Ashantha Ranasinghe
Biography
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta. My research interests are in macroeconomics, specifically issues related to growth and development.
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Recent Publications
See AllGENDER SPECIFIC DISTORTIONS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MISALLOCATION
Women account for a small share of all business owners and a small share of the market in India's manufacturing sector. To account for these patterns, I estimate…
MISALLOCATION ACROSS ESTABLISHMENT GENDER
I find substantial differences in the extent of misallocation across male and female -led establishments spanning many low and middle -income countries. Across…
FINANCIAL FRICTIONS AND THE RULE OF LAW
Using cross-country micro establishment-level data we document that crime and lack of access to finance are two major obstacles to business operation in poor and…