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Devesh Kapur

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51

Publications

4.9K

Citations

34

H-Index

1986

Active since

Affiliations

University of Pennsylvania(Current)

Institute for Advanced Study

Harvard University Press

Center for Global Development

Queen's University

Devesh Kapur is an author at University of Pennsylvania specializing in business, economics, and public policy.

Top concepts

BusinessEconomicsPublic PolicyEconomic DevelopmentPoliticsSocial SciencesGlobalizationHuman MigrationDevelopment EconomicsFinance

Publications per year

1986–2021

51

Publications

51

Give Us Your Best and Brightest: The Global Hunt for Talent and Its Impact on the Developing World

Richard N. Cooper, Devesh Kapur, John McHale · Foreign Affairs · 2006 · 454 citations

Human Migration, Economic Development, Development Economics +22

How do spatial and social proximity influence knowledge flows? Evidence from patent data

Ajay Agrawal, Devesh Kapur, John McHale · Journal of Urban Economics · 2008 · 437 citations

Knowledge Exchange, Patent Analysis, Management +12

Remittances : the new development mantra?

Devesh Kapur · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2004 · 437 citations

Economic Development, Development Economics, Sustainable Development +16

Brain drain or brain bank? The impact of skilled emigration on poor-country innovation

Ajay Agrawal, Devesh Kapur, John McHale et al. · Journal of Urban Economics · 2010 · 369 citations

Human Migration, Economics, Labor Migration +12

The World Bank: Its First Half Century

Lester C. Thurow, Devesh Kapur, John P. Lewis et al. · Foreign Policy · 1998 · 349 citations

Authoritative Work, Economics, Financial Institutions +15

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