Juan Francisco Santini
Publications & Selected Work in Progress
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1. How Research Affects Policy: Experimental Evidence from 2,150 Brazilian Municipalities, with Jonas Hjort, Diana Moreira and Gautam Rao [Working Paper]
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American Economic Review, 2021 [LINK]
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2. Connecting Research Evidence to Municipal Policymakers: Do Impact Evaluations Influence Public Policy? with Diana Moreira
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Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, 2022 [LINK]
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3. Shaping Police Officer Mindsets and Behaviors: Experimental Evidence from a Procedural Justice Training, with Rodrigo Canales, Alexis Cherem and Marina Gonzalez [Working Paper]
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Management Science, 2024 [LINK]
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4. Politicians and Tax Policy: The Role of Preferences and Beliefs, with Ines Badin, Diana Moreira and Monica Singhal [Working Paper]
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National Tax Journal, 2025 (forthcoming)
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5. Losing to Gain: Revenue Shortfalls and Fiscal Capacity in Brazil, with Claudio Ferraz and Dirk Foremny [Working Paper] [NBER Working Paper]
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6. A Field Experiment on Door-to-Door Nonenforcement Community Policing Visits: Trust and Cooperation, with Rodrigo Canales [AEA RCT Registry]
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7. Policymaker Networks and the Diffusion of Policy Innovation: Causal Evidence from Brazil, with Ines Badin, Jonas Hjort, Diana Moreira and Gautam Rao
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8. Knowledge-Based Hierarchies and the Organization of the State: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities
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​​​Research in the Media
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DerStandard (Austria): Drei Maßnahmen für eine bessere, faktenbasierte Politik
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El Comercio (Peru): Compromiso por las ciencias sociales
Exame (Brazil): Prefeitos brasileiros mudam de ideia após conhecerem dados novos
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil): Boa notícia: nossos prefeitos não desprezam evidências científicas
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Folha de São Paulo (Brazil): Pesquisas brasileiras usam mesmos métodos de ganhadores do Nobel
Het Financieele (Netherlands): Geef politici een duwtje
Jota (Brazil): Quais são os setores do Executivo com mais movimentação de servidores
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LiveMint (India): Does research influence policy design?
Nexo (Brazil): A influência da produção acadêmica em decisões políticas no Brasil
Pesquisa (Brazil): Quando a ciência molda ações