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Karla Hoff

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Terminal Degree:1989 Department of Economics; Princeton University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/
RePEc:edi:siclbus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Hoff, Karla & Demeritt, Allison, 2023. "Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce Poverty and Oppression," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 695, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
  2. Hoff,Karla & Jalan,Jyotsna & Santra,Sattwik, 2021. "Participatory Theater Empowers Women : Evidence from India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9680, The World Bank.
  3. Hoff,Karla & Walsh,James Sonam, 2019. "The Third Function of Law Is to Transform Cultural Categories," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8954, The World Bank.
  4. Demeritt,Allison Davis & Hoff,Karla, 2018. "The making of behavioral development economics," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8317, The World Bank.
  5. Hoff,Karla & Walsh,James Sonam, 2017. "The whys of social exclusion : insights from behavioral economics," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8267, The World Bank.
  6. Hoff,Karla, 2016. "Caste system," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7929, The World Bank.
  7. Brooks,Benjamin A. & Hoff,Karla & Pandey,Priyanka, 2016. "Can the culture of honor lead to inefficient conventions ? experimental evidence from India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7829, The World Bank.
  8. Demeritt, Allison & Hoff, Karla, 2015. ""Small miracles"-- behavioral insights to improve development policy : World Development Report 2015," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7197, The World Bank.
  9. Karla Hoff & Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2015. "Striving for Balance in Economics: Towards a Theory of the Social Determination of Behavior," NBER Working Papers 21823, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  10. Hoff, Karla, 2015. "Behavioral economics and social exclusion : can interventions overcome prejudice ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7198, The World Bank.
  11. Hoff, Karla & Pandey, Priyanka, 2012. "Making up people -- the effect of identity on preferences and performance in a modernizing society," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6223, The World Bank.
  12. Fehr, Ernst & Hoff, Karla, 2011. "Tastes, Castes, and Culture: The Influence of Society on Preferences," IZA Discussion Papers 5919, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  13. Hoff, Karla, 2010. "Dysfunctional finance : positive shocks and negative outcomes," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5183, The World Bank.
  14. Karla Hoff & Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2010. "Equilibrium Fictions: A Cognitive Approach to Societal Rigidity," NBER Working Papers 15776, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  15. Hoff, Karla & Kshetramade, Mayuresh & Fehr, Ernst, 2009. "Caste and Punishment: The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement," IZA Discussion Papers 4343, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  16. Fehr, Ernst & Hoff, Karla & Kshetramade, Mayuresh, 2008. "Spite and development," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4619, The World Bank.
  17. Milanovic, Branko & Hoff, Karla & Horowitz, Shale, 2008. "Political Alternation as a Restraint on Investing in Influence: Evidence from the Post-Communist Transition," MPRA Paper 11829, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  18. Hoff, Karla, 2008. "Joseph E. Stiglitz," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4478, The World Bank.
  19. Hoff, Karla & Stiglitz, Joseph E., 2008. "Exiting a lawless state," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4520, The World Bank.
  20. Karla Hoff, 2007. "What Can Economists Explain by Taking into Account People’s Perceptions of Fairness: Punishing Cheats, Bargaining Impasse, and Self-Perpetuating Inequalities," Working Papers id:1223, eSocialSciences.
  21. Hoff, Karla & Sen, Arijit, 2005. "The kin system as a poverty trap?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3575, The World Bank.
  22. Karla Hoff & Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2005. "The Creation of the Rule of Law and the Legitimacy of Property Rights: The Political and Economic Consequences of a Corrupt Privatization," NBER Working Papers 11772, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  23. Hoff, Karla & Stiglitz, Joseph E., 2004. "The transition from communism : a diagrammatic exposition of obstacles to the demand for the rule of law," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3352, The World Bank.
  24. Hoff, Karla & Sen, Arijit, 2004. "Homeownership, community interactions, and segregation," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3316, The World Bank.
  25. Hoff, Karla & Pandey, Priyanka, 2004. "Belief systems and durable inequalities : an experimental investigation of Indian caste," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3351, The World Bank.
  26. Karla Hoff & Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2002. "After the Big Bang? Obstacles to the Emergence of the Rule of Law in Post-Communist Societies," NBER Working Papers 9282, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  27. Karla Hoff & Arijit Sen, 2000. "Home Ownership, Local Interactions and Segregation," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 0952, Econometric Society.
  28. Karla Hoff & Andrew B. Lyon, 1994. "Non-Leaky Buckets: Optimal Redistributive Taxation and Agency Costs," NBER Working Papers 4652, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Articles

