Gerard Padró i Miquel

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

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Political Reform in China: Elections, Public Goods and Income Distribution

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Aug 2014
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yang Yao and Yang Yao
Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics and Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER
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Institutions, Local Governance, Elections, Democracy

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The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-Off

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The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-Off

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-115
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian and Yang Yao
Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics and Peking University
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political economy, economic development, institutions

The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-Off

NBER Working Paper No. w24032
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yang Yao and Yang Yao
Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics and Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER
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The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-Off

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12439
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Nov 2017
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yang Yao and Yang Yao
Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics and Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER
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economic development, Loan pricing; Loan spreads; Democratic institutions; Reversals, political economy

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Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments

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Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments

Economic Theory Center Working Paper No. 003-2010
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Dec 2010
Sylvain Chassang, Gerard Padró i Miquel and Erik Snowberg
Princeton University William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Randomized Controlled Trials, Selective Trials, Blind Trials, Incentivized Trials, Marginal Treatment Effects, Mechanism Design, Selection, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Compliance

Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w16343
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Sylvain Chassang, Gerard Padró i Miquel and Erik Snowberg
Princeton University William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8003
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Nov 2010
Sylvain Chassang, Gerard Padró i Miquel and Erik Snowberg
Princeton University William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
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blind trials, compliance, heterogeneous beliefs, incentivized trials, marginal treatment e

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The Political Economy of Indirect Control

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The Political Economy of Indirect Control

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 11-2
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 01 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2011
Gerard Padró i Miquel and Pierre Yared
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Institutions, Asymmetric and Private Information, Structure of Government, Dynamic Contracts

The Political Economy of Indirect Control

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 12/28
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 03 May 2012
Gerard Padró i Miquel and Pierre Yared
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Dynamic Conflict, Institutions, Asymmetric and Private Information, Structure of Government, Dynamic Contracts

The Political Economy of Indirect Control

NBER Working Paper No. w15748
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Gerard Padró i Miquel and Pierre Yared
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Doing Business in China: Parental Background and Government Intervention Determine Who Owns Businesses

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Doing Business in China: Parental Background and Government Intervention Determine Who Owns Businesses

21st Century China Center Research Paper No. 2020-05
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2020
Ruixue Jia, Xiaohuan Lan and Gerard Padró i Miquel
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - 21st Century China Center, University of Virginia and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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entrepreneurship, business, poltical economy

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Elections in China

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Elections in China

NBER Working Paper No. w18101
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 25 May 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2023
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yang Yao and Yang Yao
affiliation not provided to SSRN, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics and Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER
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The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8975
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel and Nancy Qian
affiliation not provided to SSRN, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Yale University - Department of Economics
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Democracy, Elections, Institutions

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Corruption, Intimidation, and Whistleblowing: A Theory of Inference from Unverifiable Reports

Princeton University William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center Research Paper No. 062-2014
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 May 2014
Sylvain Chassang and Gerard Padró i Miquel
Princeton University William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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corruption, whistleblowing, plausible deniability, inference, structural experiment design, prior-free policy design.

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Corruption, Intimidation, and Whistle-Blowing: A Theory of Inference from Unverifiable Reports

NBER Working Paper No. w20315
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Sylvain Chassang and Gerard Padró i Miquel
Princeton University William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China

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Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China

NBER Working Paper No. w21058
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 06 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2023
Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yiqing Xu, Yang Yao and Yang Yao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics, Stanford University and Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER
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Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10515
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Apr 2015
Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yiqing Xu, Yang Yao and Yang Yao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics, Stanford University and Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER
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Civic Capital, History, Institutions, Public Goods, Trust

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A Political Economy Theory of Partial Decentralization

NBER Working Paper No. w14628
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2022
John William Hatfield and Gerard Padró i Miquel
University of Texas at Austin and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China

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Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China

NBER Working Paper No. w16948
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yang Yao and Yang Yao
affiliation not provided to SSRN, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics and Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER
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Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8368
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 May 2011
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel and Nancy Qian
affiliation not provided to SSRN, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Yale University - Department of Economics
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Accountability, Democracy, Institutions, Public Goods

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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China

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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China

NBER Working Paper No. w18633
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
Gerard Padró i Miquel, Yang Yao, Yang Yao and Nancy Qian
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER and Yale University - Department of Economics
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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9278
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Feb 2013
Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yang Yao and Yang Yao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Yale University - Department of Economics and Peking University - China Center for Economic Research (CCER)Peking University - CCER
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Democracy, Fractionalization, Pre-Conditions, Religion, Voter Heterogeneity

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Foreign Influence and Welfare

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Foreign Influence and Welfare

NBER Working Paper No. w14129
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2022
Pol Antras and Gerard Padró i Miquel
Harvard University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Foreign Influence and Welfare

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6884
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Aug 2008
Pol Antras and Gerard Padró i Miquel
Harvard University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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balance of powers, electoral competition, externalities, foreign influence, import tariffs, welfare

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Conflict and Deterrence Under Strategic Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w13964
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Sylvain Chassang and Gerard Padró i Miquel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya

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The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w19398
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Robin Burgess, Remi Jedwab, Edward Miguel, Ameet Morjaria and Gerard Padró i Miquel
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, George Washington University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9627
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Sep 2013
Robin Burgess, Remi Jedwab, Edward Miguel, Ameet Morjaria and Gerard Padró i Miquel
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics, George Washington University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Conflict and Deterrence Under Strategic Risk

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 125, No. 4, 2010
Posted: 25 May 2018
Sylvain Chassang and Gerard Padró i Miquel
Princeton University William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

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