ABSTRACT This paper shows that the extension and inefficiency of federalism in Brazil is mostly associated with gaps in the competence to tax, as well as to distortions in the system of transfers to S
The political appointment of bureaucrats is typically seen as jeopardizing development by selecting worse types into the bureaucracy or by depressing bureaucratic effort. I argue that political appoin
This study examines whether politicians exhibit gender bias in responsiveness to constituents’ requests for public service delivery improvements in Uganda. We leverage an in-person survey experiment c
Alliances are typically understood as agreements intended to deter aggression from enemy states. By signaling an ally's commitment to a protege state, a shared enemy may be deterred from attacking. In
