Laura Schechter

Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Laura Schechter is a professor in the Agricultural and Applied Economics and Economics departments at UW Madison. She holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC-Berkeley. She is a development economist with interest in behavioral economics, experimental economics, and political economy.

Recent work by Laura Schechter

Decentralisation under changing state capacity: Experimental evidence from Paraguay

Decentralising the monitoring of public sector workers is cost-effective, but as central state capacity increases this advantage disappears

Articles : Public Economics

Ernesto Dal Bó Frederico Finan Nicholas Li Laura Schechter

Published 08.10.18

Laura Schechter

Recent work by Laura Schechter

Decentralisation under changing state capacity: Experimental evidence from Paraguay