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Social Learning Along International Migrant Networks
Tian, Yuan - 2020
We document the transmission of social distancing practices from the United States to Mexico along migrant networks during the early 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Using data on pre-existing migrant connections between Mexican and U.S. locations and mobile-phone tracking data revealing social...
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Social Networks, Learning, and Flexibility : Sourcing Scientific Knowledge in New Biotechnology Firms
Liebeskind, Julia Porter; Oliver, Amalya Lumerman; … - 2021
We examine how two highly successful new biotechnology firms (NBFs) source their most critical input -- scientific knowledge. We find that scientists at the two NBFs enter into large numbers of collaborative research efforts with scientists at other organizations, especially universities. Formal...
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Endogenous Decentralization in Federal Environmental Policies
Traub, Leah Goldman - 2010
simple model of the interaction between the federal and state governments in such a scheme of partial decentralization. Our …
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A Political Economy Theory of Partial Decentralization
Hatfield, John William - 2009
partial decentralization. A capital poor median voter wants to use capital taxes to provide public goods. This results in …. Decentralization provides such a commitment: local governments avoid using capital taxes due to the pressure of tax competition. We … therefore obtain that the median voter favors a partial degree of decentralization. The equilibrium degree of decentralization …
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Government Decentralization Under Changing State Capacity : Experimental Evidence from Paraguay
Dal Bo, Ernesto - 2018
Standard models of hierarchy assume that agents and middle managers are better informed than principals about how to implement a particular task. We estimate the value of the informational advantage held by supervisors – middle managers – when ministerial leadership – the principal –...
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The Political Boundaries of Ethnic Divisions
Bazzi, Samuel - 2018
This paper argues that redrawing subnational political boundaries can transform ethnic divisions. We use a natural policy experiment in Indonesia to show how the effects of ethnic diversity on conflict depend on the political units within which groups are organized. Redistricting along group...
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An Experimental Study of Decentralized Link Formation with Competition
Comola, Margherita - 2015
We design a laboratory experiment to investigate bilateral link formation in a setting where payoffs are pair-specific. Our link formation rule is decentralized and players can make link offers and counter-offers, as in a Beckerian marriage market. The game is designed in such a way that a...
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Decentralization and Efficiency of Subsidy Targeting : Evidence from Chiefs in Rural Malawi
Basurto, Pia - 2017
Developing countries spend vast sums on subsidies. Beneficiaries are typically selected via either a proxy-means test (PMT) or through a decentralized identification process led by local leaders. A decentralized allocation may offer informational or accountability advantages, but may be prone to...
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Decentralized Governance and the Quality of School Leadership
Laing, Derek - 2016
In response to widespread dissatisfaction with the schools, the 1988 Chicago School Reform Act decentralized school governance by forming elected local school councils (LSCs) responsible for principal hiring, evaluation, and contract renewal as well as other management functions. Subsequent...
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Decentralizing Education Resources : School Grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro Manuel - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the...
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