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Robert Lensink is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these domains, the scientist has specialized in subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Safety Research, Management Information Systems, and Soil Science.

The main topics covered in their work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Financial Literacy, Pension, and Retirement Analysis, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, along with Taxation and Compliance Studies.

Robert Lensink has contributed frequently to several publication venues. The most notable among these are:

  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • World Development
  • Review of Development Economics
  • Campbell Systematic Reviews

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "The double bottom line of microfinance: A global comparison between conventional and Islamic microfinance," 2020, World Development
  • "Empowerment and intimate partner violence: Domestic abuse when household income is uncertain," 2020, Review of Development Economics
  • "PROTOCOL: Effects of interventions to improve access to financial services for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in low- and middle-income countries: An evidence and gap map," 2023, Campbell Systematic Reviews
  • "Provisioning over the business cycle: Some insights from the microfinance industry," 2021, International Review of Financial Analysis
  • "Effects of Index Insurance on Demand and Supply of Credit: Evidence from Ethiopia," 2020, American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their academic work. Frequent coauthors include Annika Mueller, Francesco Cecchi, Nina Hansen, Claire Stein, and Syedah Ahmad.

Best Publications

  • Foreign direct investment, financial development and economic growth

    Niels Hermes;Robert Lensink

  • Violent conflict and behavior: A field experiment in Burundi

    M.J. Voors;E.E.M. Nillesen;E.H. Bulte;B.W. Lensink

  • Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions

    Niels Hermes;Robert Lensink;Aljar Meesters

  • THE EMPIRICS OF MICROFINANCE: WHAT DO WE KNOW?

    Niels Hermes;Robert Lensink

  • Microfinance: its Impact, Outreach and Sustainability

    Niels Hermes;Robert Lensink;Robert Lensink

  • Bank efficiency and foreign ownership: do good institutions matter?

    Robert Lensink;Aljar Meesters;Ilko Naaborg

  • Aid instability as a measure of uncertainty and the positive impact of aid on growth

    Robert Lensink;Oliver Morrissey

  • Are there negative returns to aid

    Robert Lensink;Howard White

  • The short-term effects of foreign bank entry on domestic bank behaviour : Does economic development matter?

    Robert Lensink;Robert Lensink;Niels Hermes

  • Foreign direct investment: Flows, volatility and the impact on growth

    Robert Lensink;Oliver Morrissey

  • Capital flight and political risk

    Robert Lensink;Niels Hermes;Victor Murinde

  • Controversies over the impact of development aid: it works; it doesn't; it can, but that depends …

    Mark McGillivray;Simon Feeny;Niels Hermes;Robert Lensink

  • Aid, policies, and growth: Reply

    Craig Burnside;David Dollar

  • Financial liberalization and economic growth: A meta-analysis

    Silke Bumann;Niels Hermes;Robert Lensink;Robert Lensink

  • Peer Monitoring, Social Ties and Moral Hazard in Group Lending Programs: Evidence from Eritrea

    Niels Hermes;Robert Lensink;Habteab T. Mehrteab

  • Ownership and technical efficiency of microfinance institutions: Empirical evidence from Latin America

    Roselia Servin;Robert Lensink;Robert Lensink;Marrit van den Berg

  • A three-dimensional model of women's empowerment : Implications in the field of microfinance and future directions

    Marloes A. Huis;Nina Hansen;Sabine Otten;Robert Lensink

  • Infant and child mortality in developing countries: Analysing the data for robust determinants

    Lucia Hanmer;Robert Lensink;Howard White

  • Capital flight and the uncertainty of government policies

    Niels Hermes;Robert Lensink

  • Do Powerful CEOs Determine Microfinance Performance

    Rients Galema;Robert Lensink;Roy Mersland

  • Does uncertainty affect economic growth? An empirical analysis

    Robert Lensink;Hong Bo;Elmer Sterken

Frequent Co-Authors

Niels Hermes
Niels Hermes University of Groningen
Erwin H. Bulte
Erwin H. Bulte Wageningen University & Research
Victor Murinde
Victor Murinde School of Oriental and African Studies
Oliver Morrissey
Oliver Morrissey University of Nottingham
Sabine Otten
Sabine Otten University of Groningen
Howard White
Howard White Campbell Collaboration
Jakob de Haan
Jakob de Haan University of Groningen
Roy Mersland
Roy Mersland University of Agder
Harry Garretsen
Harry Garretsen University of Groningen
Arnoud W. A. Boot
Arnoud W. A. Boot University of Amsterdam

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