Benjamin Marx
@benjaminmarx
Assistant Professor @bu_economics | Political economy and development.
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Our paper on state-building and the French Revolution is forthcoming in the AER! In 1790, a radical administrative reform laid the foundations of the modern French state. We study its consequences for state capacity and economic development in the short and long run.
Forthcoming in the AER: "The Dynamic Consequences of State-Building: Evidence from the French Revolution" by Cédric Chambru, Emeric Henry, and Benjamin Marx. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20581 Religion in Emerging and Developing Regions @sararlowes @benjaminmarx @emontero_CR ow.ly/24Pg50WIfca #CEPR_DE #CEPR_PoE #EconTwitter
Great paper! My rough read: demand and supply of cultural traits … at eq’m if policy restricts the supply, the private sector will come in to satisfy the demand. Obvious, but not the way we normally think of cultural traits (the supply and demand part). Same logic applies…
"State schools aimed to secularize Indonesia, but religious schools adapted, competing for students and strengthening Islamic identity instead." Recently accepted to #REStud, from @samuelbazzi, Hilmy and @benjaminmarx: restud.com/religion-educa… #EconTwitter
"State schools aimed to secularize Indonesia, but religious schools adapted, competing for students and strengthening Islamic identity instead." Recently accepted to #REStud, from @samuelbazzi, Hilmy and @benjaminmarx: restud.com/religion-educa… #EconTwitter
Now covering all national elections since 1789! ⬇️
Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! nationalelectionsdatabase.com We now cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @RevEconStudies (academic.oup.com/restud/advance…). w/ @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet
"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! From @VinPons, @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet. The companion paper: restud.com/electoral-turn… #EconSky #Elections
We are very happy to publish the new National Elections Database, including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! nationalelectionsdatabase.com with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet
@benjaminmarx, @VinPons, and I are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! nationalelectionsdatabase.com
We are very happy to publish the new National Elections Database, including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! nationalelectionsdatabase.com with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19994 It Takes a Village #Election: Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies @SamuelBazzi, Masyhur Hilmy @UNSWEcon, @benjaminmarx, Mahvish Shaukat @wb_research, Andreas Stegmann @warwickecon ow.ly/2pzC50Vb3WY #CEPR_DE #CEPR_OE #CEPR_PoE
State-building efforts that initially appear costly can yield substantial economic benefits, but only after decades of institutional development, say researchers at @ENSdeLyon, @sciencespo, and @bu_economics. #ResearchHighlight aeaweb.org/research/state…
Our paper on "Electoral Turnovers" with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet is now forthcoming at @RevEconStudies ! Full thread on what we do and find here: x.com/VinPons/status…
Electoral turnovers improve countries' performance and foster accountability. Their effects are investigated in a new paper by @benjaminmarx, @VinPons, and @vincent_rollet, who built a database of all presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945. (1/2)
Electoral turnovers improve countries' performance and foster accountability. Their effects are investigated in a new paper by @benjaminmarx, @VinPons, and @vincent_rollet, who built a database of all presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945. (1/2)
@thomas_chaney and I updated our working paper on "Trade and the End of Antiquity" (which recently got some airtime here). A short re-cap: 1/n
Check the revised "Eat Widely, Vote Wisely: Lessons from a Campaign Against Vote Buying in Uganda," @cblatts @benjaminmarx and @otis_reid In a project where results were not as expected, and as a result we learned a ton about party responses against anti-vote-buying…
Un immense bravo à @alexandraroulet ! Très heureux de cette nomination @Cercle_eco en compagnie de @a_bergeaud et Fanny Henriet, et reconnaissant envers tous mes coauteurs et collègues (anciens & actuels) à @ScPoEcon et @bu_economics lemonde.fr/economie/artic…
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Benjamin Marx, économiste : « L’incidence de la religion dans le contexte des pays en développement...
A 37 ans, le professeur à l’université de Boston (Massachusetts) s’intéresse à l’économie politique et à l’économie du développement.
A new era for CGD! 🌍🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rachel Glennerster @rglenner will be the new President of CGD! Building on the legacies of @nancymbirdsall and @MasoodCGD, Rachel is set to propel CGD forward with her rigorous approach to development economics,…
Come work with us!
Please share: we are looking for a part- or full-time RA (master or PhD) for projects on the drivers and effects of national election outcomes with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet. Flexible location and start date. Pls send a short email and CV at [email protected] if interested!
Very excited to share our new @nberpubs paper “Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States” w/ @amorygethin! ⬇️⬇️ We provide systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes. A 🧵 (1/9).
The effects of 14 social movements since 2017 in the US on online interest, policy views and vote intentions: most effects are precise null, except for the Black Lives Matter protests, from @amorygethin and @VinPons nber.org/papers/w32342
Nous y sommes! Le CNRS a créé officiellement l'Equipe Mixte de Recherche (EMR 5001) Equality and Conflict (EqCo) adossé au @InfoCERGIC et hébergé à l'ENS de Lyon @ENSdeLyon!!
Very excited to see this summary come at @vox_dev. The accepted paper is also online at AER @AEAjournals this week [aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…]. The paper estimates the effects of a large public works program (UPSNP) on the urban poor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 🧵👇@clem_imbert
🆕 Fighting urban poverty: Public works increase the welfare of the poor in Addis Ababa by 20% Simon Franklin @qmuleconomics, Clement Imbert @sciencespo, Girum Abebe @WorldBankAfrica & Carolina Mejia-Mantilla @wb_research outline their research: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…
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