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Yaw Nyarko

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First Name:Yaw
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Terminal Degree:1986 Department of Economics; Cornell University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(50%) Economics
New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/divisions/social-science.html
RePEc:edi:ecnyuae (more details at EDIRC)

(50%) Department of Economics
New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)
http://econ.as.nyu.edu
RePEc:edi:denyuus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Suresh Naidu & Yaw Nyarko & Shing-Yi Wang, 2023. "The Benefits and Costs of Guest Worker Programs: Experimental Evidence from the India-UAE Migration Corridor," NBER Working Papers 31354, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Yaw Nyarko & Carole Chartouni, 2018. "Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan," World Bank Publications - Reports 29274, The World Bank Group.
  3. Thomas Joseph & Yaw Nyarko & Shing-Yi Wang, 2015. "Asymmetric Information and Remittances: Evidence from Matched Administrative Data," NBER Working Papers 20986, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Minten, Bart & Tamru, Seneshaw & Kuma, Tadesse & Nyarko, Yaw, 2014. "Structure And Performance Of Ethiopia’S Coffee Export Sector," Working Papers 190733, American Association of Wine Economists.
  5. Minten, Bart & Tamru, Seneshaw & Kuma, Tadesse & Nyarko,Yaw, 2014. "Summary of Structure and performance of Ethiopia’s coffee export sector," ESSP research notes 29, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  6. Suresh Naidu & Yaw Nyarko & Shing-Yi Wang, 2014. "Worker Mobility in a Global Labor Market: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates," NBER Working Papers 20388, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. Yaw Nyarko and Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, 2011. "Social Safety Nets: The Role of Education, Remittances and Migration," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers 26, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).
  8. Yaw Nyarko, 2011. "The Returns to the Brain Drain and Brain Circulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Computations Using Data from Ghana," NBER Working Papers 16813, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  9. Yaw Nyarko, 2010. "EU Policies and African Human Capital Development," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers 30, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).
  10. Yaw Nyarko, 2010. "The United Arab Emirates: Some Lessons in Economic Development," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2010-011, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  11. Yaw Nyarko, 2006. "Economic Development as Problem Solving," 2006 Meeting Papers 893, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  12. Yaw Nyarko & Andrew Schotter, 2004. "Perception Rents in the Market for Advice," 2004 Meeting Papers 564, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  13. Nyarko, Y., 1998. "The Truth is in the Eye of the Beholder: or Equilibrium in Beliefs and Rational Learning in Games," Working Papers 98-12, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  14. Nyarko, Yaw & Schotter, Andrew, 1998. "An Experimental Study of Belief Learning Using Real Beliefs," Working Papers 98-39, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  15. Jovanovic, B. & Nyarko, Y., 1996. "Learning by Doing and the Choice of Technology," Working Papers 96-25, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  16. Jovanovic, B. & Nyarko, Y., 1996. "Research and Productivity," Working Papers 96-27, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  17. Jovanovic, B. & Nyarko, Y., 1996. "Stepping Stone Mobility," Working Papers 96-26, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  18. Jovanovic, Boyan & Nyarko, Yaw, 1994. "The Transfer of Human Capital," Working Papers 94-25, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  19. Jovanovic, Boyan & Nyarko, Yaw, 1994. "The Bayesian Foundations of Learning by Doing," Working Papers 94-15, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  20. Nyarko, Y., 1993. "The "Types" of a Baysian Equilibrium," Working Papers 93-36, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  21. Nyarko, Y., 1993. "The Savage-Bayesian Foundations of Economic Dynamics," Working Papers 93-35, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  22. Nyarko, Y., 1992. "Bayesian Learning without Common Priors and Convergence to Nash Equilibria," Working Papers 92-25, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  23. Nyarko, Y., 1992. "Bayesian Learning in Repeated Games Leads to Correlated Equilibria," Working Papers 92-26, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  24. Nyarko, Yaw, 1991. "Most Games Violate the Harsanyi Doctrine," Working Papers 91-39, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  25. Nyarko, Yaw, 1991. "The Convergence of Bayesian Belief Hierarchies," Working Papers 91-50, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  26. Nyarko, Y., 1991. "Learning and agreeing to disagree without common priors," Working Papers 91-51, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  27. Nyarko, Yaw & Olson, Lars J., 1991. "Optimal Growth with Unobservable Resources and Learning," Working Papers 91-01, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  28. Nyarko, Yaw, 1990. "On Bayesian Learning In Optimal Control Problems," Working Papers 90-02, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  29. Nyarko, Yaw, 1990. "Learning In Mis-Specified Models And The Possibility Of Cycles," Working Papers 90-03, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  30. Nyarko, Yaw, 1990. "Bayesian Rationality And Learning Without Common Priors," Working Papers 90-45, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  31. Nyarko, Yaw & Olson, Lars J., 1990. "Stochastic Dynamics Resources Models With Stock-Dependent Rewards," Working Papers 90-08, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  32. Nyarko, Yaw, 1990. "On The Convergence Of Bayesian Posterior Processes In Linear Economic Models: Counting Equations And Unknowns," Working Papers 90-01, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  33. Nyarko, Yaw, 1989. "Bayes' Rational Equilibria," Working Papers 89-05, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.

