Market power versus supply chain regulations: Lessons from Bangladesh A ban on intermediary oil traders, intended to reduce their market power, backfired: prices rose 10% as wholesalers lost intermediary trade credit Firms Shahe Emran Dilip Mookherjee Forhad Shilpi M. Helal Uddin Published 01.05.20
Maternal mortality and women’s political participation Reserving seats for women in parliament leads to sharp reductions in maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries Health Sonia Bhalotra Damian Clarke Joseph Flavian Gomes Atheendar Venkataramani Published 24.04.20
The impact of social incentives on tax payment in Pakistan An evaluation of two programmes reveals that public disclosure of tax information and social recognition of top taxpayers increases tax revenues Public Economics Mazhar Waseem Published 23.03.20
From fog to smog: The value of pollution information China’s air quality monitoring and disclosure programme triggered a cascade of changes in household behaviour with significant health benefits Energy & Environment Panle Jia Barwick Shanjun Li Liguo Lin Eric Zou Published 24.02.20
China’s 2009 VAT reform and lumpy investment behaviour Tax policies that reduce firm inaction are more effective at stimulating investment than policies that simply lower the cost of investment Firms Zhao Chen Xian Jiang Zhikuo Liu Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato Daniel Yi Xu Published 13.01.20
The return to protectionism The aggregate annual loss to US consumers from higher import prices as a result of the trade war with China could be as much as $68.8 billion Trade Pablo Fajgelbaum Pinelopi Goldberg Patrick Kennedy Amit Khandelwal Published 02.12.19
Female empowerment and the Egyptian Arab Spring Women’s exposure and participation in the Arab Spring improved their say in household decisions and reduced tolerance of domestic violence and FGM Institutions & Political Economy Olivier Bargain Delphine Boutin Hugues Champeaux Published 08.11.19
Should low-income countries open up to foreign capital? The India experiment Better access to foreign capital reduces misallocation and stimulates growth, with the highest gains where local capital markets are least developed Firms Natalie Bau Adrien Matray Published 11.10.19
Long-term and intergenerational effects of education Evidence from Indonesia shows school construction improves labour and marriage market outcomes, and benefits are transmitted intergenerationally Education Richard Akresh Daniel Halim Marieke Kleemans Published 03.05.19
