Does democratic governance expand wealth and prosperity? There is no consensus about this issue despite the fact that for more than half a…
As we consider over two decades of change in Bolivia, it now seems to us that understanding history involves adjusting short-term…
This article evaluates a body of recent work that uses field and natural experiments to answer the question of whether informed voters can…
Housing Collateral, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship - Evidence from a Mortgage Reform, Ramana Nanda, September 2011,…
Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence. Victoria Ivashina, August 23, 2011, Paper. “Theory predicts that there is a close link…
What's the path to religious acceptance in America—and what can Muslims, Mormons and Buddhists learn from Jews and Catholics?
A Gallup…
This response to Andrew Rehfeld's “Representation Rethought” (American Political Science Review 2009) takes up his criticisms of my “…
From Financial Crash to Debt Crisis. Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, August 2011, Paper. "The economics profession has an unfortunate…
It is easy now to see why Egypt’s revolution had to happen, and why
President Hosni Mubarak’s thirty-year reign had to end in the…
Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this…