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Professor Fisman works in the area of economic development, with a particular focus on the political economy of corruption. In this domain, he has studied the value of political connections in Indonesia, smuggling between Hong Kong and China, and the link between culture and corruption. He is also an active researcher in the emerging field of behavioral economics, and has done work on diverse topics ranging from racial preferences in dating to the economics of altruism. More recently, his research has turned to examine the motivations and effects of corporate social responsibility. Professor Fisman teaches the core course in Managerial Economics and an elective on the private sector and international development. He is the Director of the Social Enterprise Program and a Bernstein Faculty Leader.

• Fall 2009
  The Private Sector & International Development
  
• Spring 2009
  The Private Sector & International Development
  
• Spring 2008
  International Seminar Latin America
  
• Fall 2007
  The Private Sector and International Development
  
• Summer 2007
  Managerial Economics
  
• Fall 2006
  The Private Sector & International Development
  

The Role of Nonprofit Endowments In The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations (2003) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, R. Glenn Hubbard

Racial Preferences in Dating: Evidence from a Speed Dating Experiment In Review of Economic Studies (2008) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Sheena Iyengar, Emir Kamenica, Itamar Simonson

Gender Differences in Mate Selection: Evidence from a Speed Dating Experiment In Quarterly Journal of Economics (2006) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Sheena Iyengar, Emir Kamenica, Itamar Simonson

Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Evidence In Quarterly Journal of Economics (2006) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, C. Fritz Foley

The Effect of Foreign Competition on Forecasting Bias In Review of Economics and Statistics (2006) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman

Are Politicians Really Paid Like Bureaucrats? In Journal of Law and Economics (2004) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Rafael Di Tella

Tax Rates and Tax Evasion: Evidence from 'Missing Imports' in China In Journal of Political Economy (2004) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Shang-Jin Wei

Estimating the Value of Political Connections In American Economic Review (2001) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence and the Poverty of Nations In (2008) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Edward Miguel

Pareto Damaging Behaviors In (2005) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Shachar Kariv, Daniel Markovits

Individual Preferences for Giving In (2005) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Shachar Kariv, Daniel Markovits

Offshoring Tariff Evasion: Evidence from Hong Kong as Entrepôt Trader In Working Paper (2005) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Peter Moustakerski, Shang-Jin Wei

Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing? In (2005) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana

Racial Preferences in Dating: Evidence from a Speed Dating Experience In Working paper (2005) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Sheena Iyengar, Emir Kamenica, Itamar Simonson

The Smuggling of Art, and the Art of Smuggling: Uncovering the Illicit Trade in Cultural Property and Antiques In American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2009) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, Shang-Jin Wei

Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer?: Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Panel Data In Quarterly Journal of Economics (2006) Coauthor(s): Raymond Fisman, C. Fritz Foley