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A review of the political economy of governance: from property rights to voice 0 0 1 531 3 4 19 1,134
Assessing Political Commitment to Fighting Corruption 0 0 0 7 0 2 6 35
Beyond legal origin and checks and balances: political credibility, citizen information, and financial sector development 0 0 0 109 0 0 8 440
Boondoogles and expropriation: rent-sseking and policy distortion when property rights are insecure 0 0 0 212 0 1 22 803
Checks and balances, private information, and the credibility of monetary commitments 0 0 0 106 1 2 16 986
Collective action, political parties and pro-development public policy 0 0 0 125 0 2 19 442
Contract Intensive Money 0 0 0 294 1 1 20 1,455
Curbing Grand Corruption in the Contracting Out of Public Services: Lessons from a Pilot Study of the School Meals Program in Colombia 0 0 1 11 0 4 10 34
Democracy, Democratic Consolidation and Military Spending 0 0 0 5 0 0 13 56
Democracy, credibility and clientelism 0 0 2 452 2 5 22 1,221
Democracy, public expenditures, and the poor 0 0 10 278 1 2 31 692
Democratization and clientelism: why are young democracies badly governed? 0 1 2 271 0 3 28 584
Do informed citizens receive more...or pay more ? the impact of radio on the government distribution of public health benefits 0 0 0 75 0 1 17 204
Does inequality harm growth only in democracies? A replication and extension 0 0 0 60 0 2 14 240
Earthquake propensity and the politics of mortality prevention 0 0 0 57 1 2 9 182
Elections, special interests, and the fiscal costs of financial crisis 0 0 0 94 0 1 12 266
Employee Trust and Performance Constraints in Public Sector Organizations 0 0 1 10 0 4 9 27
Encouraging Service Delivery to the Poor: Does Money Talk When Health Workers Are Pro-Poor ? 0 0 1 12 0 0 10 86
General Skills Training for Public Employees: Experimental Evidence on Cybersecurity Training in Argentina 0 0 0 4 1 1 27 34
How Capital Projects are Allocated in Papua New Guinean Villages: The Influence of Local Collective Action, Local-level Institutions, and Electoral Politics 0 0 0 11 0 0 5 37
Incumbent Advantage, Voter Information and Vote Buying 0 0 2 20 0 0 19 183
Institutions and Economic Performance: Cross-Country Tests Using Alternative Institutional Indicators 0 1 9 765 3 7 34 1,749
Insurgency and credible commitment in autocracies and democracies 0 0 1 94 0 2 10 275
Intrinsic motivation, effort and the call to public service 0 0 1 78 1 5 18 246
It's not all fun and games: Feedback, task motivation, and effort 0 0 0 82 0 1 5 118
Love the Job... or the Patient?: Task vs. Mission-Based Motivations in Health Care 0 0 0 40 0 0 15 72
Love the job... or the patient ? task vs. mission-based motivations in health care 0 0 0 8 0 2 29 88
Love the job... or the patient? Task vs. mission-based motiviations in healthcare 0 0 0 27 0 0 19 103
Making Policies Matter: Voter Responses to Campaign Promises 0 0 0 45 1 1 17 170
Mass media and public services: the effects of radio access on public education in Benin 0 0 1 89 1 2 15 333
Mellowing with tenure? Socialization increases prosocial behavior in public organizations 0 0 0 23 0 1 7 71
New tools and new tests in comparative political economy - the database of political institutions 0 0 4 714 1 4 49 2,289
Organizing for prosperity: collective action, political parties and the political economy of development 0 0 1 81 0 1 21 166
Party Age and Party Color: New Results on the Political Economy of Redistribution and Inequality 0 0 0 16 0 2 6 85
Party age and party color: new results on the political economy of redistribution and inequality 0 0 0 96 0 0 7 224
Polarization, politics, and property rights: links between inequality and growth 0 0 2 689 0 1 23 2,133
Policy Misperceptions, Information, and the Demand for Redistributive Tax Reform: Experimental Evidence from Latin American Countries 0 0 0 7 1 5 14 38
Political Parties, Clientelism, and Bureaucratic Reform 0 0 1 9 0 1 20 76
Political budget cycles and the organization of political parties 0 0 0 47 1 2 21 116
Politics and the Determinants of Banking Crises: the Effects of Political Checks and Balances 0 0 0 237 0 0 7 693
Promises, promises: vote-buying and the electoral mobilization strategies of non-credible politicians 0 0 0 59 1 2 6 147
Property and Contract Rights in Autocracies and Democracies 0 0 1 107 1 2 18 412
Pyramid Capitalism: Cronyism, Regulation, and Firm Productivity in Egypt 0 0 2 18 1 1 19 113
Pyramid Capitalism: Cronyism, Regulation, and Firm Productivity in Egypt 0 0 2 6 1 1 27 90
Pyramid capitalism: political connections, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt 0 0 0 59 1 7 29 270
