Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? A Randomized Intervention of Antimalarial Medicine Market in Uganda
with M. Bjorkman-Nyqvist and J. Svensson, 2021
Journal of the European Economic Association, Forthcoming
Misperceived Social Norms: Women Working Outside the Home in Saudi Arabia
with Leonardo Bursztyn and Alessandra Gonzalez
American Economic Review, Vol.10(10), 2020
Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda
with M. Bjorkman-Nyqvist, A. Guariso and J. Svensson
AEJ: Applied, Vol. 11(3), 2019
Long-Range Growth: Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links
with Filipe Campante
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 133(3), 2018
abstract | appendix
Lemon Technologies and Adoption: Measurement, Theory and Evidence from Agricultural Markets in Uganda
with Tessa Bold, Kayuki Kaizzi and Jakob Svensson
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 132(3), 2017
abstract
Government Distortion in Independently Owned Media: Evidence from U.S. Cold War News Coverage of Human Rights
with Nancy Qian
Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol.15:2, 2017
Does Religion Affect Economic Growth and Happiness? Evidence from Ramadan
with Filipe Campante
Quarterly Journal of Economics, [Editor’s choice], Vol. 130(2) , 2015
abstract | appendix
Propaganda and Conflict: Evidence from the Rwandan Genocide
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 129(4), 2014
abstract | appendix
Do Political Protests Matter? Evidence from the Tea Party Movement
with Andreas Madestam, Daniel Shoag, and Stan Veuger
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 128(4), 2013
abstract | appendix
Getting Prices Right: The Impact of the Market Information Service in Uganda
with Jakob Svensson
Journal of the European Economic Association, P&P, 7(2-3), 2009
abstract
The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War
with Nancy Qian
Journal of the European Economic Association, P&P, 7(2-3), 2009
abstract
Social Capital vs Institutions in the Growth Process
with Pelle Ahlerup and Ola Olsson
European Journal of Political Economy,25(1), 2009
abstract
Handbook Chapters
Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred and Mass Violence: A Brief Overview of Recent Advances
with Maria Petrova
Economic Aspects of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Preventions.
eds. C.H. Anderton and J. Brauer. Oxford University Press, July 2016.
Propaganda vs. Education: A Case Study of Hate Radio in Rwanda
Oxford Handbook of Propaganda Studies.
eds. J. Auerbach and R. Castronovo. Oxford University Press, December 2013.
Working Papers & Work in Progress
Opinions as Facts
with L. Bursztyn, A. Rao and C. Roth, July 2021 (Supersedes previous draft circulated under the title Misinformation During a Pandemic) R&R – Review of Economic Studies
Going Viral: Propaganda, Persuasion and Polarization in 1932 Hamburg
with B. Caprettini, M. Caesmann, and H-J. Voth, May 2021
The Intergenerational Transmission of War
with Filipe Campante, April 2016
R&R – Journal of the European Economic Association
Male Privilege: Yardsticks in Social Networks Across India
In progress
Estimating Impact in Partial vs. General Equilibrium: A Cautionary Tale from a Natural Experiment in Uganda
with Jakob Svensson, August 2012
Shaping the Nation: The Effect of Fourth of July on Political Preferences and Behavior in the United States
with Andreas Madestam, November 2011