)
  by Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, kap:jfsres:v:11:y:1997:i:1:p:215-217)
• Heterogeneity and Risk Sharing in Village Economies
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Pierre-André Chiappori & Krislert Samphantharak & Sam Schulhofer-Wohl & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:16696)
• Demand and Reimbursement Effects of Healthcare Reform: Health Care Utilization and Infant Mortality in Thailand
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Jonathan Gruber & Nathaniel Hendren & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17739)
• Dynamic Financial Constraints: Distinguishing Mechanism Design from Exogenously Incomplete Regimes
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Alexander Karaivanov & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19617)
• Economic Development, Flow of Funds and the Equilibrium Interaction of Financial Frictions
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Benjamin Moll & Robert M. Townsend & Victor Zhorin
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19618)
• Risk and Return in Village Economies
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Krislert Samphantharak & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19738)
• Segregated Security Exchanges with Ex Ante Rights to Trade: A Market-Based Solution to Collateral-Constrained Externalities
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Weerachart Kilenthong & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20086)
• A Market Based Solution to Price Externalities: A Generalized Framework
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Weerachart T. Kilenthong & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20275)
• Distinguishing Constraints on Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP, TFP, and the Distribution of Income
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Era Dabla-Norris & Yan Ji & Robert M. Townsend & D. Filiz Unsal
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20821)
• A Market Based Solution for Fire Sales and Other Pecuniary Externalities
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Weerachart T. Kilenthong & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:22056)
• The Economics of Bank Supervision
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Thomas M. Eisenbach & David O. Lucca & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:22201)
• Curbing Shocks to Corporate Liquidity: The Role of Trade Credit
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Niklas Amberg & Tor Jacobson & Erik von Schedvin & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:22286)
• Financial Centrality and Liquidity Provision
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Robert Townsend & Juan Pablo Xandri
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24406)
• Rise of Bank Competition: Evidence from Banking Deregulation in China
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by Haoyu Gao & Hong Ru & Robert Townsend & Xiaoguang Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25795)
• Propagation and Insurance in Village Networks
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Cynthia Kinnan & Krislert Samphantharak & Robert Townsend & Diego A. Vera Cossio
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28089)
• From Micro to Macro Development
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Francisco J. Buera & Joseph P. Kaboski & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28423)
• Dynamic Bank Expansion: Spatial Growth, Financial Access, and Inequality
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Yan Ji & Songyuan Teng & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28582)
• Liquidity, Financial Centrality, and the Value of Key Players
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Robert Townsend & Juan Pablo Xandri
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30270)
• Incentive-Compatible Unemployment Reinsurance for the Euro Area
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by Alexander Karaivanov & Benoit Mojon & Luiz Pereira da Silva & Albert Pierres Tejada & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:32396)
• Statistical Analysis of Rainfall Insurance Payouts in Southern India
  American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2007)
  by Xavier Giné & Robert Townsend & James Vickery
  (ReDIF-article, oup:ajagec:v:89:y:2007:i:5:p:1248-1254)
• The Geographic Concentration of Enterprise in Developing Countries
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011)
  by John S. Felkner & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:126:y:2011:i:4:p:2005-2061)
• Patterns of Rainfall Insurance Participation in Rural India
  The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2008)
  by Xavier Giné & Robert Townsend & James Vickery
  (ReDIF-article, oup:wbecrv:v:22:y:2008:i:3:p:539-566)
• Financial Systems in Developing Economies: Growth, Inequality and Policy Evaluation in Thailand
  OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2011)
  by Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-book, oxp:obooks:9780199533237)
• Market Based, Segregated Exchanges with Default Risk
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007)
  by Kilenthong, Weerachart & Townsend, Robert
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:20724)
• Information-Constrained Optima with Retrading: An Externality and Its Market-Based Solution
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
  by Kilenthong, Weerachart & Townsend, Robert
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:20725)
• Human Capital Acquisition and Occupational Choice: Implications for Economic Development
  Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2017)
  by Marti Mestieri & Johanna Schauer & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, red:issued:16-123)
• Mechanism Design and Village Economies: From Credit, to Tenancy, to Cropping Groups
  Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (1998)
  by Robert Townsend & Rolf Mueller
  (ReDIF-article, red:issued:v:1:y:1998:i:1:p:119-172)
• General Equilibrium Models of Financial Systems: Theory and Measurement in Village Economies
  Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (1998)
  by Youngjae Lim & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, red:issued:v:1:y:1998:i:1:p:59-118)
• Firm Entry and Finance: Distinguishing Information Regimes
  2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2005)
  by Robert Townsend & Alexander Karaivanov
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed005:219)
• Welfare Gain of Financial Liberalization
  2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2006)
  by Robert M Townsend & Kenichi Ueda
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed006:623)
• Sources of TFP Growth: Occupational Choice and Financial Deepening
  2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2007)
  by Robert M. Townsend & Hyeok Jeong
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed007:198)
• Enterprise Dynamics and Finance: Distinguishing Mechanism Design from Exogenously Incomplete Markets Models
  2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2008)
  by Robert M. Townsend & Alexander Karaivanov
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed008:846)
• A Structural Evaluation of a Large-Scale Quasi-Experimental Microfinance Initiative
  2009 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2009)
  by Robert M. Townsend & Joseph P. Kaboski
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed009:717)
• No Bank, One Bank, Several Banks: Does It Matter for Investment?
