Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Hanna, Rema"

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    • Corruption 

      Banerjee, Abhijit; Hanna, Rema; Mullainathan, Sendhil (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-03-13)
      In this paper, we provide a new framework for analyzing corruption in public bureaucracies. The standard way to model corruption is as an example of moral hazard, which then leads to a focus on better monitoring and ...

    • Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, & Infant Mortality in India 

      Greenstone, Michael; Hanna, Rema (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011-07-01)
      Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India’s environmental ...

    • Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India 

      Greenstone, Michael; Hanna, Rema (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011-07-01)
      Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, and environmental regulations from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India’s environmental regulations. ...

    • Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves 

      Hanna, Rema; Duflo, Esther; Greenstone, Michael (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-04-30)
      It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved ...