Research discussed in the popular press

 

The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh

"Rules of the Road," The Economist, May 3 2007

 

Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War

"Regicide's Risk," The Economist, May 17, 2007

"Gunning for Democracy Works, Just Don't Miss," Sydney Morning Herald, May 25, 2007

"Mathematik des Todes," Suddeutsche Zeitung, May 2007

"Aiming High," The Washington Post, June 30, 2007

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2007

"The Bullet and the Bomb," CNN.com, December 2007.

"Presidential Assassinations," Washington Times, March 6, 2008.

 

Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages

BusinessWeek, November 2006

"India's Eroding Trust Capital," Financial Express, November 6, 2006

"All Alone in a Crowd," Singapore Straits Times, January 2007

 

Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia

"Digging for Dirt," The Economist, March 2006

"Renforcer le role des populations locales, un voeu pieux", Le Monde, April 2006

"A Delhi, la corruption s'offre des lecons de conduite," Liberation, May 15, 2006

"Trial and Error," Forbes, June 2006

"The Problem of Corruption," Boston Review, March-April 2007

"Trial by Camera: Measuring the effectiveness of foreign aid." Slate. January 5, 2008.

 

Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth since World War II

Il Sole, June 2006

"Do leaders matter? The role of leadership in national economies," Kyiv Post, November 2007.

"Do Presidents Matter?" Time, February 7, 2008.

 

Other

"Pemahaman Soal Korupsi Terbatas," Kompas, March 22, 2007

"Joint Int'l Graft Research Sought," The Jakarta Post, March 22, 2007

"Graft papers," The American, January/February 2008