This paper evaluates whether politician identity, and in particular, the party affiliation of legislators affects employment and welfare outcomes for minorities in India. I combine data on the outcome of close elections ...

This study analyzes the City of Buenos Aires’s entrepreneurship policy during the eight-year period of Mauricio Macri’s government in the city (2008–2015). In a context marked by the rise of the concept of “entrepreneurship” ...

The so called price control policies have traditionally been understood in terms of concerns about (a) the role and size of the bureaucracy implied (Taussig, 1919, Grayson and Neeb, 1974; Clinard, 1969; Rockoff, 1984; ...

Poor governance and corruption pose fundamental problems for development. International financial institutions and governments around the world accordingly expend significant portions of their resources and convening power ...

The first two chapters of this dissertation study the impact of the design of GATT/WTO trade agreements on the organization of domestic interest groups and explain several relevant empirical puzzles. Chapter 1 posits a ...

This thesis investigates the influence of business on the public policymaking process in the United States. A framework is proposed for categorizing policymaking contexts and mechanisms of influence, synthesized from ...

This thesis examines the structural and cultural barriers that perpetuate the implementation gap in South Korean women’s empowerment policies while asking the primary research question: despite having a strong women's ...

This thesis asks: why does Japan accept a low number of refugees despite its responsibility to contribute to global peace as a member of G7, its willingness to participate in other forms of humanitarian assistance, and its ...

How effective is aid in reducing conflicts? Are there any differential effects of development aid and democracy aid? This study builds on the neo-liberal theory of inter-democratic peace and that economic development leads ...

What role did the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) play in regulating deforestation before reaching an agreement with the Colombian government? Following the rebel group's retrenchment as a consequence of the ...