Desiree Desierto

Economics Department

4400 University Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

United States

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What Determines Trust? Human Capital vs. Social Institutions: Evidence from Manila and Moscow

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What Determines Trust? Human Capital vs. Social Institutions: Evidence from Manila and Moscow

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-54
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Nov 2012
John V. Nye, Greg V. Androushchak, Desiree Desierto, Garett Jones and Maria Yudkevich
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Economics Department, George Mason University - Department of Economics and National Research University Higher School of Economics
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What Determines Trust? Human Capital vs. Social Institutions: Evidence from Manila and Moscow

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 18/EC/2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Nov 2012
John V. Nye, Greg V. Androushchak, Desiree Desierto, Garett Jones and Maria Yudkevich
George Mason University - Department of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Economics Department, George Mason University - Department of Economics and National Research University Higher School of Economics
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trust, education, human capital, institutions

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Shipwrecked by Rents

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Shipwrecked by Rents

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Nov 2020
Fernando Arteaga, Desiree Desierto and Mark Koyama
University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Economics, Students, Economics Department and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Two Wrongs Make a Right: The Market for Illegal Goods in the Presence of Corruption

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-01
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Feb 2011
Desiree Desierto and John V. Nye
Economics Department and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe

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The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Mar 2020
Desiree Desierto and Mark Koyama
Economics Department and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Status Competition, Political Economy, Economic History

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2D:4D Asymmetry and Academic Perfomance: Evidence from Moscow and Manila

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 01/EDU/2012, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-17
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 31 May 2012
Greg V. Androushchak, Maria Yudkevich, John V. Nye, Desiree Desierto and Garett Jones
National Research University Higher School of Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics, Economics Department and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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academic performance, university admissions, 2d:4d ratio

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Public Goods, Corruption, and the Political Resource Curse

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2019
Desiree Desierto
Economics Department
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public goods, corruption, theft of public funds, bribery, political resource curse

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Corruption for Competence

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Jun 2020
Desiree Desierto
Economics Department
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corruption, political rents

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Bribe-Switching

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 11 May 2021
Desiree Desierto and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Economics Department and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
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corruption, bribery, shadow economy, illegal markets