We provide a framework to interpret the recent literature on financial development and
inequality. In many develo** countries, access to funding and financial services by firms …

The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of
public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been …

This paper combines national accounts, survey, wealth and fiscal data (including recently
released tax data on high-income taxpayers) in order to provide consistent series on the …

Many governments engage in policy experimentation in various forms to resolve uncertainty
and facilitate learning. However, little is understood about the characteristics of policy …

We review and integrate a wide range of literature that has examined the strategies by which
organizations navigate institutionally diverse settings and capture rents outside of the …

We examine how trade openness influences income inequality within countries. The sample
includes 139 countries over the period 1970–2014. We employ predicted openness as …

“Why We Fight reflects Blattman's expertise in economics, political science, and history…
Blattman is a great storyteller, with important insights for us all.”—Richard H. Thaler, winner …

We posit that autocrats introduce local elections when their bureaucratic capacity is low.
Local elections exploit citizens' informational advantage in kee** local officials …

Принято считать, что существующие различия в экономике, политике и обществе
отражают влияние различных институтов. Но среди экономистов, политологов и …

Presents a story of two Chinas–an entrepreneurial rural China and a state-controlled urban
China. In the 1980s, rural China gained the upper hand. In the 1990s, urban China …