Two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999 exposed rampant corruption involving construction and … zoning code violations. The government's relief efforts were tainted by corruption as well, and exhibited a great deal of … parties were responsible for the construction of the shoddy buildings, and for the corruption and mismanagement related to …

Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We … payments, limiting the state's economic development capability. In the face of extensive corruption, it is challenging for the … state to establish and implement policies reflecting good governance; for example, a government that is accountable and …

China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution. We use high-frequency and high spatial resolution data to track … pollution along major highways linking the two cities. Our approach involves the use of an augmented regression discontinuity in … estimates show that air pollution is reduced by 7.6% along the main affected highway. We simultaneously find increased levels of …

This paper examines the causal effects of air pollution on migration by exploiting a natural experiment in which … technologies substantially decreased air pollution levels without per se affecting economic activity. The results based on a … municipalities by 24%. We find that the effect of air pollution on emigration tended to be larger in municipalities with weaker …