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Using Deliberative Electoral Strategies to Overcome Clientelism in Benin

Thomas Fujiwara
Leonard Wantchekon
man conducting a pollution audit in Gujarat, India

Improving Third-Party Audits and Regulatory Compliance in India

Esther Duflo
Michael Greenstone
Rohini Pande
Nick Ryan
Researchers evaluated the impact of a reform to the pollution audit system in India, making auditors more independent, on the truthfulness of their reporting and the behavior of the firms they audited. Increasing their independence made them more likely to report the truth about industrial plants’...
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The Effects of Reciprocity in Voter Mobilization Calls on Voter Turnout in the United States

Albert Fang
Alan Gerber
Gregory A. Huber
Catlan Reardon

The Role of the VAT for Tax Enforcement

Dina Pomeranz

The Value Added Tax (VAT) system, which generates a paper trail on transactions between firms, facilitated tax enforcement by spreading the impact of enforcement measures up the production chain in a study with over 400,000 firms in Chile.

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The Impact of a Comprehensive Re-entry Program on Employment and Recidivism in the United States

Anthony Braga
Philip J. Cook
Songman Kang
Jens Ludwig
Mallory O'Brien
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Do Online Advertisements Increase Name Recognition or Favorability of Political Candidates in the United States?

David E. Broockman
Donald Green

Powering Small Retailers: The Adoption of Solar Energy under Different Pricing Schemes in Kenya

Tavneet Suri

Kenya, East Africa's largest economy, is struggling with an ageing energy infrastructure and low connectivity to the power grid. William Jack and affiliate Tavneet Suri (MIT) study the impact of off-grid solar power on small retailers in Nairobi.

Peer Effects, Pupil-Teacher Ratios, and Teacher Incentives in Kenya

Esther Duflo
Pascaline Dupas
Michael Kremer
Researchers evaluated three interventions that addressed the large class sizes and heterogeneity in student preparation in the Kenyan school system. They found that hiring additional local contract teachers helped reduce classroom overcrowding and improved student learning outcomes. The biggest...