Politics and infrastructure policy
Edward Glaeser and Giacomo Ponzetto develop a model of the political economy of transportation investments.
Topic Archive: Public Policy
Video: The Causal Effect of Public Policy and Income on Child Health and Human Capital (ERC Consolidator Grant)
Libertad González discusses her ERC Consolidator Grant project in this short video
Can corruption increase public support for redistribution?
Esther Hauk, Mónica Oviedo and Xavier Ramos examine the relationship between the citizens’ perception of corruption by public officials and their willingness to support public policy that is directed at reducing inequality.
Summer reading: VoxEU roundup
Researchers in the Barcelona GSE community have written several widely-read articles on CEPR’s policy portal, VoxEU.
Video: Citizens, Institutions, and Globalization (ERC Starting Grant)
Giacomo Ponzetto talks about the objectives, challenges, and potential impact of his ERC Starting Grant Project.
Running from the spotlight? Bank opacity and financial crises
Joachim Jungherr shows that the socially desirable level of bank transparency trades off market discipline with a stabilizing role of the Hirshleifer effect.
