I develop a model of the social construction of race. Racial categories emerge from labour
conflict when elites privilege intrinsically irrelevant traits to divide workers against each other …

We propose a simple dynamic information disclosure policy that eliminates panic. Panic
occurs when some agents take an undesirable action (attack) because they fear that other …

This study examines the incidence of strategic default by borrowers in Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) microfinance loan facilities and the role of incentives to prevent such …

This paper develops a micro-founded global games model of debt crises. I use this model to
study which policies can help to prevent expectations-driven crises and how the desirability …

This dissertation project focuses on how prejudiced beliefs and discriminatory behaviour
can arise and persist as the product of incentives that individuals face as stable features of …

This dissertation consists of three chapters about dynamic coordination games, learning,
and their connections. The first chapter presents a dynamic coordination game in the context …

This study examines the effects of public information on players' actions in global games
with strategic complements and substitutes. Specifically, we consider the protest game …