Articles

  1. Soldani, Emilia & Hildebrandt, Nicole & Nyarko, Yaw & Romagnoli, Giorgia, 2023. "Price information, inter-village networks, and “bargaining spillovers”: Experimental evidence from Ghana," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
  2. Nyarko, Yaw & Pellegrina, Heitor S., 2022. "From bilateral trade to centralized markets: A search model for commodity exchanges in Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
  3. Thomas Joseph & Yaw Nyarko & Shing-Yi Wang, 2018. "Asymmetric Information and Remittances: Evidence from Matched Administrative Data," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 10(2), pages 58-100, April.
  4. Yaw Nyarko, 2017. "Transforming Rural Africa-Economics, Technology and Governance," Journal of African Development, African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA), vol. 19(1), pages 161-167.
  5. Rabah Arezki & Karim El Aynaoui & Yaw Nyarko & Francis Teal, 2016. "Food price volatility and its consequences: introduction," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 68(3), pages 655-664.
  6. Suresh Naidu & Yaw Nyarko & Shing-Yi Wang, 2016. "Monopsony Power in Migrant Labor Markets: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 124(6), pages 1735-1792.
  7. Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong & Yaw Nyarko, 2015. "Education, Internal Remittances and Safety Nets in Africa: Some Evidence," Journal of African Development, African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA), vol. 17(1), pages 1-16.
  8. Yaw Nyarko, 2013. "Sustaining High Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Knowledge and the Structure of the Economy," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 22(suppl_1), pages -101, January.
  9. Yaw Nyarko, 2011. "Africa and the Indian Ocean: Trade, Investments, Global Partnerships, and Lessons," Journal of African Development, African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA), vol. 13(1), pages 9-15.
  10. Yaw Nyarko & Silvana Melitsko, 2010. "Africa and the Arab Gulf: A New Economic and Political Alliance?," Journal of African Development, African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA), vol. 12(1), pages 10-19.
  11. Yaw Nyarko, 2010. "Most games violate the common priors doctrine," International Journal of Economic Theory, The International Society for Economic Theory, vol. 6(1), pages 189-194, March.
  12. Yaw Nyarko & Andrew Schotter & Barry Sopher, 2006. "On the informational content of advice: a theoretical and experimental study," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 29(2), pages 433-452, October.
  13. Yaw Nyarko & Andrew Schotter, 2002. "An Experimental Study of Belief Learning Using Elicited Beliefs," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 70(3), pages 971-1005, May.
  14. Yaw Nyarko, 1998. "Bayesian learning and convergence to Nash equilibria without common priors," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 11(3), pages 643-655.
  15. Nyarko, Yaw, 1997. "Convergence in Economic Models with Bayesian Hierarchies of Beliefs," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 74(2), pages 266-296, June.
  16. Jovanovic, Boyan & Nyarko, Yaw, 1997. "Stepping-stone mobility," Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 289-325, June.
  17. Nyarko, Yaw & Olson, Lars J., 1996. "Optimal growth with unobservable resources and learning," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 29(3), pages 465-491, May.
  18. Jovanovic, Boyan & Nyarko, Yaw, 1996. "Learning by Doing and the Choice of Technology," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 64(6), pages 1299-1310, November.
  19. Boyan Jovanovic & Yaw Nyarko, 1995. "A Bayesian Learning Model Fitted to a Variety of Empirical Learning Curves," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 26(1995 Micr), pages 247-305.
  20. Jovanovic, Boyan & Nyarko, Yaw, 1995. "The transfer of human capital," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 19(5-7), pages 1033-1064.
  21. Nyarko, Yaw & Olson, Lars J, 1994. "Stochastic Growth When Utility Depends on Both Consumption and the Stock Level," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 4(5), pages 791-797, August.
  22. Nyarko, Yaw, 1994. "Bayesian Learning Leads to Correlated Equilibria in Normal Form Games," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 4(6), pages 821-841, October.
  23. Nyarko, Yaw & Woodford, Michael & Yannelis, Nicholas C, 1994. "Symposium: Bounded Rationality and Learning: Introduction," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 4(6), pages 811-820, October.
  24. Nyarko, Yaw, 1994. "On the Convexity of the Value Function in Bayesian Optimal Control Problems," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 4(2), pages 303-309, March.
  25. Nyarko, Yaw, 1991. "On the convergence of Bayesian posterior processes in linear economic models Counting equations and unknowns," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 687-713, October.
  26. Tapan Mitra & Yaw Nyarko, 1991. "On the existence of optimal processes in non-stationary environments," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 245-270, October.
  27. Nyarko, Yaw, 1991. "Learning in mis-specified models and the possibility of cycles," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 55(2), pages 416-427, December.
  28. Nyarko, Yaw & Olson, Lars J., 1991. "Stochastic dynamic models with stock-dependent rewards," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 55(1), pages 161-168, October.
  29. Kiefer, Nicholas M & Nyarko, Yaw, 1989. "Optimal Control of an Unknown Linear Process with Learning," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 30(3), pages 571-586, August.
  30. Nyarko, Yaw, 1988. "On characterizing optimality of stochastic competitive processes," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 45(2), pages 316-329, August.