  1. Karla Hoff & James Walsh, 2018. "The Whys of Social Exclusion: Insights from Behavioral Economics," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 33(1), pages 1-33.
  2. Hoff, Karla & Stiglitz, Joseph E., 2016. "Striving for balance in economics: Towards a theory of the social determination of behavior," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 126(PB), pages 25-57.
  3. Hoff, Karla & Pandey, Priyanka, 2014. "Making up people—The effect of identity on performance in a modernizing society," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 118-131.
  4. Karla Hoff & Mayuresh Kshetramade & Ernst Fehr, 2011. "Caste and Punishment: the Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 121(556), pages 449-475, November.
  5. Ernst Fehr & Karla Hoff, 2011. "Introduction: Tastes, Castes and Culture: the Influence of Society on Preferences," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 121(556), pages 396-412, November.
  6. Branko Milanovic & Karla Hoff & Shale Horowitz, 2010. "Turnover In Power As A Restraint On Investing In Influence: Evidence From The Postcommunist Transition," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(3), pages 329-361, November.
  7. Hoff Karla, 2010. "Dysfunctional Finance: Positive Shocks and Negative Outcomes," Journal of Globalization and Development, De Gruyter, vol. 1(1), pages 1-24, January.
  8. Karla Hoff & Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2010. "Equilibrium Fictions: A Cognitive Approach to Societal Rigidity," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 100(2), pages 141-146, May.
  9. Karla Hoff & Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2008. "Exiting a Lawless State," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 118(531), pages 1474-1497, August.
  10. Ernst Fehr & Karla Hoff & Mayuresh Kshetramade, 2008. "Spite and Development," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(2), pages 494-499, May.
  11. Karla Hoff & Priyanka Pandey, 2006. "Discrimination, Social Identity, and Durable Inequalities," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 96(2), pages 206-211, May.
  12. Karla Hoff & Arijit Sen, 2005. "Homeownership, Community Interactions, and Segregation," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(4), pages 1167-1189, September.
  13. Karla Hoff & Priyanka Pandey, 2005. "Opportunity is not everything," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 13(3), pages 445-472, July.
  14. Karla Hoff & Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2004. "After the Big Bang? Obstacles to the Emergence of the Rule of Law in Post-Communist Societies," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(3), pages 753-763, June.
  15. Karla Hoff, 2003. "Paths of Institutional Development: A View from Economic History," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 18(2), pages 205-226.
  16. Hoff Karla & Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2003. "Le processus de transition dans les économies post-communistes : vers une économie politique des droits de propriété," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 11(2), pages 91-109.
  17. Hoff, Karla & Stiglitz, Joseph E., 1997. "Moneylenders and bankers: price-increasing subsidies in a monopolistically competitive market," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(2), pages 429-462, April.
  18. Hoff, Karla, 1997. "Bayesian learning in an infant industry model," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 43(3-4), pages 409-436, November.
  19. Karla Hoff, 1996. "Market Failures and the Distribution of Wealth: A Perspective from the Economics of Information," Politics & Society, , vol. 24(4), pages 411-432, December.
  20. Hoff, Karla, 1996. "Local suppliers of credit in the Third World, 1750-1960 : Gareth Austin and Kaoru Sugihara, eds., (The Macmillan Press, London and St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993), ISBN 0-333-52320-2 (The Macmilla," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 403-407, May.
  21. Hoff, Karla & Lyon, Andrew B., 1995. "Non-leaky buckets: Optimal redistributive taxation and agency costs," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 58(3), pages 365-390, November.
  22. Hoff, Karla, 1994. "A reexamination of the neoclassical trade model under uncertainty," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(1-2), pages 1-27, February.
  23. Hoff, Karla, 1994. "The second theorem of the second best," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(2), pages 223-242, June.
  24. Hoff, Karla, 1991. "Introduction: Agricultural Taxation and Land Rights Systems," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 5(1), pages 85-91, January.
  25. Hoff, Karla, 1991. "Land Taxes, Output Taxes, and Sharecropping: Was Henry George Right?," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 5(1), pages 93-111, January.
  26. Hoff, Karla & Stiglitz, Joseph E, 1990. "Imperfect Information and Rural Credit Markets--Puzzles and Policy Perspectives," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 4(3), pages 235-250, September.
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Chapters

