Working Papers – 2017
Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015
Can Differences Deceive? The Case of “Foreclosure Externalities”
Unilateral and Multilateral Sanctions: A Network Approach
Network Formation with Multigraphs and Strategic Complementarities
Migration Networks and Location Decisions: Evidence from U.S. Mass Migration
The Long-Run Effects of Recessions on Education and Income
The Effect of Social Connectedness on Crime: Evidence from the Great Migration
Urban Population and Amenities: The Neoclassical Model of Location
by Bryan Stuart (George Washington University) & David Albouy (the University of Illinois and NBER) IIEP Working Paper 2017-23
Personal Privacy of HMDA in a World of Big Data
by Anthony Yezer (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-21
Repression, Civil Conflict, And Leadership Tenure: A Case Study of Kazakhstan
by Susan Ariel Aaronson (George Washington University IIEP Working Paper 2017-16
Taming the Tiger: Peaceful and Violent Protest and the Repressive Responses of Government
by Susan Ariel Aaronson (George Washington University), M. Rodwan Abouharb (University College London), & N. Susan Gaines (University of Leeds) IIEP Working Paper...
Repression, Civil Conflict, And Leadership Tenure: A Case Study of Turkey
by Susan Ariel Aaronson (George Washington University) & N. Susan Gaines (University of Leeds) IIEP Working Paper 2017-14
Repression, Civil Conflict, and Leadership Tenure: A Case Study of Honduras
by Susan Ariel Aaronson (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-13
What are We Talking About when We Discuss Digital Protectionism?
by Susan Ariel Aaronson (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-9
China’s One Belt One Road Strategy: The New Financial Institutions and India’s Options
by Ajay Chhibber (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-7
Governance Spillovers of Labour Provisions in Free Trade Agreements
by Susan Ariel Aaronson (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-2 Most people know that governments such as the US, EU, and Canada use labour rights provisions in trade agreements to improve labour rights. They believe that policymakers in the...
Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils
October 2017 by Stephen Smith (George Washington University) & Uwe Jirjahn (University of Trier) IIEP Working Paper 2017-22
Businesspeople in Elected Office: Identifying Private Benefits from Firm-Level Returns
September 2017 by David Szakonyi (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-20
Bolder Divestment Not Better Performance Contracts are the Solution for India’s Public Sector
September 2017 by Ajay Chhibber (George Washington University) & Swati Gupta (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) IIEP Working Paper 2017-19...
State Ownership and Transparency in Foreign Direct Investment: Loose-Lipped Leviathan?
September 2017 by Robert Weiner (George Washington University) & Anthony P. Cannizzaro (Catholic University of America) IIEP Working Paper 2017-18...
Could Austerity Collapse the Economy of Puerto Rico?
September 2017 by Paul Carrillo (George Washington University), Anthony Yezer (George Washington University), & Jozefina Kalaj (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-17...
Capital Inflows, Sovereign Debt and Bank Lending: Micro-Evidence from an Emerging Market
August 2017 by Tomas Williams (George Washington University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-12
Capital Flows and Sovereign Debt Markets: Evidence from Index Rebalancings
August 2017 by Tomas Williams (George Washington University) and Lorenzo Pandolfi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) IIEP Working Paper 2017-11
International Asset Allocations and Capital Flows: The Benchmark Effect
August 2017 by Tomas Williams (George Washington University), Claudio Raddatz (IMF), and Sergio L. Schmukler (World Bank) IIEP Working Paper 2017-10...
Public Sector Undertakings: Bharat’s other Ratnas
March 2017 by Ajay Chhibber (George Washington University) & Swati Gupta (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi) IIEP Working Paper...
Reviving Private Investment in India: Determinants and Policy Levers
March 2017 by Ajay Chhibber (George Washington University) & Akshata Kalloor (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi) IIEP Working Paper 2017-5...
Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death
March 2017 by Remi Jedwab (George Washington University), Mark Koyama (George Mason University) & Noel Johnson (George Mason University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-4 The authors of this paper examine the Black Death persecutions committed against the Jewish people to...
Uncertainty and Trade Elasticities
March 2017 by Olga A. Timoshenko (George Washington University) & Erick Sager (Bureau of Labor Statistics) IIEP Working Paper 2017-8
Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015
February 2017 by Remi Jedwab (George Washington University) & Adam Storeygard (Tufts University) IIEP Working Paper 2017-3
How Sustainable Are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from a Randomised Phase-Out of the BRAC Program in Uganda
January 2017 by Stephen C. Smith (George Washington University), Vida Bobić (George Washington University), Ram Fishman (Tel Aviv University), & Munshi Sulaiman (Save the Children) IIEP Working Paper...
