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A Biological Model of Unions 0 0 0 97 0 5 5 443
Can Electronic Procurement Improve Infrastructure Provision? Evidence From Public Works in India and Indonesia 1 1 1 105 3 9 20 192
Citywide Effects of High-Occupancy Vehicle Restrictions: Evidence from the Elimination of "3-in-1" in Jakarta 0 1 1 24 0 9 12 50
Citywide Effects of High-Occupancy Vehicle Restrictions: Evidence from the Elimination of ‘3-in-1’ in Jakarta 0 0 1 25 1 46 49 129
Climate Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century 1 1 1 627 13 33 51 1,781
Climate Shocks and Exports 0 0 3 117 18 53 65 332
Community Targeting at Scale 1 3 15 19 1 11 42 52
Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia 0 0 0 38 1 4 4 68
Contracting out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia 0 0 0 32 4 7 9 94
Contracting out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia 0 0 0 31 0 3 3 56
Corruption Perceptions vs. Corruption Reality 1 1 3 193 3 10 15 581
Corruption Perceptions vs. Corruption Reality 0 0 0 203 1 11 16 589
Corruption in Developing Countries 0 0 1 398 11 33 48 1,383
Corruption perceptions vs. corruption reality 0 0 1 39 0 5 6 227
Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia 2 2 4 90 2 8 14 172
Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient 2 2 2 102 6 17 18 321
Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs Worldwide 0 1 1 195 1 16 20 347
Direct Democracy and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 0 140 2 19 25 430
Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages 1 1 1 34 2 106 109 283
Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages 0 0 1 128 1 9 14 540
Doctors' and Nurses' Social Media Ads Reduced Holiday Travel and COVID-19 Infections: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial 0 1 1 11 4 11 18 60
Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam 0 1 1 119 3 8 12 188
Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam 0 1 2 129 11 26 39 522
Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia 0 1 2 63 0 6 11 189
Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia 0 0 0 45 1 6 9 104
Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia 0 0 0 60 0 7 13 253
Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 0 80 5 12 15 161
Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War 0 0 0 70 2 8 11 306
Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War 0 1 1 258 8 39 52 994
In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plans for RCTs in Economics 0 0 5 74 2 6 22 227
Informal Taxation 0 2 3 71 2 5 15 270
Informal Taxation 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 75
Informal Taxation 0 0 0 50 0 9 20 107
Informal Taxation 0 1 1 54 0 8 9 145
Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings 0 0 0 13 2 6 11 82
Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Transfers 0 0 0 20 1 8 13 45
Making moves matter: experimental evidence on incentivizing bureaucrats through performance-based postings 0 0 0 9 4 11 14 54
Messages on COVID-19 Prevention in India Increased Symptoms Reporting and Adherence to Preventive Behaviors Among 25 Million Recipients with Similar Effects on Non-recipient Members of Their Communities 0 0 2 32 1 5 19 305
Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 1 448 0 8 15 1,682
Monitoring corruption: Evidence from a field experiment in indonesia 0 4 6 57 2 12 37 294
Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia 0 0 0 48 0 4 10 198
Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia 0 0 0 59 1 4 5 119
Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia 0 0 0 26 2 9 14 164
Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia 0 0 0 9 2 7 12 99
Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia 0 0 0 6 3 9 10 70
Optimal Public Transportation Networks: Evidence from the World's Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta 1 1 1 17 2 9 12 41
Ordeal Mechanisms In Targeting: Theory And Evidence From A Field Experiment In Indonesia 0 0 2 63 1 18 36 439
Ordeal Mechanisms in Targeting: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 0 15 5 12 15 278
Should Aid Reward Performance? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Health and Education in Indonesia 0 0 0 78 3 16 18 145
Social Protection in the Developing World 2 3 15 35 5 23 88 150
Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 1 1 2 81 5 21 29 362
Tax Administration vs. Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia 1 2 3 123 3 12 23 326
Tax Administration vs. Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia 1 2 8 101 2 14 34 247
Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Performance Pay for Tax Collectors 0 1 4 99 4 10 25 307
Tax farming redux: experimental evidence on performance pay for tax collectors 0 0 1 15 0 4 9 59
Temperature and Income: Reconciling New Cross-Sectional and Panel Estimates 0 0 1 79 3 14 24 295
The (Lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 0 26 2 7 12 55
The (lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia 0 1 1 13 0 7 13 78
The Anatomy of Start-Stop Growth 0 0 1 153 0 5 9 611
The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 3 107 0 6 16 183
The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 0 139 2 20 28 225
The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy: The Dutch Cultivation System in Java 0 0 3 82 2 18 43 280