Radio's impact on preferences for patronage benefits 0 0 0 41 0 3 9 134
Social Trust and Electoral Populism: Explaining the Quality of Government 0 0 0 7 0 0 17 48
Social capital, social norms and the New Institutional Economics 0 0 4 303 0 2 57 1,021
Social polarization, social institutions, and country creditworthiness 0 0 0 175 0 1 8 542
The Impact of Social Ties and Third-Party Enforcement on Collective Action and Growth: Micro Evidence from Peru 0 0 2 10 0 1 14 46
The development impact of the illegality of drug trade 0 0 0 232 0 0 12 520
The ethnicity distraction ? political credibility and partisan preferences in Africa 0 0 0 87 0 2 10 205
The organization of political parties and the politics of bureaucratic reform 0 0 0 36 0 0 16 144
Trust, Collaboration, and Policy Attitudes in the Public Sector 0 0 0 23 0 0 10 74
Vote Buying or Campaign Promises?: Electoral Strategies When Party Credibility is Limited 0 0 0 29 0 0 17 101
Voter Preferences, Electoral Promises, and the Composition of Public Spending 0 0 1 11 0 0 14 40
Voter Responses to Fiscal Crisis: New Evidence on Preferences for Fiscal Adjustment in Emerging Markets 0 0 3 7 0 0 11 19
Voting Age, Information Experiments, and Political Engagement: Evidence from a General Election 0 0 0 5 1 1 18 30
What does political economy tell us about economic development - and vice versa? 0 0 0 399 1 1 11 945
When do Legislators pass on"Pork"? the determinants of legislator utilization of a constituency development fund in India 0 0 1 97 0 0 6 232
When do special interests run rampant ? disentangling the role in banking crises of elections, incomplete information, and checks and balances 0 0 1 122 0 1 14 904
When does delegation improve credibility? Central Bank independence and the separation of powers 0 1 1 19 0 1 32 127
Why Do Voters Support Procyclical Fiscal Policies? Experimental Evidence from Latin America 0 0 1 6 0 1 16 34
Why follow the leader ? collective action, credible commitment and conflict 0 0 1 76 1 1 9 200
Total Working Papers 0 3 60 7,825 27 102 1,073 24,584


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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An experimental test of gaming incentives 0 0 2 4 0 2 25 31
Boondoggles, Rent-Seeking, and Political Checks and Balances: Public Investment under Unaccountable Governments 0 2 5 216 1 8 43 603
Buying Informed Voters: New Effects of Information on Voters and Candidates 0 0 3 24 1 5 16 102
Checks and Balances, Private Information, and the Credibility of Monetary Commitments 0 0 0 15 0 1 9 122
Clientelism, Credibility, and the Policy Choices of Young Democracies 0 2 6 19 2 7 40 106
Collective Action, Political Parties, and Pro-Development Public Policy 0 0 1 3 0 2 10 16
Collective Action, Political Parties, and Pro-Development Public Policy 0 0 0 0 2 5 28 241
Comment on "Evaluating Recipes for Development Success": The Policy Usefulness of Institutional and Political Analyses of Development 0 0 0 19 0 0 9 118
Contract-Intensive Money: Contract Enforcement, Property Rights, and Economic Performance 0 0 2 689 2 3 24 2,210
Demand-side determinants of public spending allocations: Voter trust, risk and time preferences 0 0 3 11 0 0 23 70
Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor: Understanding Political Incentives for Providing Public Services 0 0 0 1 0 2 23 504
Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation 5 12 45 592 23 56 218 5,852
Earthquake Propensity and the Politics of Mortality Prevention 0 0 0 35 0 2 18 170
Elections, Special Interests, and Financial Crisis 0 0 0 57 1 2 7 179
Employee trust and performance constraints in public sector organizations 0 0 1 3 0 1 26 51
INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: CROSS‐COUNTRY TESTS USING ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES 0 7 42 1,379 5 25 272 4,061
Institutions really don't matter for development? A response to Chang 0 0 2 72 0 1 12 158
Insurgency and Credible Commitment in Autocracies and Democracies 0 0 2 43 0 0 6 141
Introduction to the special issue: In memoriam Stephen Knack 0 0 0 2 1 2 15 39
Investment without democracy: Ruling-party institutionalization and credible commitment in autocracies 4 4 9 100 5 8 42 389
Making Policies Matter: Voter Responses to Campaign Promises 0 0 2 6 1 8 38 76
Mass media and public education: The effects of access to community radio in Benin 0 0 1 103 0 0 11 480
Media’s Influence on Citizen Demand for Public Goods 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 9
New Tools in Comparative Political Economy: The Database of Political Institutions 0 0 2 7 2 13 45 59
