Ama Baafra Abeberese

Ama Baafra Abeberese is an Associate Professor of Economics at Wellesley College. Her research is primarily in the area of industrial development, with a focus on identifying and analyzing constraints faced by firms in developing economies. Her recent work examines how infrastructure-related constraints, including electricity shortages and pricing, and intranational trade costs, and government policies affect firm behavior and performance. Her work has been published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Development Economics, the World Bank Economic Review, and other journals. She is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Affiliate of the International Growth Centre. She holds a B.A in Physics and Economics from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.