E-autocracy: Surveillance and propaganda in Chinese social media Instead of censoring or banning social media, the Chinese government uses it to surveil protests, monitor local officials, and disseminate propaganda Institutions & Political Economy Bei Qin David Strömberg Yanhui Wu Published 25.05.18
The impact of media censorship in China: 1984 or Brave New World? Fostering an environment in which citizens do not demand uncensored information is critical to effective internet censorship in China Institutions & Political Economy David Yang Published 21.05.18
Justice delayed is justice denied: Speeding up court pre-trials Evidence from Senegal shows that the length of legal pre-trials can be reduced whilst not impacting quality of decisions Institutions & Political Economy Florence Kondylis Mattea Stein Published 14.05.18
Unintended voter polarisation by political elites: Experimental evidence from Turkey A door-to-door information campaign in Turkey unintentionally polarised the electorate over their vote in a policy referendum Institutions & Political Economy Ceren Baysan Published 07.05.18
The development of modern Africa: Conflict, resources and institutions Resource-rich countries do poorly when they have resource-rich neighbours, why? Possibly due to increased conflict. Institutions & Political Economy Achyuta Adhvaryu James Fenske Gaurav Khanna Anant Nyshadham Published 23.04.18
Managing ethnic divisions in diverse societies: Evidence from redrawing political boundaries Redrawing subnational political boundaries potentially reduces interethnic tensions yet also can create new ethnic divisions that exacerbate conflict Institutions & Political Economy Samuel Bazzi Matthew Gudgeon Published 16.04.18
Does patronage still play a role in the public sector? Evidence from Brazil shows that patronage plays an important role in public sector hiring, adversely affecting the quality of the public workforce Institutions & Political Economy Emanuele Colonnelli Edoardo Teso Published 12.04.18
Building a functional state in difficult places Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments. Institutions & Political Economy Eliana La Ferrara Published 04.04.18
Voting and peer effects A study in Mozambique shows how peer effects can increase information and interest in politics but at the same time reduce voter participation Institutions & Political Economy Marcel Fafchamps Ana Vaz Pedro Vicente Published 27.03.18
