Juan Francisco Santini
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
Shaping Police Officer Mindsets and Behaviors: Experimental Evidence from a Procedural Justice Training, with Rodrigo Canales, Alexis Cherem and Marina Gonzalez
Management Science, 2024
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 Badin, Jonas 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