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Mesay Melese Gebresilasse

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First Name:Mesay
Middle Name:Melese
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RePEc Short-ID:pge330
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Economics Department
Amherst College

Amherst, Massachusetts (United States)
http://www.amherst.edu/~econ/
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Working papers

  1. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-351, Boston University - Department of Economics.
  2. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2018. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism†in the United States," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-302, Boston University - Department of Economics.
  3. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2017. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of Rugged Individualism in the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 12406, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

Articles

  1. Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2023. "Rural roads, agricultural extension, and productivity," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
  2. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2021. "“Rugged individualism” and collective (in)action during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
  3. Soule Sow & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Effect of VAT Adoption on Manufacturing Firms in Ethiopia," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(10), pages 1-75, October.
  4. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 88(6), pages 2329-2368, November.

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  1. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-351, Boston University - Department of Economics.

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    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Covid-19 > Health > Distancing and Lockdown > Compliance

Working papers

  1. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-351, Boston University - Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Bird, Matthew D. & Arispe, Samuel & Muñoz, Paula & Freier, Luisa Feline, 2023. "Trust, social protection, and compliance: Moral hazard in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 206(C), pages 279-295.
    2. Sergei Guriev & Elias Papaioannou, 2022. "The Political Economy of Populism," Post-Print hal-03874305, HAL.
    3. Anastasios Papanastasiou & Bradley J. Ruffle & Angela L. Zheng, 2020. "Compliance with Social Distancing: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Ontario during COVID-19," Working Paper series 20-24, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
    4. Koon, Adam D. & Mendenhall, Emily & Eich, Lori & Adams, Abby & Borus, Zach A., 2021. "A spectrum of (Dis)Belief: Coronavirus frames in a rural midwestern town in the United States," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 272(C).
    5. Li Huang & Oliver Zhen Li & Baiqiang Wang & Zilong Zhang, 2022. "Individualism and the fight against COVID-19," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-20, December.
    6. Asli Demirgüç-Kunt & Michael Lokshin & Iván Torre, 2021. "Opening-Up Trajectories and Economic Recovery: Lessons after the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo, vol. 67(3), pages 332-369.
    7. Shuguang Jiang & Qian Wei & Luyao Zhang, 2022. "Individualism Versus Collectivism and the Early-Stage Transmission of COVID-19," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 164(2), pages 791-821, November.
    8. Laura Alfaro & Ester Faia & Nora Lamersdorf & Farzad Saidi, 2021. "Health Externalities and Policy: The Role of Social Preferences," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 109, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
    9. Chen, Chinchih & Frey, Carl Benedikt & Presidente, Giorgio, 2021. "Culture and contagion: Individualism and compliance with COVID-19 policy," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 191-200.
    10. Andor, Mark A. & Bauer, Thomas K. & Eßer, Jana & Schmidt, Christoph M. & Tomberg, Lukas, 2023. "Who Gets Vaccinated? Cognitive and Non-cognitive Predictors of Individual Behavior in Pandemics," IZA Discussion Papers 15897, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    11. Edward Miguel & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, 2021. "The Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poor Countries," NBER Working Papers 29339, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    12. Deopa, Neha & Fortunato, Piergiuseppe, 2021. "Coronagraben in Switzerland: Culture and social distancing in times of COVID-19," GLO Discussion Paper Series 857, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    13. Neha Deopa & Piergiuseppe Fortunato, 2021. "Coronagraben in Switzerland: culture and social distancing in times of COVID-19," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 1355-1383, October.
    14. Sergei Guriev & Elias Papaioannou, 2022. "The Political Economy of Populism," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03874305, HAL.

