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Scholarship
Sameeksha
Desai specializes in entrepreneurship and political economy.
Her work focuses on institutions, political systems and
particularly conflict, and economic development.
Selected
Publications
“What Does
Entrepreneurship Data Really Show?” with Zoltan J. Acs and
Leora Klapper, Small Business Economics, 31(3), 2008,
265-281.
"Entrepreneurship,
Economic Development and Institutions,” with Zoltan J. Acs
and Jolanda Hessels, Small Business Economics, 31(3),
2008, 219-234.
“Transnational
Ethnic Groups and Conflict: The Zaghawa in Chad and Sudan”
with Joseph Sany, Conflict Trends, 2008 forthcoming.
“Introduction
to the Potential of Microfinance in Postconflict Economies,”
Journal of Insurance and Risk Management, 4(7), 2005,
189-210.
"Microfinance
in Iraq,” Global Studies Review, 2004.
Research
in Progress
"The
Impossibility of Measuring Entrepreneurship in Development
Countries?”
“Is There a
Role for the Private Sector in DDR?”
“A Theory of
Destructive Entrepreneurship,” with Zoltan J. Acs and Utz
Weitzel.
“Ownership,
Economic Entrenchment and Allocation of Capital” with Johan
E. Eklund.
“Measuring the
Functional Efficiency of Capital Markets,” with Johan E.
Eklund.
“Charity,
Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy” with Zoltan J. Acs.
Education
Ph.D. Public
Policy, George Mason University.
M.S. Conflict
Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University.
B.S. Sociology, Northwestern University.
Honors &
Awards
Best paper
award,
2008 Uddevalla Symposium for “Ownership, Economic
Entrenchment and Allocation of Capital."
2006-2008
Fellowship in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy,
joint fellowship issued by the Kauffman Foundation and Max
Planck Institute of Economics.
Academic
Positions Held
Research
Fellow, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group,
Max Planck Institute of Economics, 2007 – Present.
Instructor,
George Mason University, 2006.
Research Assistant, Center for Entrepreneurship and Public
Policy, 2004
–
2007.
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