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Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Tangilble Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia

Journal of Political Economy 126 (2), pp 451-491
Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, Sudarno Sumar
April 2018
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs Worldwide

World Bank Research Observer 32 (1), pp. 155-184
Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, and Gabriel Kreindler, Benjamin A. Olken
August 2017
Development Economics

Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs

World Bank Research Observer 32 (1), pp. 155-184
Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Gabriel Kreindler, Benjamin A. Olken
August 2017
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Citywide effects of high-occcupancy vehicle restrictions: Evidence from "three-in-one" in Jakarta

Science, 357(6346), 89-93
Rema Hanna, Gabriel Kreindler, Benjamin A. Olken
July 2017
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

The Personnel Economics of the Developing State

In Handbook of Field Experiments, Volume II
Frederico Finan, Benjamin A. Olken, Rohini Pande
January 2017
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Hassles versus Prices

Science, 353(6302), 864-865
Benjamin A. Olken
August 2016
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Can Electronic Procurement Improve Infrastructure Provision? Evidence from Public Works in India and Indonesia

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 8(3), 258-283
Sean Lewis-Faupel, Yusuf Neggers, Benjamin A. Olken, Rohini Pande
August 2016
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia

American Economic Review 106 (7)
Vivi Alatas, Abhijit Banerjee, Arun Chandrasekhar, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken
July 2016
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Self Targeting: Evidence From a Field Experiment in Indonesia

Journal of Political Economy 124 (2)
Vivi Alatas, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Matthew Wai-Poi, Ririn Purnamasari
April 2016
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Performance Pay for Tax Collectors

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(1), pp 219-271
Adnan Khan, Asim Khwaja, Benjamin A. Olken
February 2016
Development Economics

Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia

Vivi Alatas, Abhijit Banerjee, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Rema Hanna, and Benjamin A. Olken
December 2015
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Promises and Perils of Pre-Analysis Plans

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29(3), 61-80
Benjamin A. Olken
June 2015
Development Economics

The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, Sudarno Sumarto
January 2015
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Should Aid Reward Performance? Evidence From a Field Experiment on Health and Education in Indonesia

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(4)
Benjamin A. Olken, Junko Onishi, Susan Wong
October 2014
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature

Journal of Economic Literature, 52(3), 740-798
Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones, Benjamin A. Olken
September 2014

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Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

The Missing "Missing Middle"

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28(3), 89-108
Cheng-Tai Hsieh, Benjamin A. Olken
June 2014
Development Economics

Information is Power: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, Sudarno Sumarto
March 2014
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(4), 1707-1754
Robin Burgess, Matthew Hansen, Benjamin A. Olken, Peter Potapov, Stefanie Sieber
November 2012