The promise of randomized controlled trials is that evidence gathered through the evaluation
of a specific program helps us—possibly after several rounds of fine-tuning and multiple …

Abstract “Site selection bias” can occur when the probability that a program is adopted or
evaluated is correlated with its impacts. I test for site selection bias in the context of the …

The distribution of economics research across Africa's 54 countries is highly uneven. I use a
simple conceptual model and reduced‐form regressions with cross‐sectional, panel, and …

A push for evidence-based approaches to the study of politics, dubbed the 'credibility
revolution', has resulted in a proliferation of experiments and randomized control trials …

This paper provides an analysis of how political factors affect the incidence of the evaluation
of public policies, with a focus on Randomized Control Trial (RCT) experiments in …

Political scientists' positionality (ie, their own identities, beliefs, and assumptions about the
context of a study) often receives implicit recognition in publications but rarely is explicitly …

ResumenLa contextualización es crucial para ampliar teorías generales, pues nos fuerza a
especificar las condiciones del enfoque de su aplicabilidad. Se discute aquí la reciente …

Experiments are increasingly used to better understand various aspects of civil conflict. A
critical barrier to peace is often conflict recurrence after a settlement or other attempt to end …

Scholars often extoll the benefits of knowledge accumulation. Natural experiments, however,
are often thought of as idiosyncratic and one-off studies that may not therefore contribute to …

This paper provides an analysis of how political factors affect the incidence of the evaluation
of public policies, with a focus on Randomized Control Trial (RCT) experiments in …