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Rainer Thiele

Manfred Wiebelt

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Publication Date: 10/2016

Journal Article

Overconfidence and Risk-taking in the Field: Evidence from Ethiopian Farmers

Economic Development and Cultural Change

forthcoming

Toman Barsbai, Ulrich Schmidt, Ulrike Zirpel

We argue that overconfidence wrongly inflates the expected returns to a risky income-generating activity. Overconfidence thus increase the...
Working Paper

Country, Culture or Competition - What Drives Attitudes Towards Immigrants in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Kiel Working Papers

06/2022

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Malte Becker, Finja Krüger, Tobias Heidland

Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming an increasingly important destination for international migration. The region hosts immigrants from other...
Journal Article

The nutrient-income elasticity in ultra-poor households: Evidence from Kenya

European Journal of Development Research

11/2021

Rainer Thiele, Hamidou Jawara

The relationship between nutrient intake and wealth of poor households continues to be an issue of huge policy relevance. In this paper, we...
Policy Article

Covid-19 in Africa and its Impact on the Economy

Kiel Policy Brief

09/2021

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Klaus-Jürgen Gern, Ole Lück, Saskia Meuchelböck

Kiel Policy Brief No. 158: Official data substantially underreports the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in Africa as testing and...

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