National Fiscal Policies to Fight Recessions in US States
Countercyclical fiscal policy generally focuses on national economic downturns.
Research
Big Potential, Big Risks? Indian Capitalism, Economic Reform and Populism in the BJP Era
This paper reviews India’s aggregate economic performance under the Modi/BJP/NDA administration through the prism of political economy.
Labour Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys
We study preferences for government action in response to layoffs resulting from different types of labour-market shocks.
Economics after Neoliberalism: Introducing the EfIP Project
The tools of contemporary economics are critical to developing a policy framework for "inclusive prosperity," which requires that we consider the whole distribution of outcomes and human prosperity br
Policy Decisions and Evidence Use among Civil Servants: A Group Decision Experiment in Pakistan
In a lab-in-field experiment with elite civil servants in Pakistan, we investigate whether groups outperform individuals in a two-staged task which requires effective use of data and evidence.
Public Information Is an Incentive for Politicians: Experimental Evidence From Delhi Elections
In 2010, we informed a random set of Delhi councilors, some ineligible for re-election in their current ward, that a newspaper would report on their performance shortly prior to the 2012 city election
You Get What You Pay For: Sources and Consequences of the Public Sector Premium in Albania and Sri Lanka
We study the factors behind the public sector premium in Albania and Sri Lanka, the group heterogeneity in the premium, the sources of public sector wage compression, and the impact of this compressio
Putting Global Governance in its Place
Greater interdependence is often taken to require more global governance, but the logic requires scrutiny. Cross-border spillovers do not always call for international rules.
Building a Good Jobs Economy
Conventional models are failing throughout the world.
The Political Economy of Liberal Democracy
This paper develops a taxonomy of political regimes that distinguishes between three sets of rights—property rights, political rights and civil rights.
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