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Kaushik Basu
Researcher at Cornell University
Publications - 331
Citations - 13456
Kaushik Basu is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poverty & Wage. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 323 publications receiving 13030 citations. Previous affiliations of Kaushik Basu include Brookings Institution & Harvard University.
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The art of currency manipulation : how to profiteer by deliberately distorting exchange rates
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that it is possible for a player to manipulate and profiteer in a foreign exchange market in developing countries using game theory and outline a strategy that a manipulator may use, but the aim is not to provide a manual for the manipulator but to enable the regulator to understand the art and develop policies to curb manipulation.
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RENT: Notes on Efficiency Pricing, Rent Control and Monopolistic Landlords
Kaushik Basu,Patrick M. Emerson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider a model of "tenancy rent control" where landlords are not allowed to raise the rent on sitting tenants nor to evict them, though they are free to set the nominal rent when taking on a new tenant.