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

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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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Public Policies and the Use of Evidence: Concepts, Methods, Contexts, and Practices. 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 (accepted for publication)

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4. Revenue Slumps and Fiscal Capacity: Evidence from Brazil, with Claudio Ferraz and Dirk Foremny [NBER Working Paper 32440]

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5. A Field Experiment on Door-to-Door Nonenforcement Community Policing Visits: Trust and Cooperation, with Rodrigo Canales (2022) [AEA RCT Registry]

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6. Knowledge-Based Hierarchies and the Organization of the State: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities, with Claudio Ferraz (2019)

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Projects at Initial Stages

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1. Thinking Twice: Does Psychotherapy Influence Police Officer Behavior? Experimental Evidence from Mexico City Police, with Rodrigo Canales and Emma Seppala