  1. Allison Demeritt & Karla Hoff, 2023. "Lab-in-the-Field Experiments," Springer Books, in: Ashwini Deshpande (ed.), Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action, chapter 10, pages 235-259, Springer.
  2. Allison Demeritt & Karla Hoff, 2016. "“Small Miracles” — Behavioral Insights to Improve Development Policy: The World Development Report 2015," International Economic Association Series, in: Timothy Besley (ed.), Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, chapter 3, pages 19-43, Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. Karla Hoff, 2016. "Behavioral Economics and Social Exclusion: Can Interventions Overcome Prejudice?," International Economic Association Series, in: Kaushik Basu & Joseph E. Stiglitz (ed.), Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy, chapter 6, pages 172-200, Palgrave Macmillan.

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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 26 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-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (9) 2008-09-13 2009-08-22 2009-09-19 2010-04-17 2011-08-22 2011-09-05 2016-01-03 2016-02-04 2020-03-02. Author is listed
  2. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (7) 2008-09-13 2009-08-22 2010-04-17 2011-08-22 2015-02-22 2015-02-28 2024-04-08. Author is listed
  3. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (7) 2004-08-16 2008-09-13 2009-08-22 2009-09-19 2010-04-17 2016-01-03 2016-02-04. Author is listed
  4. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (7) 2008-09-13 2009-08-22 2009-09-19 2010-04-17 2011-08-22 2011-09-05 2020-03-02. Author is listed
  5. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (6) 2004-09-12 2008-09-13 2009-08-22 2009-09-19 2010-04-17 2010-04-17. Author is listed
  6. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (6) 2008-01-26 2011-08-22 2011-09-05 2016-01-03 2016-02-04 2020-03-02. Author is listed
  7. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (6) 2003-06-04 2004-08-16 2005-11-19 2005-12-14 2008-03-01 2020-03-02. Author is listed
  8. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (6) 2002-10-23 2005-11-19 2008-03-01 2008-11-11 2008-12-07 2009-09-19. Author is listed
  9. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (5) 2011-08-22 2015-02-22 2015-02-28 2016-01-03 2016-02-04. Author is listed
  10. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (4) 2015-02-22 2015-02-28 2016-01-03 2016-02-04
  11. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (4) 2004-09-12 2005-12-14 2008-11-11 2008-12-07
  12. NEP-REG: Regulation (3) 2005-11-19 2005-12-14 2008-03-01
  13. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (2) 2009-08-22 2009-09-19
  14. NEP-DEV: Development (2) 2005-12-14 2008-09-13
  15. NEP-NEU: Neuroeconomics (2) 2011-08-22 2011-09-05
  16. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2005-12-14 2008-03-01
  17. NEP-BAN: Banking (1) 2010-02-05
  18. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (1) 2010-02-05
  19. NEP-CUL: Cultural Economics (1) 2011-08-22
  20. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2011-08-22
  21. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2008-01-26
  22. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (1) 2009-09-19
  23. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2011-09-05
  24. NEP-NUD: Nudge and Boosting (1) 2024-04-08
  25. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2004-09-27

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