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Tax Administration versus Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia

We compare two approaches to increasing tax revenue: tax administration and tax rates.

Economic Interests, Worldviews, and Identities: Theory and Evidence on Ideational Politics

We distinguish between ideational and interest-based appeals to voters on the supply side of politics, and integrate the Keynes-Hayek perspective on the importance of ideas with the Stigler-Becker app

A Primer on Trade and Inequality

Economists have generally underplayed until recently globalization’s role in exacerbating inequality in the advanced economies.

Market expectations of a warming climate

We compare prices of financial derivatives whose payouts are based on future weather outcomes to CMIP5 climate model predictions as well as observed weather station data across eight cities in the US

Informality, Consumption Taxes and Redistribution

Can taxes on consumption redistribute in developing countries? Contrary to consensus, we show that taxing consumption is progressive once we account for informal consumption.

A Note on the Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals

Using Fontana et al.’s (2019) database, we analyze levels and trends in the global distribution of authorship in economics journals, disaggregating by country/region, quality of journal, and fields of

Review of Informal Women Workers in the Global South: Policies and Practices for the Formalisation of Women's Employment in Developing Economies

The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia’s National Health Insurance

To investigate barriers to universal health insurance in developing countries, we designed a randomized experiment involving about 6,000 households in Indonesia who are subject to a government health

What economic complexity theory can tell us about the EU’s pandemic recovery and resilience plans

A little over a year ago, the European Union’s (EU) political leaders agreed on an unprecedented fiscal package – dubbed ‘Next Generation EU’ – to aid Europe’s recovery from the pandemic.

The Virus, Vaccination, and Voting

Across US counties, vaccination rates have a statistically significant downward effect on the Covid-19 death rate, as of August 12, 2021.