Christopher Kilby, PhD
Professor of Economics | Villanova School of Business Villanova University
- Villanova PA
Christopher Kilby, PhD, is an expert in political economy of development aid and how it is influenced by U.S. politics and world events.
Media
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Education
Stanford University
PhD
Harvard University
AB
Select Accomplishments
Research Excellence Award
2013-2016
Center for Global Leadership
Faculty Research Award
2015
McDonough Family
Summer Research Fellowship
2009
Villanova University
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Affiliations
- Review of International Organizations - Editorial Board
- Review of International Organizations - Book Review Editor
Select Media Appearances
Inspiring Minds: Electioneering Through Foreign Aid
Villanova School of Business - Inspiring Minds Podcast
2016-08-30
Institutions like the World Bank can have a large effect on developing countries. The funding they provide has the potential to improve -- and even save -- the lives of millions of people. The funding they provide also has the potential to keep governments in power. In this episode of Inspiring Minds, we'll find out how an incumbent government's alignment with the United States impacts its access to money from the World Bank in the run-up to an election. Listen as Will Seabaugh’16 VSB interviews Erasmus Kersting, PhD, Associate Professor of Economics and Christopher Kilby, PhD, Professor, Economics.
Angus Deaton, his Nobel Prize, and foreign aid
Brookings
2015-10-20
Earlier this month, Princeton’s Angus Deaton was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences—an award richly deserved for Deaton’s path-breaking work on consumption, poverty, and welfare. ... Similarly, Villanova’s Erasmus Kersting and Christopher Kilby found a positive relationship between aid and democracy.
A Group Of Economists Wrote An Open Letter In Favor Of Janet Yellen, And The List Of Names Is STACKED
Business Insider
2013-09-10
More than 200 econ professors and counting have signed an open letter calling on President Obama to name Fed Board Vice Chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as Fed Chair. ... Christopher Kilby, Associate Professor of Economics, Villanova University
Lagarde says debt among IMF top concerns
UPI
2011-07-06
Under pressure on many fronts, Christine Lagarde used her first news conference as managing director of the International Monetary Fund to lay out her concerns and to suggest ways to shore up financial markets around the world. ... "The memory of the IMF's mismanagement of the Asian finance crisis in the late 1990s still lingers, making the IMF's performance this time round all the more important for the long term reputation of the institution," said Christopher Kilby, an associate professor of economics at the Villanova School of Business.
Select Academic Articles
With a little help from my friends: Global electioneering and World Bank lending
Journal of Development EconomicsKersting, E. and Kilby, C.
2016
Informal influence in the Inter-American Development Bank
Handbook on the Economics of Foreign AidBland, E., and Kilby, C.
2015
Assessing the impact of World Bank preparation on project outcomes
Journal of Development EconomicsKilby, C.
2015
