Benjamin Olken

Working Papers

Tax Administration vs. Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia
with M. Chatib Basri, Mayara Felix, and Rema Hanna.
May 2021. Appendices here. Previous version: NBER Working Paper #26150.

Designing Effective Celebrity Messaging: Results from a Nationwide Twitter Experiment Promoting Vaccination in Indonesia
with Vivi Alatas, Arun Chandrasekhar, Markus Mobius, and Cindy Paladines. May 2021.
Appendix here. Earlier version: NBER Working Paper #25589.

Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia
with Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Elan Satriawan, and Sudarno Sumarto.
March 2021. Appendices here. NBER Working Paper #28641.

The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics
with Clare Balboni and Robin Burgess. March 2021. Appendix here.

Messages on COVID-19 prevention in India increased symptoms reporting and adherence to preventive behaviors among 25 million recipients with similar effects on non-recipient members of their communities
with Abhijit Banerjee, Marcella Alsan, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Abhijit Chowdhury, Esther Duflo and Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham. July 2020.

In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plan for RCTs in Economics
with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Amy Finkelstein, Lawrence F. Katz and Anja Sautmann
April 2020. NBER Working Paper #26993.

The Brazilian Amazon's Double Reversal of Fortune
with Robin Burgess and Francisco Costa. August 2019. Appendices here.
Previous version: NBER Working Paper #24861.