Research
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Latest papers
Linking mobile money networks to "e-ROSCAs": An experimental study.
Science advances · 2021 · first author
The origins of human prosociality: Cultural group selection in the workplace and the laboratory.
Science advances · 2018 · first author
The Socioeconomic Implications of Isolated Tibial and Femoral Fractures from Road Traffic Injuries in Uganda.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume · 2018
Latest funding
- $108,700
Democratic Backsliding and the Rule of Law: How Ideas Shape Institutional Resilience
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $155,000
Political economy and development
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
- $62,500
Culture, growth, and organizational form
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
Linking mobile money networks to "e-ROSCAs": An experimental study.
Francois P, Squires M
The origins of human prosociality: Cultural group selection in the workplace and the laboratory.
Francois P, Fujiwara T, van Ypersele T
The Socioeconomic Implications of Isolated Tibial and Femoral Fractures from Road Traffic Injuries in Uganda.
O'Hara NN, Mugarura R, Potter J, Stephens T, Rehavi MM, Francois P, Blachut PA, O'Brien PJ, Mezei A, Beyeza T, Slobogean GP
Economic loss due to traumatic injury in Uganda: The patient's perspective.
O'Hara NN, Mugarura R, Potter J, Stephens T, Rehavi MM, Francois P, Blachut PA, O'Brien PJ, Fashola BK, Mezei A, Beyeza T, Slobogean GP
Democratic Backsliding and the Rule of Law: How Ideas Shape Institutional Resilience
Principal investigators: Francois, Patrick
Political economy and development
Principal investigators: Francois, Patrick
Keywords: political economy; autocracies; economic development; clientilism
Culture, growth, and organizational form
Principal investigators: Francois, Patrick
Keywords: trust; business cycles and growth; organizational form; development; India
Research on social capital, governance and growth
Principal investigators: Francois, Patrick
Keywords: social capital; growth; non-profit organizations; technology diffusion
Institutions and social capital in the process of development
Principal investigators: Anderson, Siwan
Keywords: caste; social capital; institutions; India
Endogenous business cycles and growth
Principal investigators: Francois, Patrick
Keywords: endogenous growth; business cycles; schumpeter; animal spirits
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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