Both the Russian full-scale invasion and Ukraine's integration into the EU pose significant challenges for Ukrainian Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs). The country's recovery, reconstruction, and modernisation will require their profound and meaningful engagement. These recent developments...

How does territorial control by non-state actors affect long-term development This paper investigates the economic, social, and political consequences of temporary territorial control by guerrillas during the Salvadoran Civil War. During this period, the guerrillas displaced state authorities...

We argue that inter-jurisdictional competition in a regionally decentralized authoritarian regime distorts local politicians' incentives in resource allocation among firms from their own city and a competing city. We develop a tournament model of project selection that captures the driving...