Intranational trade barriers and firm productivity: Evidence from India Highway construction in India improved productivity by inducing firms to focus on products in which they are most efficient Infrastructure Ama Baafra Abeberese Mary Chen Published 14.02.22
Impact of WTO accession: Structural transformation in China China’s accession to WTO reduced trade policy uncertainty, spurred structural change towards manufacturing and services, and increased economic growth Trade Bilge Erten Jessica Leight Published 07.02.22
Fiscal rules, public overspending, and political accountability in Colombia Limitations to fiscal spending reduced overspending in public administration without affecting public goods, aligning with voters’ preferences Institutions & Political Economy Maria Carreri Luis R. Martinez Published 28.01.22
Communication infrastructure and stabilising food prices: Evidence from the telegraph network in China Timely information brought about by communication infrastructure enables risk-sharing across regions Infrastructure Pei Gao Yu-Hsiang Lei Published 21.01.22
Do migrants affect the domestic economy? Evidence from Colombia Large-scale regularisation of Venezuelan migrants had little effect on Colombian workers but dramatically improved migrants’ socioeconomic conditions Migration & Urbanisation Sandra Rozo Published 10.01.22
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 plant-level view of an industrial policy: The Korean heavy industry drive of 1973 Korea’s promotion of heavy and chemical industries would have been more successful if it had not come with a rise in concentration and misallocation Firms Minho Kim Munseob Lee Yongseok Shin Published 25.10.21
Market power and in-kind transfers: Evidence from Mexico In settings with market power, providing goods directly can generate larger consumer surplus gains than cash and vouchers because of price effects Public Economics Diego Jiménez Hernández Enrique Seira Published 12.07.21
