Does China’s bureaucracy work? Analysing the pattern of promotions provides illuminating evidence on current levels of corruption in Chinese bureaucracy Institutions & Political Economy Peter Lorentzen Published 20.02.19
The republic of beliefs The power of law comes through its ability to help people build up expectations about one another’s behaviour Institutions & Political Economy Kaushik Basu Published 13.02.19
How do family planning policies reshape the life of the Chinese elderly? A study finds that while family planning has either no effect or a slightly positive one on elderly Chinese parents’ physical health, it can be detrimental to their mental health Institutions & Political Economy Yi Chen Hanming Fang Published 11.02.19
(Un)ease of doing business: How congested courts hinder firm productivity Congestion in Indian courts of justice distorts firms’ organisation and sourcing decisions and lowers aggregate productivity Institutions & Political Economy Johannes Boehm Ezra Oberfield Published 07.02.19
Making policies matter A little information goes a long way towards shifting clientelist electoral systems from vote-buying to policy-based competition Institutions & Political Economy Cesi Cruz Philip Keefer Julien Labonne Francesco Trebbi Published 14.01.19
New possibilities for cutting corruption in the public sector Personality tests and psychological profiling offer innovative ways for cutting corruption in the public sector of developing countries Institutions & Political Economy Rema Hanna Vestal McIntyre Published 05.12.18
Prosperity without freedom? Media bias in China Even in a highly controlled environment such as China, media bias is affected by competition and a trade-off between political and economic goals Institutions & Political Economy Bei Qin David Strömberg Yanhui Wu Published 04.11.18
On financial frictions and the rule of law in development Weak rule of law institutions distort establishments’ decisions and magnify financial frictions, contributing to substantial productivity losses Institutions & Political Economy Ashantha Ranasinghe Diego Restuccia Published 05.10.18
The political economy of donor funding: Insights from USAID How does USAID decide how and where to channel its efforts? Institutions & Political Economy Louise Fox Published 12.09.18
