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Publication - Project Report
The macroeconomic benefits of tax enforcement in Pakistan
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Publication - Project Report
Review of national accounts estimation in Bangladesh: A stocktaking exercise
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Publication - Project Report
Identifying an effective teacher in public schools in Delhi
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Project
Candidate attributes and political accountability: Evidence from Pakistan local government elections
Political party-based local elections are widely advocated as key to strengthening democracy, and their outcomes can significantly impact local economic development. A randomised experiment to determine how locals in Punjab, Pakistan, choose to vote found that voters tend to prefer candidates with political connections over those who have proven to be competent,...
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Case Study: Public Sector and Tax
Innovative tax policies
Research shows that innovative policies – such as performance incentives for tax collectors and naming and shaming tax-evading firms – can significantly increase revenue.
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Publication - Project Report
Improving political communication: Results of a field experiment in Pakistan
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Publication - Working Paper
Building connections: Political corruption and road construction in India
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Project
Where’s value? Using VAT data to improve compliance
The power to tax lies at the core of state development (Besley and Persson 2013). In this project we aim to deepen our understanding of taxation in developing countries by examining large-scale tax data from the government of Delhi. The data analysis will have two purposes -- first to answer first-order questions of academic and policy import and second to help design...
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Publication - Project Report
Decentralisation in Zambia: A comparative analysis of strategies and barriers to implementation
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Publication - Working Paper
The costs of patronage: Evidence from the British Empire