at Williams College
Office: Schapiro Hall Rm 312
E-mail: Quamrul.H.Ashraf@williams.edu
Phone: (413) 597-3051
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Department of Economics
Williams College
24 Hopkins Hall Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267
Ph.D., Economics, Brown University, May, 2009
M.A., Economics, Brown University, May, 2004
B.A. (summa cum laude), Economics and Computer Science, Trinity College, May, 1999
Economic Growth, Macroeconomics, Population Economics, Computational Economics
When Does Improving Health Raise GDP? (joint with Ashley Lester and David N. Weil), NBER
Macroeconomics Annual, 2008, National Bureau of Economic Research.
Isolation and Development (joint with Oded Galor and Ömer Özak), Working Paper 2009-9, Brown University.
The Out-of-Africa Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development (joint with Oded Galor), Working Paper 2008-3 (earlier version), Brown University.
Dynamics and Stagnation in the Malthusian Epoch: Theory and Evidence (joint with Oded Galor), Working Paper 2008-14, Brown University.
Cultural Assimilation, Cultural Diffusion, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations (joint with Oded Galor), Working Paper 2007-3, Brown University.
The Climatic Origins of the Neolithic Revolution: A Theory of Long-Run Development via Climate- Induced Technological Progress (joint with Stelios Michalopoulos).
Banks, Market Organization and Macroeconomic Performance: An Agent-Based Computational Analysis (joint with Boris Gershman and Peter Howitt), in progress.
How Inflation Affects Macroeconomic Performance: An Agent-Based Computational Investigation (joint with Peter Howitt), in progress.
The Effect of Interventions to Reduce Fertility on Economic Growth (joint with David N. Weil and Joshua Wilde), in progress.
Geographical Isolation, Technological Progress, and the Evolution of Cross-Country Comparative Development (joint with Oded Galor and Ömer Özak), in progress.
The Evolution of Property Rights and the Process of Development (joint with Oded Galor and Boris Gershman), in progress.