  2010 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2010)
  by Sonia Ruano & Robert M. Townsend & Jesus Saurina & Alexander Karaivanov
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed010:669)
• Growth and Inequality: Model Evaluation Based on an Estimation-Calibration Strategy
  IEPR Working Papers, Institute of Economic Policy Research (IEPR) (2003)
  by Hyeok Jeong & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, scp:wpaper:05-10)
• Discovering the Sources of TFP Growth: Occupational Choice and Financial Deepening
  IEPR Working Papers, Institute of Economic Policy Research (IEPR) (2005)
  by Hyeok Jeong & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, scp:wpaper:05-19)
• Sources of TFP Growth: Occupational Choice and Financial Deepening
  IEPR Working Papers, Institute of Economic Policy Research (IEPR) (2005)
  by Hyeok Jeong & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, scp:wpaper:05-28)
• Sources of TFP growth: occupational choice and financial deepening
  Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) (2007)
  by Hyeok Jeong & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, spr:joecth:v:32:y:2007:i:1:p:179-221)
• Microcredit And Mechanism Design
  Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2003)
  by Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:jeurec:v:1:y:2003:i:2-3:p:468-477)
• Policies and Impact: An Analysis of Village-Level Microfinance Institutions
  Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2005)
  by Joseph P. Kaboski & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:jeurec:v:3:y:2005:i:1:p:1-50)
• Distinguishing Limited Liability from Moral Hazard in a Model of Entrepreneurship
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2006)
  by Anna L. Paulson & Robert M. Townsend & Alexander Karaivanov
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:114:y:2006:i:1:p:100-144)
• Firms as Clubs in Walrasian Markets with Private Information
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2006)
  by Edward Simpson Prescott & Robert M. Townsend
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:114:y:2006:i:4:p:644-671)
• Optimal Multiperiod Contracts and the Gain from Enduring Relationships under Private Information
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1982)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:90:y:1982:i:6:p:1166-86)
• Forecasting the Forecasts of Others
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1983)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:91:y:1983:i:4:p:546-88)
• Currency and Credit in a Private Information Economy
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1989)
  by Townsend, Robert M
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:97:y:1989:i:6:p:1323-44)
• Using Repayment Data to Test Across Models of Joint Liability Lending
  Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics (2002)
  by Christian Ahlin & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, van:wpaper:0227)
• Selection into and across Credit Contracts: Theory and Field Research
  Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics (2003)
  by Christian Ahlin & Robert Townsend
  (ReDIF-paper, van:wpaper:0323)
• Evaluation of financial liberalization : a general equilibrium model with constrained occupation choice
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003)
  by Gine, Xavier & Townsend, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:3014)
• Patternsof rainfall insurance participation in rural India
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007)
  by Gine, Xavier & Townsend, Robert & Vickery, James
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:4408)
• Statistical analysis of rainfall insurance payouts in southern India
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007)
  by Gine, Xavier & Townsend, Robert & Vickery, James
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:4426)
• Microinsurance : a case study of the Indian rainfall index insurance market
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2010)
  by Gine, Xavier & Menand, Lev & Townsend, Robert & Vickery, James
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:5459)
• Barriers to household risk management : evidence from India
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2010)
  by Cole, Shawn & Gine, Xavier & Tobacman, Jeremy & Topalova, Petia & Townsend, Robert & Vickery, James
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:5504)