research
working papers:
Is Information Power? Using Cell Phones during an Election in Mozambique, joint with Jenny Aker and Paul Collier
See mention at TIME magazine
Political Violence and Social Networks: Experimental Evidence from a Nigerian Election, joint with Marcel Fafchamps
Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria, joint with Paul Collier
See column at voxeu.org
See mention at the
Wall
Street Journal
Is Vote-buying Effective? Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa
See mention by the
Wall
Street Journal
main peer-reviewed publications:
Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde, joint with Cátia Batista and Aitor Lacuesta, Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming
See mention by
The Economist
Violence, Bribery, and Fraud: The Political Economy of Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa, joint with Paul Collier, Public Choice, forthcoming
Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment, joint with Cátia Batista, World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming
Legal Corruption, joint with Daniel Kaufmann, Economics and Politics, forthcoming
Does Oil Corrupt? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa, Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 92(1), pp. 28-38
Clientelism and Vote Buying: Lessons from Field Experiments in African Elections, joint with Leonard Wantchekon, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2009, 25(2), pp. 292-305
other publications:
Oil, Corruption, and Vote-buying: A Review of the Case of Sao Tome and Principe, in S. Rose-Ackerman and T. Soreide, forthcoming, International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume II, Edward Elgar Publishing
A Theory of Corruption, Political Exclusion, and Windfalls, in M. Gradstein and K. Konrad (2007), Institutions and Norms in Economic Development, MIT Press
work in progress (projects with finished fieldwork):
Migrants and Business Creation in Mozambique, joint with Cátia Batista
Who Likes Foreign Aid?, joint with Daniel Kaufmann
An Impact Measurement of International and National Electoral Observation in Mozambique, joint with Paul Collier
Social Network and Intra-Household Effects of Voter Education Campaigns
conferences organized:
3rd Meeting of EGAP (Experiments in Governance and Politics) at Trinity College, May 7-8, 2010 - see EGAP's website
Impact Measurement in Development Aid, Trinity College, April 17, 2009