  2. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2018. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism†in the United States," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-302, Boston University - Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Giuliano, Paola & Tabellini, Marco, 2020. "The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States," IZA Discussion Papers 13268, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Campo, Francesco & Mendola, Mariapia & Morrison, Andrea, 2020. "Immigrant Inventors and Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration," CEPR Discussion Papers 14916, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Nathan Nunn, 2020. "History as Evolution," NBER Working Papers 27706, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Samuel Bazzi & Arya Gaduh & Alexander D. Rothenberg & Maisy Wong, 2019. "Unity in Diversity? How Intergroup Contact Can Foster Nation Building," NBER Working Papers 25683, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. James B. Ang, 2019. "Agricultural legacy and individualistic culture," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 397-425, December.
    6. Sandra Sequeira & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian, 2020. "Immigrants and the Making of America," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 87(1), pages 382-419.
    7. Abel Brodeur & Joanne Haddad, 2018. "Institutions, Attitudes and LGBT: Evidence from the Gold Rush," Working Papers 1808E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    8. Rapoport & Hillel & Sulin Sardoschau & Arthur Silve & Hillel Rapoport, 2020. "Migration and Cultural Change," CESifo Working Paper Series 8547, CESifo.
    9. Ferrara, Andreas & Testa, Patrick A., 2020. "Resource Blessing? Oil, Risk, and Religious Communities as Social Insurance in the U.S. South," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 513, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    10. Jon C. Thompson & Jiabin Wu, 2018. "Legal institution and the evolution of moral conduct," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 20(5), pages 725-741, October.
    11. Biavaschi, Costanza, 2020. "Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era," CEPR Discussion Papers 14684, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    12. Fenske, James & Wang, Shizhou, 2020. "Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1317, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
    13. Gary D. Libecap, 2018. "Property Rights to Frontier Land and Minerals: US Exceptionalism," NBER Working Papers 24544, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    14. Bazzi, Samuel & Gaduh, Arya & Rothenberg, Alexander & Wong, Maisy, 2017. "Unity in Diversity? Ethnicity, Migration, and Nation Building in Indonesia," CEPR Discussion Papers 12377, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

