Publications & Selected Work in Progress

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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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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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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 [LINK]

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​​​​​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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Revise and Resubmit, Journal of the European Economic Association

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

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Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Experimental Criminology

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The Importance of Managerial Quality for Police Organizations, with Rodrigo Canales and Jessica Zarkin [Working Paper]

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Under Review

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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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Book Chapters & Reports

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

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World Bank, 2024 [LINK]