We develop a stochastic model of electoral competition in order to study the economic and political determinants of trade policy. We model a small open economy with two tradable goods, each of which is produced using a sector-specific factor (e.g., land and capital) and another factor that is...

This paper analyzes a randomized experiment that uses novel strategies to promote handwashing with soap at critical times in Peru. It evaluates a large-scale intervention that includes a mass media provincial campaign and a district-level community component. The analysis finds that the mass...

The literature on aid and growth has not found a convincing instrumental variable to identify the causal effects of aid. This paper exploits an instrumental variable based on the fact that since 1987, eligibility for aid from the International Development Association (IDA) has been based partly...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Social Choice -- chapter 3 Voting Rules -- chapter 4 The Core -- chapter 5 The Heart -- chapter 6 A Spatial Model of Coalition -- chapter 7 A Spatial Model of Elections -- chapter 8 Activist Coalitions -- chapter 9 Coalitions in the United States -- chapter 10...

This book presents a set of original and innovative contributions on state, institutions and democracy in the field of political economy. Modern political economy has implied the interaction between politics and economics to understand political, electoral and public issues in different nations,...