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Strengthening Village Courts in Rural Bangladesh

Martin Mattsson
Mushfiq Mobarak

Mobilizing Black Voters Using Direct Mail and Commercial Phone Banks in the United States

Donald Green
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The Effect of Prepaid Postage on Voter Turnout in the United States

Donald Green
Andrew Healy
Neil Malhotra
Melissa Michelson
Allison Carnegie Sovey
Ali Adam Valenzuela
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Encouraging Interregional Contact to Foster National Identity in Spain

Manuel Bagues
Christopher Roth
Researchers evaluated the long-run effects of temporary contact between individuals from different regions during military service on interregional attitudes and national identity sentiments among former Spanish male conscripts. Overall, conscription outside of one’s region of origin led to positive...
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The Timing and Effectiveness of Subsidies for Agricultural Technology Adoption in Zambia

Samuel Bell
Kelsey Jack
Paulina Oliva
Christopher Severen
Elizabeth Walker
Technology adoption often requires investments over time. As farmers realize new information about the costs and benefits of investments, they may abandon the newly adopted technology shortly after. Researchers partnered with the non-governmental organization Shared Value Africa and Dunavant Cotton...
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The Impact of Different Messaging Strategies on Tax Compliance in Belgium

Clement Imbert
Maarten Luts
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Teodora Tsankova

The Role of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivations for Tax Compliance in Germany

Effectively Targeting Anti-Poverty Programs in Indonesia

Vivi Alatas
Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Julia Tobias
Researchers in Indonesia compared the effectiveness of two methods of identifying the low-income households: a community method where villagers ranked households according to perceived wealth, and a proxy-means test which relied on measures of consumption and assets. The community methods of...