Dr. Richard Anthony Gallenstein is an Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Master of Public Policy program at The Catholic University of America. He joined the faculty at Catholic University in the fall of 2017 after finishing his Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Gallenstein's focus areas include development economics, behavioral economics, and public policy. His research includes work on the topics of microfinance, microinsurance, and the behavioral impacts of economic inequality in Sub Saharan Africa. While at Catholic University, Dr. Gallenstein has taught courses for the undergraduate and graduate programs in Economics and the graduate program in Public Policy. These courses include Principles of Microeconomics, Statistics for Business and Economics, Advanced Microeconomics, Econometrics, Experimental Economics, Big Data for Economics, and Public Policy for the Common Good.
Education
- B.A., The Ohio State University 2011 in International Studies
- B.S., The Ohio State University 2011 in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology
- M.S., The Ohio State University 2014 in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
- Ph.D., The Ohio State University 2017 in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Expertise
- Development Economics
- Risk Management
- Agricultural Investment
- Microfinance
Publications
- Gallenstein, R. A. (2024) “Unearned Inequality and Biased Distributional Preferences: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in Ghana” Journal of Development Studies. Forthcoming.
- Gallenstein, R. A. (2024) “Does Inequality Impede Risk Management? Evidence from a Lab Experiment in Ghana” Journal of Risk and Insurance. 91(3): 499-528.
- Gallestein, R. A., and Dougherty, J. P. (2024) “Can Revenue Index Insurance Outperform Yield Index Insurance” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Forthcoming.
- Mishra, K, Gallenstein, R. A., Sam, A., G., Miranda, M. J., Toledo, P., and Mulangu, F. (2023) “The Impact of Index Insurance on Technology Adoption in Northern Ghana.” Agricultural Economics. 54(6): 778-792.
- Mishra, K. and Gallenstein, R. A. (2022). “Gender and Willingness to Pay for Insured Loans: Empirical Evidence from Ghana.” Journal of Development Studies. 58(12): 2526-2543.
- Gallenstein, R. A., Dougherty, J. P., and Jent, Julie. (2022) “Achieving Inclusive Microfinance: Recommendations from Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Development Literature” Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Religion: Special Issue for the Economy of Francesco. 20(4): 355-384.
- Gallenstein, R. A. (2022) “Wealth Inequality and Risk Management: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Ghana” Economics Letters. 211: 110235.
- Dougherty, J. P., Gallenstein, R. A., and Mishra, K. (2021) “Impact of Index Insurance on Moral Hazard in the Agricultural Credit Market: Theory and Evidence from Ghana” The Journal of African Economies. 30(5): 418-446.
- Gallenstein, R. A., Flatnes, J. E., and Sam, A., G. (2021) “The Impact of Shame on Risk Taking in Joint Liability Lending.” Journal of Development Studies. 54: 2194-2211.
- Gallenstein, R. A., Flatnes, J. E., Dougherty, J. P., Sam, A., G., and Mishra, K. (2021) “The Impact of Index Insurance and Joint Liability Loan Contracts on Risk Taking: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment in Tanzania.” Agricultural Economics. 52(1): 141-156.
- Mishra, K, Gallenstein, R., Sam, A., G., Miranda, M. J., Toledo, P., and Mulangu, F. (2021) “The Impact of Index Insurance on Credit Market Access in Northern Ghana.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 103(3): 923-943.
- Dougherty, J. P., Flatnes, J. E., Gallenstein, R. A., Sam, A. G., and Miranda, M. J. (2020) “Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Index Insurance Demand: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment in Tanzania.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 175: 155-184.
- Gallenstein, R.A., Mishra, K., Sam. A., and Miranda, M. J. (2019). “Willingness to Pay for Insured Loans in Northern Ghana.” Journal of Agricultural Economics. 70 (3): 640-662.
- Kim, J., Geng, R., Gallenstein, R., & Somers, D. (2013). The F-box protein ZEITLUPE controls stability and nucleocytoplasmic partitioning of GIGANTEA. Development. 140: 4060-4069