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Patronage and Selection in Public Sector Organizations

The American Economic Review, 2020
In all modern bureaucracies, politicians retain some discretion in public employment decisions, which may lead to frictions in the selection process if political connections substitute for individual competence.
Emanuele Colonnelli, M. Prem, Edoardo Teso   +2 more
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The Taxing Challenges of the State: Unveiling the Role of Fiscal and Administrative Capacity in Development

CESifo Economic Studies
The growing emphasis on nation-states and their pivotal role in economic development has emerged as a central theme in contemporary economic discourse. This review examines the concept of state capacity as discussed in the economic literature, focusing
Federica Braccioli, Esteban Muñoz-Sobrado, Amedeo Piolatto, A. Zerbini   +3 more
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Populist Leaders and the Economy

The American Economic Review, 2020
Populism at the country level is at an all-time high, with more than 25 percent of nations currently governed by populists. How do economies perform under populist leaders? We build a new long-run cross-country database to study the macroeconomic history
Manuel Funke, M. Schularick, Christoph Trebesch   +2 more
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The Employment Effects of Ethnic Politics

Social Science Research Network
We study the labor market consequences of ethnic politics in African democracies. Using subnational georeferenced data from 15 countries from 1996 to 2017, we compare individuals from ethnicities linked to parties at the margin of electing a ...
Francesco Amodio, Giorgio Chiovelli, Sebastian Hohmann   +2 more
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The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya

, 2015
R. Burgess, R. Jedwab, E. Miguel, A. Morjaria, G. P. Miquel   +4 more
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Trafficking Networks and the Mexican Drug War

, 2015
Melissa Dell
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From Hashtag to Hate Crime: Twitter and Antiminority Sentiment

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023
We study whether social media can amplify antiminority sentiment with a focus on Donald Trump’s political rise. Using an instrumental variable strategy based on Twitter’s early adopters at the South by Southwest festival in 2007, we find that higher ...
Karsten Müller, Carlo Schwarz
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From Extreme to Mainstream: The Erosion of Social Norms

The American Economic Review, 2020
Social norms, usually persistent, can change quickly when new public information arrives, such as a surprising election outcome. People may become more inclined to express views or take actions previously perceived as stigmatized and may judge others ...
Leonardo Bursztyn, Georgy Egorov, Stefano Fiorin, Daron Acemoglu, A. Banerjee, Davide Cantoni, E. Duflo, B. Enke, R. Fisman, T. Hassan   +9 more
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Racial Residential Segregation in the United States

Journal of Economic Literature
Residential segregation is a central factor in explaining socioeconomic gaps across race and ethnicity in the United States. Place of residence directly impacts access to schools, jobs, and health care.
Trevon D. Logan, John M. Parman
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Infrastructure Costs

Social Science Research Network, 2023
Despite infrastructure's importance to the US economy, evidence on its cost trajectory over time is sparse. We document real spending per new mile over the history of the Interstate Highway System.
L. Brooks, Zachary D. Liscow
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