Description: I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at Aalto University. I do research in development economics and applied microeconomics with a regional focus on East Africa. On my webpage (miristryjan.com) I share information about my published and ongoing research, as well as fieldwork and teaching.
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I am an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the Aalto University School of Business , part of Helsinki Graduate School of Economics . I am chairing the Development Economics Research Group of the Helsinki GSE.
I do research in development economics, political economics and applied microeconomics with a regional focus on East Africa. Much of my current research studies different aspects of finance in developing countries, including loan contract structure, selection into borrowing and the motivation of loan officers in microfinance. More generally, I am interested in how individuals and communities interact with institutions, broadly defined, especially exogenously imposed ones. I hold a PhD from the Institute for