Dean Karlan|Ryan Knight|Christopher Udry
Consulting and capital experiments with microenterprise tailors in Ghana
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|Innovations for Poverty Action|Yale University|Innovations for Poverty Action|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|Yale University
conducted randomized trial urban ghana tailoring microenterprises received advice international consulting firm cash neither designed study hypothesis large infusions financial managerial capital could transformative find three treatments led immediate intended effects changed business practices increased investment however treatment led higher profits average certainly large effects hypothesized fact treatment point led lower profits long run find microentrepreneurs either consulting treatment group reverted back prior business practices microentrepreneurs cash treatment group reverted back prior scale operations