Douglas Gollin
Assistant Professor of Economics
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1996
M.A., Yale University, 1988
A.B., Harvard University, 1983
Fields
Development and Growth, Agricultural Economics, Macroeconomics,
Applications of Dynamic General Equilibrium Models
Selected Work Experience
- Teaching Assistant and Instructor
Department of Economics,
University of Minnesota, 1992 - 1996
- Program Associate
Winrock International Institute for
Agricultural Development, Morrilton, Arkansas, 1989 - 1991
Publications and Working Papers
- Douglas Gollin, "Genetic Resources, International Organizations, and Rice
Varietal Improvement," (with Robert E. Evenson) in Economic Development
and Cultural Change, forthcoming.
- __________, "Self Employment, Small Enterprise, and Economic
Development," Ph.D. thesis, University of Minnesota, 1996.
- __________, "Do Taxes on Large Firms Impede Growth? Evidence from
Ghana," Economic Development Center Bulletin Number 95-9,
University of Minnesota, November 1995.
- __________, "The Value of Genetic Resources for Crop Improvement:
Evidence from Rice," (with Robert E. Evenson) manuscript, University of
Minnesota and Yale University, December 1994.
- __________, "Priority Setting for Genetic Improvement in Research,"
(with Robert E. Evenson) paper presented at International Rice Research
Institute Workshop on Rice Research Prioritization, 13-15 August 1991,
Los Banos, Phillipines.
- __________, "Agricultural Potential of Mid-Africa: A Technological
Assessment," (with David Seckler and Pierre Antoine) in Agricultural
Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Workshop on Research Issues, ed.
Suzanne Gnaegy and Jock R. Anderson, World Bank Discussion Paper Number
126, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1991.
- __________, "Genetic Resources and Rice Varietal Improvement in
India," (with Robert E. Evenson) manuscript, Yale University, September
1990.
- __________, "Dubious Crusade: The Push for Agricultural Laissez
Faire," (with David Seckler) in The American Prospect, Number 3,
Fall 1990.
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