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Bruce Wydick |
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Prospective Graduate Students in International and Development Economics: See our web page with a short documentary on our IDEC Masters program.
Pacific Conference for Development Economics Update: UC Davis will
host the Spring 2012 Pacific
Development (PACDEV) Conference March 17, 2012.
Past conferences have been
hosted by UC Berkeley (March 2004),
Mayan Partners is 501c(3) non-profit organization partnering with Quiche and Tzutuhil
communities
in the western Guatemalan highlands in the development of schools, water
systems, and clinics that have strong local support.
Links to Development Economics Journals
Classes for Fall 2011:
International
Trade—Masters level (Economics 670)
Intermediate
Microeconomics—Undergraduate (Economics 311)
Advanced Topics in
Economic Development (UC Berkeley, EEP 152)
Classes for Spring 2012:
Development
Microeconomics—Masters level (Economics 673)
Advanced Applied
Econometrics—Masters level (Economics 628)
Publications and Articles under Review
Current Working Papers and Projects
FACULTY POSITIONS:
Professor of Economics,
University of San Francisco: April 2006 - Present
Visiting Professor,
Visiting Professor,
Associate Professor and
Chair, Department of Economics, USF: May 2002 - May 2005
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics, USF: September 1996 - May 2002
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.,
Economics,
M.S.,
Agricultural Economics,
B. S., Agricultural Economics,
CURRENT USF TEACHING
CURRICULUM:
GRADUATE
COURSES: Development Microeconomics, International Trade
UPPER-DIVISION
COURSES: Game Theory, Intermediate Microeconomics, International Economics
LOWER-DIVISION
COURSES: The Global Economy
AWARDS and GRANTS:
2011 TOMS Shoes Grant for randomized study of TOMS shoe
donation program and its impact on children’s health, physical activity,
schooling and psychological well-being.
2010 BASIS (USAID/Millennium Challenge Corporation) Grant
Awarded for “Do Child Sponsorship Programs Work? International Evidence from a
Regression Discontinuity Design” (with Paul Glewwe and Laine Rutledge).
2007-2008 Jesuit Foundation Grant “Implementing an Encouragement Design Field Experiment Methodology in
2007 BASIS (USAID) Grant Awarded for Research in
Commodity Networks and Fair-Trade Coffee in Latin America (with Alain de
Janvry, Elizabeth Sadoulet (UC Berkeley), Craig McIntosh (UC San Diego),
Elizabeth Katz (USF), and Tomas Rosada (Universidad Rafael Landivar)).
2006 Winner (tie)
2006-2007
Jesuit Foundation Grant “Social Capital, Group Lending, and Microfinance”
sponsoring microfinance experiments in
2004
McCarthy Foundation Grant “Fostering Broad-Based Development: The Economics of
Institution-Building in Less-Developed Countries.” Sponsoring the Pacific Conference for
Development Economics, USF, March 5, 2005; Graduate Student Travel and
Research, summer 2004; and “Games, Institutions, and Economic Development” book
project.
2002
BASIS (USAID) Grant Awarded for Research in Rural Credit Markets and Financial
Information Systems in Latin America with Alain de Janvry, Elizabeth Sadoulet,
and Jill Luoto (UC Berkeley), Craig McIntosh (UC San Diego). Funded though August 2005.
2000
2000
Winner
2000
Pew Charitable Trust Grant for Academic Research (Sponsoring one year of
full-time research in Development Microeconomics and Microenterprise Finance,
Spring Semester, 2000 and Spring Semester 2001.)
RESEARCH: Applies game-theoretic,
empirical, and experimental methods to understanding issues of poverty,
development, and social change, with a particular focus on microfinance and
development policy in poor countries.
Book: Games in
Economic Development (2008).
Chapters: 1 Economic Development, Interdependence, and
Incentives;
2 Games;
3 Development
Traps and Coordination Games; 4 Rural Poverty; Development, and the Environment; 5 Risk, Solidarity Networks,
and Reciprocity; 6 Understanding Agrarian Institutions; 7 Savings, Credit, and
Microfinance; 8 Social Learning and Technology Adoption; 9 Property Rights,
Governance, and Corruption; 10 Conflict, Violence, and Development; 11 Social Capital; 12 The Political Economy of
Trade and Development.
Browse on amazon.com or Cambridge
University Press website.
Book in
Progress: Diary of a
Coffee Bean: A Story of Coffee, Economics, and Globalization
Publications and Articles:
Microfinance, Social Capital, and Group Lending
“Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Joint-Liability Loan
Contracts: Evidence from an Artefactual Field Experiment” (with Giorgia Barboni, Alessandra Cassar, and Arturo Rodriguez
Trejo), Presented by Barboni
at London School University
of Chicago
“Social Networks, Neighborhood Effects and Credit Access” (with
Harmony Karp Hayes, San Francisco Foundation and Sarah Hilliker Kempf, University
of California at San Francisco). Presented at the Pacific Conference
for Development Economics and at the
“Does Social
Capital Matter? Evidence from a
Five-Country Group Lending Experiment” (with Alessandra Cassar). Presented at the Northeast Universities
Development Conference (
“The Impact of Microfinance in Rural Nepal: Evidence from an Event
Study” (with Ram
Rajbanshi), working paper. June 2011.
