This dissertation is the outcome of a minor field research carried out during January through March 2008 in rural Cambodia. The research placed the microinsurance scheme run by a French non-government corporation in Cambodia under examination. Particularly, the existence of a small
In this dissertation I analyze the quality choices of a group of producers. In the first essay I use mechanism design to study the interaction of asymmetric information and the democratic process in the quality choices of a group of heterogeneous producers
This dissertation includes two essays on the economic aspects of information security. The first essay presents a principal-agent model for assessing the value of information security audits. The issue of information security investments is confounded by control problems arising from asymmetric information