Stéphane Straub
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View article: The Impact of Infrastructure on Development Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
The Impact of Infrastructure on Development Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis Open
We perform a meta-analysis of the infrastructure research done over several decades, using over a thousand estimates from 221 papers reporting outcome elasticities. We include the transport, energy, and digital or information and communica…
View article: Interoperability and Quality Provision in Digital Payments
Interoperability and Quality Provision in Digital Payments Open
We develop a model in which digital payment providers compete by setting fees and investing in the quality of their service. Consumers’ valuation of the service depends on the fraction of other consumers who joins the same network. Provide…
View article: The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay
The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay Open
Transportation infrastructure is associated with economic development, but it can also be used for social control and to benefit the governing elite. We explore the connection between the construction of road networks, state-led repression…
View article: The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression, and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay
The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression, and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay Open
Transportation infrastructure is associated with economic development, but it can also be used for social control and to benefit the governing elite. We explore the connection between the construction of road networks, state-led repression…
View article: Voting Corrupt Politicians Out of Office? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Paraguay
Voting Corrupt Politicians Out of Office? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Paraguay Open
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that giving voters more power both formally through the use of more "open" electoral systems and informally through easier access to information on politicians' wrongdoings will necessarily res…
View article: Social Promotion in Primary School: Effects on Grade Progression
Social Promotion in Primary School: Effects on Grade Progression Open
This paper evaluates the effect of relaxing promotion criteria in early primary school on grade delay in later years. Exploiting variation in primary school repetition policies across Brazilian municipalities, we find that social promotion…
View article: Rising incomes and inequality of access to infrastructure among Latin American Households
Rising incomes and inequality of access to infrastructure among Latin American Households Open
The question of infrastructure needs is a crucial policy one in Latin America, given evidence of large access shortfalls across all major types of infrastructure, and the increase in demand linked to the rapid growth in households’ income …
View article: Funding and Financing Infrastructure: The Joint-Use of Public and Private Finance
Funding and Financing Infrastructure: The Joint-Use of Public and Private Finance Open
The paper addresses the issue of the feasible level of private finance in a contracting model of infrastructure finding and financing. It characterizes the structure of financial contracts, deriving the conditions under which both public a…
View article: Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: Spending Better to Achieve More
Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: Spending Better to Achieve More Open
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this report has one main message: Latin America can dramatically na…
View article: Rising Incomes and Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Among Latin American Households
Rising Incomes and Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Among Latin American Households Open
This paper documents access to services
\n and ownership of infrastructure-related durables in the
\n water, energy, telecom, and transport areas, based on
\n harmonized household survey data covering 1.6 million
\n households in 14 Latin …
View article: Rising Incomes and Inequality of Access to Infrastructure among Latin American Households
Rising Incomes and Inequality of Access to Infrastructure among Latin American Households Open
The question of infrastructure needs is a crucial policy one in Latin America, given evidence of large access shortfalls across all major types of infrastructure, and the increase in demand linked to the rapid growth in households’ income …