The Economics of Tropical Deforestation 0 0 0 6 0 5 7 32
The Impact of Large-Scale Social Media Advertising Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials 0 0 0 34 1 6 9 69
The Marginal Disutility from Corruption in Social Programs: Evidence from Program Administrators and Beneficiaries 0 0 0 4 1 4 5 19
The Missing "Missing Middle" 0 1 1 89 0 12 15 238
The Personnel Economics of the State 1 2 6 183 9 21 52 713
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics 0 0 1 111 1 5 10 641
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics 0 0 0 18 1 9 14 158
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics 1 1 1 38 13 39 45 276
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics 0 0 0 52 2 7 11 190
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics 0 0 0 22 0 5 10 133
The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia 0 0 0 108 2 7 10 118
The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia 0 0 2 9 3 8 17 71
The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards, and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia 0 0 0 55 3 8 10 66
The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh 0 1 2 127 3 10 18 509
The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh 0 0 0 137 1 6 14 572
The challenges of universal health insurance in developing countries: Evidence from a large-scale randomized experiment in Indonesia 0 0 1 113 1 4 12 101
Universal Basic Incomes vs. Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries 6 7 9 47 21 61 76 170
Universal Basic Incomes vs. Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries 5 5 6 58 12 29 36 152
What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature 0 1 3 138 2 15 34 499
When Celebrities Speak: A Nationwide Twitter Experiment Promoting Vaccination In Indonesia 1 1 2 93 2 8 17 219
Wilderness Conservation and the Reach of the State: Evidence from National Borders in the Amazon 0 0 1 36 2 12 18 123
Willingness-To-Pay vs Administrative Hurdles: Understanding Barriers to Social Insurance Enrollment in Thailand 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 17
With or Without U? Binning Bias and the Causal Effects of Temperature Extremes 0 2 2 2 4 13 13 13
Total Working Papers 29 57 143 7,158 249 1,167 1,853 23,963


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Biological Model of Unions 0 0 1 26 0 5 11 217
Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer, and the Rise of Modern Development Economics 3 5 11 46 12 29 52 192
Can Electronic Procurement Improve Infrastructure Provision? Evidence from Public Works in India and Indonesia 0 1 5 21 2 18 33 166
Climate Shocks and Exports 0 0 0 64 0 7 17 383
Corruption and the costs of redistribution: Micro evidence from Indonesia 2 7 13 469 5 17 34 1,226
Corruption in Developing Countries 0 1 15 402 3 29 84 1,450
Corruption perceptions vs. corruption reality 0 3 10 547 6 25 60 1,757
Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia 2 2 3 21 5 14 25 105
Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs 4 4 10 62 11 22 46 253
Designing Anti-Poverty Programs in Emerging Economies in the 21st Century: Lessons from Indonesia for the World 0 0 1 63 1 7 14 186
Direct Democracy and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 1 11 1 5 8 66
Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II 4 6 22 327 9 26 91 2,525
Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages 0 0 1 100 1 9 23 458
Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia 0 0 3 36 1 7 16 103
Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam 1 1 6 26 1 8 19 126
Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War 0 1 4 132 6 19 36 805
Informal Taxation 0 0 0 39 0 2 7 303
Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings 0 0 2 29 0 6 13 238
Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 2 5 17 544 19 57 137 2,152
Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia 0 0 0 83 1 6 10 401
Private Outsourcing and Competition: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia 0 0 0 48 1 9 17 241
Promises and Perils of Pre-analysis Plans 0 1 3 34 2 14 18 276
Revealed community equivalence scales 0 0 1 29 1 3 8 129
Self-Targeting: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 0 0 10 187 5 17 55 728
Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia 1 3 9 122 7 16 34 435
Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 1 1 2 231 1 14 30 925
Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Performance Pay for Tax Collectors 2 3 7 77 6 20 60 396
Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century 12 27 68 372 37 107 251 1,503
Temperature and Income: Reconciling New Cross-Sectional and Panel Estimates 0 0 2 88 1 7 16 470
The Anatomy of Start-Stop Growth 0 1 3 149 9 44 55 574
The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy: The Dutch Cultivation System in Java 2 11 19 151 6 36 73 511
The Missing "Missing Middle" 0 0 0 165 3 8 20 1,057
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics 0 2 5 153 2 18 46 701
The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh 0 1 5 381 1 11 45 1,722
Universal Basic Incomes versus Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries 3 3 5 84 9 19 26 391
What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature 3 7 21 295 14 48 105 1,049
Total Journal Articles 42 96 285 5,614 189 709 1,595 24,220


Statistics updated 2026-03-04