“The Effect of
Social Capital on Group Loan Repayment: Evidence from Field Experiments” (with Alessandra Cassar). Presented by
"Group Lending under
Dynamic Incentives as a Borrower Discipline Device" Presented at the U.C. Berkeley
Development Economics Seminar, February 2000.
Review of Development Economics (October 2001), vol. 5, pp. 406-20.
"Can
Social Cohesion be Harnessed to Repair Market Failures? Evidence from Group
Lending in Guatemala" Presented at the
U.C. Berkeley Development Economics Seminar, Department of Economics,
October 1995, and at job-market seminars. Economic Journal (July 1999), vol. 109, pp. 463‑75.
Credit and Financial Markets
“Do Risky Borrowers Really Invest in Risky Projects: A Test from Bolivian
Microfinance” (with
Alessandra Cassar and Eliana Zeballos, Innovations for Poverty Action). Presented by Zeballos at the
Pacific Conference for Development Economics, March 13, 2010,
“What Do Credit Bureaus Do? Understanding
Screening, Incentive, and Credit Expansion Effects” (with Craig McIntosh,
“Credit Information Systems in Less Developed Countries: Recent History
and a Test” (with
Craig McIntosh, UC
“Competition and Microfinance” (with Craig McIntosh, UC
"How
Efficient are the Emerging African Stock Markets?" (with Magnus Magnusson,
Development Program
Impacts
“Does International Child Sponsorship Work? A Six-Country Study of
Impacts on Adult Life Outcomes” (with Paul Glewwe and Laine
Rutledge), August 2011. Prepared
for presentation at the UC Berkeley Development Seminar, October 4, 2009,
Cornell University Conference on Institutions, Behavior, and the Escape from
Persistent Poverty, November 16-17, 2009, Stanford University Development
Lunch, April 15, 2010, University of Southern California Development Economics
Seminar, October 5, 2010, Georgia Institute of Technology, October 15, 2010,
USF Economics Seminar, November 4, 2010, ACCORD Faith-based Development
Practitioner Conference, Fort Meyers, FL, November 19, 2010, UC Davis
departmental seminar in Agricultural and Resource Economics, January 10, 2011,
Pacific Conference for Development Economics, March 2011. Under Review.
The Impact of Child Sponsorship on Self-Esteem, Life-Expectations, and
Reference Points: Evidence from Kenya (with Phillip Ross,
“Health and Environmental Effects from the
Introduction of High-Technology Wood-Burning Stoves: Evidence from a Field
Experiment in Western Guatemala” (with Kent Moriarty and Dan
Ludwinski) Environment, Development and Sustainability (August 2011), vol. 13, no. 4,
pp. 657–676.
“Microfinance and Home Improvement: Using Retrospective Panel Data to Measure Program Effects on Fundamental Events” (with Craig McIntosh and Gonzalo Villaran). Winner, 2006 US Agency for International Development (USAID) Impact Assessment Contest (tie with Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman). Presentation at the World Bank February 2007, the XV International Conference on Banking and Finance, University of Rome (Tor Vergata) December 2006, University of Southern California February 2006, and the Pacific Conference for Development Economics, UC Davis March 2007. World Development (June 2011), vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 922-37 (Special Symposium on Microfinance).
"Microfinance Among
the Maya: Tracking the Progress of Credit Program Participants" Development
and Change (June 2002), vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 489–509.
"Microenterprise
Lending to Female Entrepreneurs: Sacrificing Economic Growth for Poverty
Reduction?" (with
Michael Kevane,
"Access to Credit, Human Capital, and Class Structural
Mobility"
Presented at the U.C. Berkeley Development Economics Seminar, Department
of Economics, March 1994. Journal
of Development Studies (August 1999), vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 131-152.
"The
Impact of Credit Access on the Use of Child Labor in Household Enterprises:
Evidence from Guatemala"
Presented at the U.C. Berkeley Labor Economics Seminar, Department of
Economics, November 1995. Economic
Development and Cultural Change (July 1999), vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 853-69.
Applied Game
Theory, Group Behavior, and Social Capital
“Keeping the Doctor
Away: Experimental Evidence on Investment in Preventative Health Products” (with
Jon Robinson-UC
“The Economics of
Parenting, Self-Esteem, and Academic Performance: Theory and a Test” (with
Rajeev Darolia,
“Hypocrisy and Hypocrites: A Game Theoretic Note” September 2011. Under review, Faith and Economics.
“Does New Information Technology Undermine Media Quality? A Note on
Commercial Public Goods” (with Man-Lui Lau,
"Do Race-based
Preferences Perpetuate Discrimination Against Marginalized Ethnic Groups?” Presented
at the Bay Area Labor Market Association Conference,
“Grandma
was Right: Why Cohabitation Undermines
Relational Happiness, But is Increasing Anyway” Appendix
with Proofs and Derivations. Kyklos: International Review for Social Sciences (November 2007),
vol. 60, no. 4,
pp. 617-645.
