Dr Imran Rasul

We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on whether individual behavior is consistent with a neoclassical model of utility maximization subject to budget constraints.

We study the persuasive impacts of non-informative communication on the short-run beliefs and long-run behavior of individuals.

We study how women’s choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and whether enabling the poorest women to take on the activities of their richer counterparts can set them on a sustainable trajectory out of poverty.

This note presents some tentative first evidence from a natural field experiment to shed light on how different types of potential donors: individuals, corporates and aristocratically titled individuals, respond to the same fundraising drive.

We study how the management practices bureaucrats operate under correlate with the quantity of public services delivered, using data from the Nigerian Civil Service.

We study extrinsic and intrinsic motivations for tax compliance in the context of a local church tax in Germany.

The authors present evidence from 260,000 online auctions of second-hand cars to identify the impact of public reserve prices on auction outcomes.

The authors document the correlation between the workplace diversity in bureaucratic organizations and public service delivery in the context of Nigeria.

The authors present evidence from a natural field experiment and structural model to shed light on the efficacy of alternative fundraising schemes.

The authors provide evidence on whether providing university students with feedback on their past exam performance affects their future exam performance.

The authors evaluate the impact of a localized policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth.

This paper consider impacts on household's economic outcomes up to six years after having received livestock asset transfer.

The authors examine the effects of suggestions made by charitable organisations, with a focus on middle-range donations which are relevant in practice.

We evaluate the impact of a policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth, on hospital admissions related to illicit drug use.

We present evidence from a field experiment designed to evaluate the impact of rank incentives and tournaments on the productivity and composition of teams.

This paper presents evidence from Rwanda's Girinka ('One Cow per Poor Family') program that has distributed more than 130,000 livestock asset transfers in the form of cows to the rural poor since 2006.