Abstract. We study how political parties engage in political targeting of resources by coordinating politicians across multiple levels of government. We co

Abstract. Can markets discipline socially costly misbehavior abroad? We explore the market penalty associated with major human rights violations—specifical

Abstract. Taxes on capital gains are deferred until realization whereas dividends are taxed upon accrual. This often makes dividends tax-disadvantaged rela

Abstract. Joint household decision-making becomes more common as economies develop. Can external intervention advance this transition? We study this questi

Abstract. We estimate how the timing of parental job loss shapes children’s human capital by exploiting plant closures in Danish administrative data. We ma

Abstract. This paper studies how large firms’ synchronized lumpy investments endogenously shape an economy’s fragility to negative TFP shocks. I develop a

Abstract. This paper develops a novel method to estimate inequality within a country based on what the country imports. If preferences are non-homothetic,

Abstract. This paper studies electoral competition over redistributive taxation between a safe incumbent and a risky opponent. With reference-dependent pre

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Abstract. Most comparative analyses explaining the 1970s and 1990s/2000s inflation performance, focusing on good/bad policy versus good/bad luck, assume th

Abstract. Health matters for marital outcomes, but health information may remain concealed until marriage. Our matching model, which incorporates socioecon

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After a Bangladesh factory fired workers following labour unrest, survivors who lost friends quietly cut output and quality to punish management.

Bruno Conte explores the current and future impact of climate change on rural economies, with important trade and immigration policy implications.

Population displacement may become an obvious adaptation margin to climate change in vulnerable regions like sub-Saharan Africa. How large will future climate-induced migration flows be? What could th...

Abstract. We examine the rise of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in wartime China. Using a spatial regression discontinuity design and several measures a

Abstract. We study how job mobility, firms, and firm-ladder climbing can shape immigrants’ labor market success. Our context is the mass migration of forme

Abstract. We study the feasibility of opening new mines in ethnically diverse countries without escalating the risk of conflict. We propose a theoretical m

Abstract. Using data from the euro area SAFE, a novel survey of firms’ inflation expectations including a randomized controlled trial, we show that firms’

Abstract. This paper develops a dynamic equilibrium model of crime with heterogeneous agents and human capital accumulation. Agents decide whether to commi