  3. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2017. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of Rugged Individualism in the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 12406, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Bogatzki, Tamara, 2021. "Heterogeneity in migration network effects across cultures," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Migration, Integration, Transnationalization SP VI 2021-102, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    2. Giuliano, Paola & Tabellini, Marco, 2020. "The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States," IZA Discussion Papers 13268, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Paolo Buonanno & Giacomo Plevani & Marcello Puca, 2021. "Earthquake Hazard and Civic Capital," CSEF Working Papers 612, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    4. Alberto Alesina & Marco Tabellini, 2022. "The Political Effects of Immigration: Culture or Economics?," NBER Working Papers 30079, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Campo, Francesco & Mendola, Mariapia & Morrison, Andrea, 2020. "Immigrant Inventors and Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration," CEPR Discussion Papers 14916, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    6. Anne Sofie Beck Knudsen, 2019. "Those Who Stayed: Individualism, Self-Selection and Cultural Change during the Age of Mass Migration," Discussion Papers 19-01, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics.
    7. Carlos, Ann M. & Feir, Donna & Redish, Angela, 2021. "Indigenous nations and the development of the US economy: Land, resources, and dispossession," QUCEH Working Paper Series 2021-04, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Centre for Economic History.
    8. Samuel Bazzi & Arya Gaduh & Alexander D. Rothenberg & Maisy Wong, 2019. "Unity in Diversity? How Intergroup Contact Can Foster Nation Building," NBER Working Papers 25683, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    9. Raphael Corbi & Fabio Miessi Sanches, 2022. "What Drives Religiosity in America? Evidence from an Empirical Hotelling Model of Church Competition," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2022_08, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).
    10. Andreas Kuhn & Juerg Schweri & Stefan C. Wolter, 2019. "Local Norms Describing the Role of the State and the Private Provision of Training," CESifo Working Paper Series 7519, CESifo.
    11. Sandra Sequeira & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian, 2020. "Immigrants and the Making of America," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 87(1), pages 382-419.
    12. Eichengreen, Barry, 2020. "Individualism, Polarization and Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt14p9b5h8, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
    13. Abel Brodeur & Joanne Haddad, 2018. "Institutions, Attitudes and LGBT: Evidence from the Gold Rush," Working Papers 1808E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    14. Mauro Lanati & Alessandra Venturini, 2018. "Cultural Change and the Migration Choice," Discussion Papers 49, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI).
    15. Joanne Haddad, 2022. "Settlers and Norms," Working Papers ECARES 2022-02, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    16. Rapoport & Hillel & Sulin Sardoschau & Arthur Silve & Hillel Rapoport, 2020. "Migration and Cultural Change," CESifo Working Paper Series 8547, CESifo.
    17. Michael Fritsch & Martin Obschonka & Fabian Wahl & Michael Wyrwich, 2021. "Cultural Imprinting: Ancient Origins of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Germany," Jena Economics Research Papers 2021-012, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    18. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2017. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of Rugged Individualism in the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 12406, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    19. Esposito, Elena & Saia, Alessandro & Thoenig, Mathias, 2021. "Reconciliation Narratives: The Birth of a Nation after the US Civil War," CEPR Discussion Papers 15938, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    20. Baranov, Victoria & Grosjean, Pauline, 2020. "Male-biased Sex Ratios and Masculinity Norms: Evidence from Australia's Colonial Past," CEPR Discussion Papers 14493, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    21. Ferrara, Andreas & Testa, Patrick A., 2020. "Resource Blessing? Oil, Risk, and Religious Communities as Social Insurance in the U.S. South," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 513, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    22. Jon C. Thompson & Jiabin Wu, 2018. "Legal institution and the evolution of moral conduct," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 20(5), pages 725-741, October.
    23. Hoang-Anh Ho & Peter Martinsson & Ola Olsson, 2022. "The origins of cultural divergence: evidence from Vietnam," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 27(1), pages 45-89, March.
    24. Biavaschi, Costanza, 2020. "Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era," CEPR Discussion Papers 14684, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    25. Donn. L. Feir & Rob Gillezeau & Maggie E.C. Jones, 2022. "The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains," NBER Working Papers 30368, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    26. Daria Denti & Alessandro Crociata & Alessandra Faggian, 2021. "Knocking on Hell’s door. Dismantling hate with cultural consumption," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2131, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Oct 2021.
    27. Fenske, James & Wang, Shizhou, 2020. "Tradition and mortality: Evidence from twin infanticide in Africa," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1317, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
    28. Ho, Hoang-Anh & Martinsson, Peter & Olsson, Ola, 2017. "The Origins of Cultural Divergence: Evidence from a Developing Country," Working Papers in Economics 714, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics, revised Jun 2018.
    29. Baranov, Victoria & de Haas, Ralph & Grosjean, Pauline, 2018. "Men. Roots and Consequences of Masculinity Norms," Discussion Paper 2018-041, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
    30. Anke Becker, 2019. "On the Economic Origins of Restrictions on Women's Sexuality," CESifo Working Paper Series 7770, CESifo.
    31. Gary D. Libecap, 2018. "Property Rights to Frontier Land and Minerals: US Exceptionalism," NBER Working Papers 24544, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    32. Ilia Murtazashvili, 2021. "Ilya Somin, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. 272 Pages. USD 29.95 (hardback)," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 189(3), pages 603-606, December.
    33. Bazzi, Samuel & Gaduh, Arya & Rothenberg, Alexander & Wong, Maisy, 2017. "Unity in Diversity? Ethnicity, Migration, and Nation Building in Indonesia," CEPR Discussion Papers 12377, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

Articles

  1. Bazzi, Samuel & Fiszbein, Martin & Gebresilasse, Mesay, 2021. "“Rugged individualism” and collective (in)action during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Samuel Bazzi & Martin Fiszbein & Mesay Gebresilasse, 2020. "Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 88(6), pages 2329-2368, November.
    See citations under working paper version above.Sorry, no citations of articles recorded.

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  1. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (4) 2017-12-03 2017-12-03 2018-02-19 2019-05-27. Author is listed
  2. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic & Financial History (3) 2017-12-03 2018-02-19 2019-05-27. Author is listed
  3. NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (3) 2020-09-14 2020-09-28 2021-05-31. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (2) 2017-12-03 2019-05-27. Author is listed
  5. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2020-09-28 2021-05-31. Author is listed
  6. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2017-12-03

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