Some Working Papers

Kosher Pork (version of 4/13/2010)

Do Leaders Affect Government Spending Priorities? (version of February 2010)

 

Why is Economic Policy Different in New Democracies? Affecting Attitudes about Democracy (with Adi Brender), NBER Working Paper 13457.

 

Political Budget Cycles in New versus Established Democracies (with Adi Brender), Extended version, with all the background material of our October 2005 JME paper.

 

Why Emergency Lending Facilities Go Unused (with Leonardo Bartolini), July 2004

 

‘Lying Low’ During Elections: Political Pressure and Monetary Accommodation

 

What Is Gained By Selectively Withholding Foreign Aid? April 1999