Chapters

  1. Yaw Nyarko, 2015. "On Characterizing Optimality of Stochastic Competitive Processes," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Mukul Majumdar (ed.), Decentralization in Infinite Horizon Economies, chapter 6, pages 100-113, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
  2. Yaw Nyarko, 2014. "The Returns to the Brain Drain and Brain Circulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Computations Using Data from Ghana," NBER Chapters, in: African Successes, Volume II: Human Capital, pages 305-345, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Mukul Majumdar & Tapan Mitra & Yaw Nyarko, 1989. "Dynamic Optimization Under Uncertainty: Non-convex Feasible Set," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: George R. Feiwel (ed.), Joan Robinson and Modern Economic Theory, chapter 19, pages 545-590, Palgrave Macmillan.

Editorship

  1. Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, Springer.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 13 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (7) 2010-09-03 2011-02-26 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 2014-09-05 2015-03-05 2023-07-24. Author is listed
  2. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (7) 2010-09-03 2010-09-11 2011-02-26 2011-10-01 2014-09-05 2015-03-05 2023-07-24. Author is listed
  3. NEP-AFR: Africa (4) 2010-09-03 2010-09-11 2011-02-26 2015-01-14
  4. NEP-DEV: Development (4) 2007-01-13 2010-09-03 2010-09-11 2011-02-26
  5. NEP-INT: International Trade (4) 2014-12-24 2015-01-14 2015-01-19 2015-02-28
  6. NEP-ARA: MENA - Middle East and North Africa (3) 2014-09-05 2015-03-05 2023-07-24
  7. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (2) 2014-12-24 2015-01-19
  8. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (2) 2010-09-03 2010-09-11
  9. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2014-09-05
  10. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2014-12-24
  11. NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (1) 2010-09-03
  12. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2023-07-24
  13. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2023-07-24
  14. NEP-KNM: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (1) 2007-01-13
  15. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2014-09-05
  16. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2015-03-05

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