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
"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
"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