Polarization, Politics and Property Rights: Links between Inequality and Growth 0 0 3 207 0 4 25 672
Policy misperceptions, information, and the demand for redistributive tax reform: experimental evidence from Latin America 0 0 2 2 1 2 13 13
Pro-social motivation, effort and the call to public service 1 1 3 113 1 4 27 378
Property and Contract Rights in Autocracies and Democracies 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 1,017
Protection Against a Capricious State: French Investment and Spanish Railroads, 1845–1875 0 0 0 15 0 0 8 63
Pyramid capitalism: Cronyism, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt 0 0 6 26 4 7 47 129
Reforma y Fraude Fiscal en el Reinado de Carlos II: La Sala de Millones (1658–1700). By Beatriz Cárceles de Gea. Servicio de Estudios, Estudios de Historia Económica, No. 31. Madrid: Banco de Españna, 1995. Pp. 154 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 61
The Government Response to Informed Citizens: New Evidence on Media Access and the Distribution of Public Health Benefits in Africa 0 0 1 10 0 0 8 73
The Limits of Delegation: Veto Players, Central Bank Independence, and the Credibility of Monetary Policy 1 1 2 23 1 2 17 79
The use of video vignettes to measure health worker knowledge. Evidence from Burkina Faso 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 47
Transparency and grand corruption: Lessons from the Colombia school meals program 0 0 4 14 1 2 41 82
Vote buying and campaign promises 1 1 5 29 2 3 25 134
Voting age, information experiments, and political engagement: Evidence from a general election 0 0 1 1 1 3 26 28
Voting in Firms: The Role of Agenda Control, Size and Voter Homogeneity 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 195
When Do Legislators Pass on Pork? The Role of Political Parties in Determining Legislator Effort 0 0 2 10 1 3 28 50
Why Don't Poor Countries Catch Up? A Cross-National Test of Institutional Explanation 0 0 0 0 0 2 38 2,600
Younger parties, bigger spenders? Party age and political budget cycles 0 0 1 41 0 0 16 199
Total Journal Articles 12 30 159 3,900 58 193 1,343 21,607


Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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Better Governments for Better Lives: Strengthening State Capacities for Strategic, Meritocratic, and Inclusive Management of the Civil Service in Latin America and the Caribbean 0 0 13 13 3 6 52 61
Better Spending for Better Lives: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Do More with Less 0 1 1 76 0 5 101 451
Innocent Bystanders: Developing Countries and the War on Drugs 0 0 0 30 0 0 18 260
Jobs or Privileges: Unleashing the Employment Potential of the Middle East and North Africa 0 0 1 23 0 1 11 120
Shortchanging the Future: The Short-Term Bias of Politics 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 10
Shortchanging the Future: The Short-Term Bias of Politics 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
Trust: The Key to Social Cohesion and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean 1 1 1 37 1 2 12 124
Total Books 1 2 16 179 5 15 208 1,033


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Primer on Trust: Measures and Determinants 0 0 0 5 0 0 10 18
Collective action and government: still a mystery 0 0 1 11 1 2 8 37
Formal versus informal institutions in economic development 0 2 14 545 1 4 38 1,253
Institutions: Mitigating Mistrust 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 21
Mellowing with Tenure? Socialization Increases Prosocial Behavior in Public Organizations 0 0 0 5 1 1 10 39
Navigating a Sea of Mistrust 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 18
Organization, Citizenship, and the Social Contract 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 13
Political Stability and Economic Stagnation 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16
Politics and the Determinants of Banking Crises: The Effects of Political Checks and Balances 0 0 0 77 0 0 8 462
Social Capital, Social Norms and the New Institutional Economics 0 0 1 1 0 1 28 93
Social Capital, Social Norms and the New Institutional Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 34
The Power of Information 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 19
Trust and the Economy 0 0 0 5 0 1 12 38
Trust and the New Institutional Economics 0 0 1 1 0 1 11 13
Trust, Citizenship, and the Making of Good Public Policy 0 0 0 6 0 0 12 24
Trust, Social Cohesion, and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean 0 0 3 13 3 6 28 80
Total Chapters 0 2 20 672 6 17 233 2,178
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