We analyze participation in international environmental agreements (IEAs) in a dynamic game where countries pollute and … participation is feasible. Participation becomes attractive because only large coalitions commit to long-term agreements that …

We investigate the causal impact of broadband Internet on political participation using data from Italy. We show that …, broadband fostered other forms of online and offline participation. Over time, the negative effect was reverted due to the …

We establish an inverse relationship between family ties and political participation, such that the more individuals … political participation. We also show that strong family ties appear to be a substitute for generalized trust, rather than a … complement to it. These three constructs-civic engagement, political participation, and trust- are part of what is known as …

participation, party vote shares, and electoral competitiveness. Our identification strategy exploits the precise timing of these … political participation, with one additional newspaper increasing both presidential and congressional turnout by approximately 0 …

Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as a key to improving their … interventions to encourage beneficiaries' participation through these committees: providing information, training community members …

survey participation, in particular the propensity of people who do volunteer work to respond to surveys at higher rates than …

After the economic reforms that followed the National Revolution of the 1950s, Bolivia seemed positioned for sustained … and a fixed exchange rate policy during the 1970s led to a debt crisis that began in 1977. From 1977 to 1986, Bolivia lost … almost all the gains in GDP per capita that it had achieved since 1960. In 1986, Bolivia started to grow again, interrupted …

By any standard, Bolivia's economic crisis in the 1980's has been extraordinary. Like its neighbors. Bolivia suffered … during 1984-85) suggests that internal factors as well as external shocks have been critical to Bolivia's poor economic … performance. One major theme of our work is that the recent economic crisis in Bolivia is a reflection of political and economic …