"Affirmative Action
in College Admissions: Examining Labor Market Effects of Four Alternative
Policies." Contemporary
Economic Policy (January 2002), vol. 20, no. 1,
pp. 12-24.
"Social Norms and the
Time Allocation of Women's Labor in Burkina Faso" (with Michael
Kevane,
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CURRENT WORKING PAPERS AND PROJECTS IN
PROGRESS:
“The Heifer Project: An Impact
Evaluation of Animal Donation” (with Christopher Barrett,
“Shoeing the Children: An Impact Study
on the Effect of Shoes on Children’s Health, Schooling, and Activity” (with
Elizabeth Katz, USF and Felipe Gutierrez,
“Measuring Microfinance: Assessing the Impact of Urwego Opportunity
Bank in
REFEREE FOR PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS:
American Economic Review, Journal of
Political Economy, American Sociological Review, Economic Journal, Oxford
Economic Papers, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of
Development Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, World
Development, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford
Development Studies, Journal of Economic Growth, Review of Development
Economics, Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of African Economies, Economic
Inquiry, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of
Bioeconomics, Faith and Economics, Eastern Economic Journal, Social Forces,
Social Science Quarterly
OP-ED PIECES, MAGAZINE ARTICLES, and BOOK
REVIEWS:
“Prophets Against Profits? What
Occupy Wall Street Misses” Christianity
Today, October 10, 2011
“Adopt Lessons from Sports to
Decrease Drug Demand” San
Francisco Chronicle, December 20, 2010
“An RSVP to a Tea Party Invitation” PRISM Magazine, November/December 2010
“Microfinance: Where Faith and Works Can Walk Hand in Hand” Urbi et Orbi, Spring 2010
“Why Bank Bonuses are Bad and Boring Banks are Better” San Jose Mercury News, February 16, 2010
“An F in Health Care Economics” Davis Enterprise, December 31, 2009
“Health Care and the Free Market: Never the Twain Shall Meet” San Jose Mercury News, August 23, 2009
“The Economics Behind Disappearing Newspapers” San Francisco Chronicle, April 13, 2009
“Hand-to-hand Combat vs. Hand-Eye Coordination: An Essay on Diversity” Comment
Magazine, May 22, 2009
“Where Your Treasure Is” PRISM Magazine, March/April 2009
“Win-win: What Game Theory Can Teach us About Environmentally Sustainable
Development” Jetwork, October 2008
“Test Your Economic Meltdown IQ” San Francisco Chronicle, August 24, 2008
“Has the Invisible Hand Let Us Down?” Davis Enterprise, November 23, 2008
“Economic Ideas for Obama” San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 2008
“Sex and Social Justice” PRISM Magazine, September/October 2008
“Microfinance Questions” Davis Enterprise, August 24, 2008
“A Free-Trade Policy for Democrats” San Diego Union-Tribune, April 28, 2008
“Can Microfinance Save the World?” USF
University Lecture, March 24, 2008
“It’s Time to Start a Food Fight” (Op-Ed on the November 2007 Farm Bill) Davis
Enterprise, November 25, 2007
“Holy Mammon: Why Microfinance is Leading the Fight Against Poverty” PRISM Magazine, September/October 2007
“Sunk Costs and the War: What to Do? For Starters Look Ahead” USA
Today, August 15, 2007
“More Sunk-Cost Thinking on the War” (Review of
Review
of Hope
in Troubled Times by Bob Goudzwaard, Mark Vander
Vennen, and David Van Heemst, PRISM Magazine, July/August 2007
“Globalization and the Poor: Reflections of a Christian Economist” PRISM
Magazine, March/April 2007
Review of The Social Economics of Poverty (Christopher Barrett, ed.)
“A Beautiful Mind, Indeed” Davis Enterprise, 3/31/2002
"The Case for a New Affirmative Action" San Francisco Chronicle, 7/19/2001
CONSULTING AND COLLABORATIONS:
Heifer International, Farm Animal Donation
Impact Assessment
TOMS Shoes, Impact Study of Shoe
Donation
World Relief, Microfinance Impact
Compassion International, Child Sponsorship Impact
Project, Current
World Bank, Consultant and Reviewer for Microfinance Research
Projects, Ongoing
SERVICE TO USF COMMUNITY:
Director, Masters Program in
International and Development Economics
Faculty Advisor, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
International
Studies Program Faculty Steering Committee
Faculty
Associate, Center for Latino Studies in the
NON-ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Assistant
Economist (1990-93)
Bank of America,
Economics and Policy Research Department World Headquarters, San Francisco, California
Microenterprise
Development Practitioner (1988 -1989)
Opportunity
International:
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PERSONAL INTERESTS:
Languages: French (Basic), Spanish (Fluent).
Outdoor activities: biking, surfing, skiing,
ultimate Frisbee, following behind my toddler as she explores the wonders of
the world.
Music: piano, guitar, drums, songwriting, music production (blues, alternative, gospel)
I also spend time in Christian ministry both as
a faculty advisor with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
at USF and also at my home in
Last Revised: 9/30/2011