Education

M.A., Yale University, 1988

A.B., Harvard University, 1983

Fields

Selected Work Experience

1. Teaching Assistant and Instructor

Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, 1992 - 1996
2. Program Associate

Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Morrilton, Arkansas, 1989 - 1991

Publications and Working Papers

Douglas Gollin, (with Melinda Smale and Bent Skovmand) "Searching an Ex Situ Collection of Wheat
Genetic Resources," manuscript, Department of Economics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, September, 1998.
_________, (with Melinda Smale) "Valuing Genetic Diversity: Crop Plants and Agroecosystems," in
Biodiversity in Agroecosystems, ed. Wanda Collins and Cal Qualset. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1998.
_________, "Nobody's Business but My Own: Self-Employment and Small Enterprise in Economic
 Development," Manuscript, Department of Economics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA,
 June 1998.
_________, "Getting Income Shares Right: Self Employment, Unincorporated Enterprise, and the Cobb-Douglas Hypothesis," Manuscript, Department of Economics, Williams College, Williamstown,
 MA, June 1998.
_________, (with Robert E. Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello), Agricultural Values of Plant Genetic
 Resources. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, 1998.
_________, (with Robert E. Evenson) "Genetic Resources, International Organizations, and
 Improvement in Rice Varieties," Economic Development and Cultural Change 45:3, 471-500,
 April 1997.
_________, "Conserving Genetic Resources for Agriculture: Local Farmers, International Organizations, and Intellectual Property Rights," Manuscript, Department of Economics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, April 1997.
_________, "Self Employment, Small Enterprise, and Economic Development," Ph.D. Thesis,
 University of Minnesota, Department of Economics, Minneapolis, MN, July 1996.
_________, "Do Taxes on Large Firms Impede Growth? Evidence from Ghana," Bulletin Number 95-9,
 Economic Development Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, November 1995.
_________, "From Entrepreneur to Worker: Small Business and Own-Account Labor in Economic
 Growth," Manuscript, University of Minnesota, Department of Economics, Minneapolis, MN,
 March 1995.
_________, "Small Business and the Informal Sector: A Reappraisal," Manuscript, Department of
 Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, April 1995.
_________, (with Robert E. Evenson) "The Value of Genetic Resources for Crop Improvement:
 Evidence from Rice," Manuscript, Departments of Economics, University of Minnesota and Yale
 University, Minneapolis, MN, December 1994.
 
 

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