How citizen participation affects environmental governance: Evidence from social media in China Social media provides a powerful mechanism for citizens to make their voices heard, which spurs improvements in how governments regulate pollution Energy & Environment Mark Buntaine Michael Greenstone Guojun He Mengdi Liu Shaoda Wang Bing Zhang Published 29.11.22
Texting to save lives: Evidence from cardiovascular treatment reform in Mexico Increasing across-hospital transfer coordination through app-based group chats led to large improvements in the survival rate of heart attack patients Health Ari Bronsoler Published 04.10.22
Some farmers create more social value than others: Technology spillovers in Uganda Farmers are willing to pay to induce other farmers to adopt new technologies, and can help identify who among them should adopt first Agriculture Benedetta Lerva Published 18.07.22
Factor market failures and the adoption of irrigation in Rwanda Land and labour market failures lead to inefficient adoption of otherwise promising irrigation technology Agriculture Maria Ruth Jones Florence Kondylis John Loeser Jeremy Magruder Published 08.07.22
Private input suppliers can drive technology adoption in agriculture Small agricultural input suppliers can drive farm-level adoption of new technologies by over 50% more than conventional extension service methods Agriculture Manzoor Dar Alain De Janvry Kyle Emerick Elisabeth Sadoulet Eleanor Wiseman Published 13.06.22
Payment fintechs and debt enforcement: Evidence from India While their location in the payment chain gives payment fintechs a debt-enforcement advantage, borrower behaviour can limit their success Finance Kumar Rishabh Jorma Juhani Schäublin Published 13.09.21
Energy efficiency and electricity reliability: Externality impacts of compact fluorescent lamps Energy-efficient technologies can mean more reliable electricity supply for everyone served by the same infrastructure whether or not they adopt the technologies Energy & Environment Eliana Carranza Robyn Meeks Published 17.05.21
How demand can inspire peer-to-peer technological learning: Evidence from small firms in Ghana Increased demand was seen to induce technology diffusion among garment workers, but willingness of both learner and the teacher is necessary Firms Morgan Hardy Jamie McCasland Published 03.05.21
Why promising trials often fail to result in agricultural yield gains: Evidence from Kenya Farmer selection and researcher interference during trials can introduce bias, impacting how new technologies perform in real-world conditions Agriculture Rachid Laajaj Karen Macours Cargele Masso Moses Thuita Bernard Vanlauwe Published 31.03.21
