Institutions & Political Economy
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Digging for dirt: Rent-seeking among elected politicians in India’s mineral belt
Increases in local mineral wealth raise both the likelihood of criminally charged politicians entering office and asset accumulation among incumbents
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How does funding influence sectoral and geographic spread of NGOs?
NGOs compete for donor attention and funding; this can influence what they choose to focus on and lead to clustering around more attractive projects.
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Gender norms, rule of law, and female entrepreneurship in developing countries
Unless you have both relatively equal gender laws and decent rule of law, female entrepreneurship is very low
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Do social structures affect the success of development policies?
Policy delivery agents perform better when working with members of their own social groups thereby affecting the efficiency of policy interventions
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Subsidising stability: State employment in China
China uses state-owned enterprises to promote social stability by employing high-risk groups when unrest threats emerge
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Terrorism financing, recruitment, and attacks
Financial counterterrorism is under attack for being costly and ineffective, but a new study shows it can reduce terrorist attack casualties
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Prison labour: The price of prisons and the lasting effects of incarceration
Government use of prison labour can distort incentives for incarceration and have lasting negative effects on trust in legal institutions like police
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Something to complain about: How minority representatives overcome ethnic barriers
Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision
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Social ties and ‘hometown favouritism’ towards local officials in China
Hometown auditors report lower suspicious expenditures, implying that social ties are associated with greater leniency