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Publications & Selected Work in Progress

How Research Affects Policy: Experimental Evidence from 2,150 Brazilian Municipalities, with Jonas Hjort, Diana Moreira and Gautam Rao

American Economic Review, 2021

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Shaping Police Officer Mindsets and Behaviors: Experimental Evidence from a Procedural Justice Training, with Rodrigo Canales, Alexis Cherem and Marina Gonzalez

Management Science, 2024

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Politicians and Tax Policy: The Role of Preferences and Beliefs, with Ines Badin, Diana Moreira and Monica Singhal

National Tax Journal, 2025

Police Communication and Public Trust: A Community Policing Experiment in Mexico, with Rodrigo Canales

Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2026 

Losing to Gain: Revenue Shortfalls and Fiscal Capacity in Brazil, with Claudio Ferraz and Dirk Foremny

Revise and Resubmit, Journal of the European Economic Association

The Importance of Managerial Quality for Police Organizations, with Rodrigo Canales and Jessica Zarkin

Policymaker Networks and the Diffusion of Policy Innovation: Causal Evidence from Brazil, with Ines BadinJonas Hjort, Diana Moreira and Gautam Rao

Book Chapters & Reports

Connecting Research Evidence to Municipal Policymakers: Do Impact Evaluations Influence Public Policy? with Diana Moreira

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, 2022

Data for Better Governance: Building Government Analytics Ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean, with multiple authors

World Bank, 2024 [English, Portuguese, Spanish]

Public Workforce Performance and Prosperity, with multiple authors

World Bank, 2026

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