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Corruption and the curse : the dictator's choice

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The economics of conflict, organized crime, dictatorship, and corruption

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We provide new evidence on the causal effect of higher education on mortality. Our empirical strategy exploits the reduction in college openings introduced by the Pinochet regime after the 1973 coup in Chile, which led to a sharp downward kink in college enrollment among those cohorts reaching...

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Land accumulation dynamics in developing country agriculture

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Development diagnostics for the Southern cone

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Productivity and efficiency in grassland-based livestock production in Latin America : the cases of Uruguay and Paraguay

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Social interactions and female voting in rural Paraguay : the role of urbanization patterns on the effectiveness of GOVT campaigns

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Creation and evolution of inflation expectations in Paraguay

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Agricultural input subsidies and productivity : the case of Paraguayan farmers

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