Citizens can effectively monitor the integrity of their elections: Evidence from Colombia ICT-enabled monitoring tools effectively encourage citizens to oversee their elections and reduce fraud Institutions & Political Economy Natalia Garbiras-Díaz Mateo Montenegro Published 26.09.22
Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality Institutions & Political Economy Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeff Weaver Published 01.08.22
How democracy causes growth: Evidence from Indonesia Democratically elected leaders are less likely to impose socially inefficient regulations or engage in rent-seeking and, hence, enhance firm productivity Institutions & Political Economy Ama Baafra Abeberese Prabhat Barnwal Ritam Chaurey Priya Mukherjee Published 07.01.22
Electing educated leaders during democratisation: Evidence from Indonesia The economic success of democratisation crucially depends on the education level of the newly elected local leaders Institutions & Political Economy Paul Pelzl Steven Poelhekke Published 08.11.21
The impact of human error in vote tallies: Evidence from Mexico Human error in vote counting leads to inconsistencies in vote tallies and threatens citizens’ trust in election institutions Institutions & Political Economy Cristian Challu Enrique Seira Alberto Simpser Published 06.08.21
Boiling point in Africa: Climate change and inter-group conflict across the continent Resource constraints due to climate change are increasing conflicts between herders and farmers trying to make a living Energy & Environment Ulrich J. Eberle Dominic Rohner Mathias Thoenig Published 03.03.21
Economic integration and democracy: An empirical investigation Economic integration can help promote transition to democracy within the world’s more autocratic countries through trade with democratic partners Institutions & Political Economy Giacomo Magistretti Marco Tabellini Published 16.03.20
The changing face of development: The elite capture of democracy Democratic institutions are increasingly being captured by the elite threatening development. What can we do to change this? Public Economics Daron Acemoğlu Published 25.06.19
The impact of media censorship in China: 1984 or Brave New World? Fostering an environment in which citizens do not demand uncensored information is critical to effective internet censorship in China Institutions & Political Economy David Yang Published 21.05.18
