This paper studies the historical origins of the federalist institutions in Mexico and Brazil. Using a bargaining game … negotiation power of local governments. This led to the buildup of opposite federalist institutions in both countries, which have …

impact of hurricanes on educational outcomes, especially in countries with agrarian economies and underdeveloped education …

role that local institutions play in this context. Chapter 2 analyzes how greenhouse gas emissions of companies in OECD and …

educational institutions and medical facilities) characterized Protestant missions in the Republic of Korea, but not Guatemala …

This volume was prepared by Benedikt Siegler while working at the Center for the Economics of Education of the Ifo … Munich (LMU) in November 2014. The thesis includes three empirical studies, each of which evaluates one distinct education …), opening of new universities in regions without local tertiary education supply to raise tertiary education attainment by the …

In this paper, we study the roles of expertise and independence on governing boards in the context of education. In … particular, we examine the causal influence of professional educators elected to local school boards on education production … district-level data on education inputs and outcomes. The results reveal that educators on the school board causally increase …