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Merit-based selection of bureaucrats is central to state capacity building, yet rare in developing countries. Most executives instead favor patronage -political discretion- in public employment. This paper proposes and tests an original theory to explain when executives forsake patronage for...
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corruption risks often observed in negotiated procedures. For rule-based procedures, we show that a "third-price lottery" in …
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An influential body of scholarship argues that corruption behaves as a selffulfilling prophecy. The idea of this work … is that levels of corruption emerge endogenously as a result of a society-wide coordination game in which ther individual … returns to corrupt behavior are a function of how disposed towards corruption the other members of society are perceived as …
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study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
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study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
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study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
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Recent literature highlights a paradox in corruption prevention messaging: instead of reducing tolerance for corruption …, such campaigns can inadvertently intensify it by priming the existence of corruption while failing to diminish citizens … combating corruption often backfire among individuals with preexisting negative perceptions of corruption, we posit that an …
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This paper develops a framework for analyzing different policymaking styles, their causes and their consequences in Latin America, finding that lower institutionalization and greater use of alternative political technologies (APTs) are more likely the lower the cost of using these technologies,...
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This paper explores the relationship between preferential and multilateral trade liberalization at the sectoral level using a unique dataset that includes data on most favored nation (MFN) and bilateral preferential tariffs at the 4-digit ISIC level for 11 Latin American countries over the...
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We exploit new experimental and quasi-experimental data to investigate voters' intrinsic motivation to engage politically. Does having the right to vote increase engagement or, given significant incentives to free ride, do eligible voters remain rationally unengaged? Does knowledge that one's...
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