Benjamin Marx
@benjaminmarx
Assistant Professor @bu_economics | Political economy and development.
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Our book "Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean" is officially OUT! I cannot be happier and more thankful to all of our wonderful authors, tagged below, and reviewers. Just in time for Christmas! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
Very excited to see this summary come at VoxDev. The accepted paper is also online at AER AEA Journals this week [aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…]. The paper estimates the effects of a large public works program (UPSNP) on the urban poor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 🧵👇Clément Imbert
A new era for CGD! 🌍🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rachel Glennerster Rachel Glennerster will be the new President of CGD! Building on the legacies of Nancy M. Birdsall and @MasoodCGD, Rachel is set to propel CGD forward with her rigorous approach to development economics,
Un immense bravo à Alexandra Roulet ! Très heureux de cette nomination Le Cercle des économistes en compagnie de Antonin Bergeaud et Fanny Henriet, et reconnaissant envers tous mes coauteurs et collègues (anciens & actuels) à ScPoEcon et BU Economics lemonde.fr/economie/artic…
Check the revised "Eat Widely, Vote Wisely: Lessons from a Campaign Against Vote Buying in Uganda," Chris Blattman Benjamin Marx and Otis Reid In a project where results were not as expected, and as a result we learned a ton about party responses against anti-vote-buying
This fantastic paper 😁 paper is finally out! It has been a great research journey with Benjamin Marx and E. Henry Also very grateful to my colleagues at Economics at Zurich and CERGIC for their insightful discussions Looking for a summary? See youtube.com/watch?v=fCKFnR… by econimate
thomas chaney and I updated our working paper on "Trade and the End of Antiquity" (which recently got some airtime here). A short re-cap: 1/n
Electoral turnovers improve countries' performance and foster accountability. Their effects are investigated in a new paper by Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and Vincent Rollet, who built a database of all presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945. (1/2)
Our paper on "Electoral Turnovers" with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet is now forthcoming at The Review of Economic Studies ! Full thread on what we do and find here: x.com/VinPons/status…
State-building efforts that initially appear costly can yield substantial economic benefits, but only after decades of institutional development, say researchers at @ENSdeLyon, Sciences Po, and BU Economics. #ResearchHighlight aeaweb.org/research/state…
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19994 It Takes a Village #Election: Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies Samuel Bazzi, Masyhur Hilmy UNSW Economics, Benjamin Marx, Mahvish Shaukat World Bank Research, Andreas Stegmann Warwick Economics ow.ly/2pzC50Vb3WY #CEPR_DE #CEPR_OE #CEPR_PoE
We are very happy to publish the new National Elections Database, including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! nationalelectionsdatabase.com with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and I are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! nationalelectionsdatabase.com
"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! From Vincent Pons, Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet. The companion paper: restud.com/electoral-turn… #EconSky #Elections
