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Shawn Cole is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, specializing in research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The primary areas of study include Agricultural Economics and Practices, Agricultural Risk and Resilience, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Community Development and Social Impact, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, ICT Impact and Policies, and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

The subfields contributing to their work span General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Soil Science, and Finance.

Their publication record includes recent papers covering topics in economics and agricultural practices, such as:

  • 'Mobile'izing Agricultural Advice Technology Adoption Diffusion and Sustainability (2020) in The Economic Journal
  • Field comparisons of incentive-compatible preference elicitation techniques (2020) in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • Can Gambling Increase Savings? Empirical Evidence on Prize-Linked Savings Accounts (2021) in Management Science
  • Changing Gambling Behavior through Experiential Learning (2020) in The World Bank Economic Review
  • Heuristics on Call: The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice (2024) in The World Bank Economic Review

Shawn Cole has contributed to several prominent publication venues with multiple works, including the AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, SSRN Electronic Journal, The World Bank Economic Review, Management Science, and The Economic Journal.

Their collaborative network features frequent co-authors such as Tomoko Harigaya, Martin Melecký, Vaishnavi Surendra, Jeremy Tobacman, and Florian Mölders.

In addition to articles, Shawn Cole has authored a book published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks titled Long-run Returns to Private Equity in Emerging Markets (2020).

Best Publications

  • Remedying education: Evidence from two randomized experiments in india

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Shawn Cole;Esther Duflo;Leigh L Linden

  • Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

    Shawn A. Cole;Xavier Gine;Jeremy Tobacman;Petia Topalova

  • Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India

    Shawn A. Cole

  • Prices or knowledge? What drives demand for financial services in emerging markets?

    Shawn Allen Cole;Thomas Andrew Sampson;Bilal Husnain Zia

  • How Does Risk Management Influence Production Decisions? Evidence from a Field Experiment

    Shawn Allen Cole;Xavier Gine;James Vickery

  • Smart Money? The Effect of Education on Financial Outcomes

    Shawn A. Cole;Anna Paulson;Gauri Kartini Shastry

  • Do voters demand responsive governments? Evidence from Indian disaster relief☆

    Shawn Cole;Andrew Healy;Eric Werker

  • How does risk management influence production decisions? evidence from a field experiment

    Shawn A. Cole;Xavier Gine;James Vickery

  • Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo;Shawn Allen Cole;Leigh L. Linden

  • Unpacking the causal chain of financial literacy

    Fenella Carpena;Shawn Cole;Jeremy Shapiro;Bilal Zia

  • Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India

    Sarthak Gaurav;Shawn A. Cole;Jeremy Tobacman

  • High School Curriculum and Financial Outcomes: The Impact of Mandated Personal Finance and Mathematics Courses

    Shawn Cole;Anna Paulson;Gauri Kartini Shastry

  • ‘Mobile’izing Agricultural Advice Technology Adoption Diffusion and Sustainability

    Shawn A Cole;A Nilesh Fernando

  • Understanding the Advice of Commissions-Motivated Agents: Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market

    Santosh Anagol;Shawn Cole;Shayak Sarkar

  • The ABCs of financial education : experimental evidence on attitudes, behavior, and cognitive biases

    Fenella Carpena;Shawn Allen Cole;Jeremy Shapiro;Bilal Husnain Zia

  • Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

    Shawn Allen Cole;Xavier Giné;Jeremy Tobacman;Petia B. Topalova

  • Dynamics of Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from a Long-Run Field Experiment

    Shawn A. Cole;Daniel Stein;Jeremy Tobacman

  • Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality?

    Shawn A. Cole

  • Banking Reform in India

    Shawn A. Cole;A. Banerjee;E. Duflo

  • Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers: Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking

    Shawn Cole;Martin Kanz;Leora Klapper

  • Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development

    Shawn A. Cole;Wentao Xiong

  • Barriers to Household Risk Management : Evidence from India

    Robert M. Townsend;Shawn Cole;Jeremy Tobacman;Xavier Gine

  • The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Extension

    Shawn Cole;Asanga Nilesh Fernando

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Tufano
Peter Tufano Harvard University
Xavier Giné
Xavier Giné World Bank
Petia Topalova
Petia Topalova International Monetary Fund
Leora Klapper
Leora Klapper World Bank
Josh Lerner
Josh Lerner Harvard University
Anjan V. Thakor
Anjan V. Thakor Washington University in St. Louis

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