“...An important challenge in the crime literature is to isolate causal effects of police on crime. Following a terrorist attack on the main Jewish center in...”

“...We study the formation of beliefs in a squatter settlement in the outskirts of Buenos Aires exploiting a natural experiment that induced an allocation of...”

“...We estimate the causal effect of mandatory participation in military service on individuals' subsequent involvement in criminal activities. To identify this...”

“...Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. The evaluation of the causal effects of property rights, however, is a...”

“...We study the prices paid for basic inputs during a crackdown on corruption in the public hospitals of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, during 1996–97. We...”

“...La protección de los derechos de propiedad es considerada un determinante clave del desarrollo económico. La evaluación de los efectos causales de los derechos...”

“...In this paper, we review the most significant empirical literature on the causal effects of land property rights. The literature indicates that secure property...”

“...Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. Despite this situation, there...”

“...The decentralization of public services is a major feature of institutional innovation. The main argument in support of decentralization is that it brings...”