Institutions & Political Economy
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Historical legacies and African development
The effect of colonisation on Africa’s modernisation is a highly contentious and emotional debate. The reality is trickier than you think.
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Does China’s bureaucracy work?
Analysing the pattern of promotions provides illuminating evidence on current levels of corruption in Chinese bureaucracy
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The republic of beliefs
The power of law comes through its ability to help people build up expectations about one another’s behaviour
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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...
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(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
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The (unintended) effects of China’s 2004 tax reform
Firms used VAT savings from China’s tax reform to invest in machinery as intended, but the reform reduced firm productivity, exports and employment
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Making policies matter
A little information goes a long way towards shifting clientelist electoral systems from vote-buying to policy-based competition
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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
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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