Publications

“ Campaigning to a Polarized Electorate: Emotions and Information in Real Election Campaigns ” (with Cesi Cruz and Francesco Trebbi). Economic Journal, Forthcoming. Link to AEA RCT Registry

“ Interpersonal Connections and Political Ties in Bureaucratic Networks: Evidence from Brazil ” (with Danilo Cardoso, Flavio Cireno, Pedro Masson, Pedro Palotti, Flavio de Vitoria, and Martin Williams). Public Administration Review, Forthcoming.

“ Village Social structure and Labor Market Performance: Evidence from the Philippines ” (with Stefano Caria). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Volume 219, March 2024, Pages 371-380.

“ Making policies matter: Voter responses to campaign promises ” (with C. Cruz, P. Keefer and F. Trebbi). forthcoming Economic Journal. Link to AEA RCT Registry

“ Buying Informed Voters: New Effects of Information on Voters and Candidates ” (with C. Cruz and P. Keefer). Economic Journal, Volume 131, Issue 635, April 2021, Pages 1105-1134. Link to Pre-Analysis Plan: AEA RCT Registry and J-PAL Hypothesis Registry

“ Political Dynasties, Term Limits and Female Political Empowerment: Evidence from the Philippines ” (with S. Parsa and P. Querubin). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Volume 182, February 2021, Pages 212-228.

“ Social Network Structures and the Politics of Public Goods Provision: Evidence from the Philippines ” (with C. Cruz and P. Querubin). American Political Science Review, Volume 114, Issue 2 May 2020 , pp. 486-501

“ Family Networks and Distributive Politics ” (with M. Fafchamps). Journal of the European Economic Association, August 2020, Vol. 18(4): 1697-1725.

“ Economic Shocks and Labour Market Flexibility ” (with S. Franklin). [ Online Appendix ] Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2019, Vol. 54(1): 171-199.

“ Using Split Samples to Improve Inference on Causal Effects ” (with M. Fafchamps). Political Analysis, 2017, Vol. 25(4): 465-482.

“ Politician Family Networks and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the Philippines ” (with C. Cruz and P. Querubin) [ Technical Appendix ] American Economic Review, 2017, Vol. 107(10): 3006-37.

“ Do Politicians’ Relatives Get Better Jobs? Evidence from Municipal Elections ” (with M. Fafchamps). [ Online Appendix ] Journal of Law, Economics, & Organizations, 2017, Vol. 33(2): 268-300. Link to Pre-Analysis Plan: EGAP

“ Local Political Business Cycles: Evidence from Philippine Municipalitie s ” Journal of Development Economics, 2016, Vol. 121: 56-62.

“ The Local Electoral Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from a field experiment ” Journal of Development Economics, 2013, Vol. 104: 73-88.

“ Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines ” (with R. Chase) Journal of Development Economics, 2011, Vol. 96: 348-358.

“ So You Want to Quit Smoking: Have You Tried a Mobile Phone? ” (with R. Chase) Applied Economics Letters, 2011, Vol. 18(2): 103-106.

“ A Road to Trust ” (with R. Chase) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2010, Vol. 74: 253-261.

“ Who is at the Wheel when Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the Philippines ” (with R. Chase). World Development, 2009, Vol. 37(1): 219-231.

“ Why do Manufacturing Facilities Introduce Environmental Management Systems? Improving and/or Signaling Performance ” (with N. Johnstone). Ecological Economics, 2009, Vol. 68(3): 719-730.

“ Environmental Policy and Economies of Scope in Facility-level Environmental Management ” (with N. Johnstone and C. Thevenot) Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2008, Vol. 9 (3): 145-166.

“ Environmental Policy, Management and Innovation ” (with N. Johnstone) OECD Economic Studies, 2006, Vol. 42(1).

“ Impact d’une réforme de la Politique Agricole Commune par le découplage ” (Impact of a Common Agricultural Policy’s Reform Using Decoupling) (with P-A Jayet) Economie et Prévision, 2005, Vol. 167 pp 101-116. (in french).

“ Generation of Household Solid Waste in OECD Countries: An Empirical Analysis Using Macroeconomic Data ” (with N. Johnstone) Land Economics, 2004, Vol. 80 (4) pp 529-538.