to make transfers to state governments on the basis of political considerations. These considerations are the alignment …

This study examines the relationship between the diffusion of IT and changes in collaboration patterns across … natural sciences and narrower fields such as economics and biology. Two measures of institutional collaboration are examined … collaboration patterns across universities and then use regression analysis to examine the impact of IT exposure on multi …

inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper … full effects of each proximity, both on choice of collaborator and on the underlying decision to collaborate. The results … show that physical proximity is an important influence on collaboration, but is mediated by organisational and ethnic …

, I use SASS and Census data to investigate accountability and outcomes at private secondary schools, focusing on … principals, student outcomes, and administrator effectiveness. I find that principals are not rewarded for facing accountability … high quality schools. However, accountability does improve student outcomes at the (conditionally) weakest schools. …

voice, transparency, and accountability among grassroots organizations. The experiment consists of randomly providing sub … mechanisms of local accountability are subject to be captured by local elites or are weak, monitoring tools might have limited …

municipalities with lame-duck mayors. The findings suggest that electoral rules that enhance political accountability play a crucial …