A key concern in the design of education policies relates to the structure of incentives in accountability systems. This paper examines a school accountability program that provides financial support to low-performing schools but has no direct punishment scheme for recipients who do not exhibit...

This study measures the extent to which Seoul's COVID-19 shopping coupon program affects individuals' consumption. Unlike other COVID-19-related transfer programs, the Seoul Metropolitan government provides consumption coupons depending on income. We quantify the causal effect of Seoul's program...

This paper examines the market reactions to toehold acquisitions to determine whether and under what circumstances the formation of a new large outside shareholder contributes to the shareholder value of the firm. We argue that although toehold acquisitions signal imminent challenges to the...