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1997 • 5,709 citations

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2000 • 3,865 citations

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2006 • 3,569 citations

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2008 • 3,364 citations

New Tools in Comparative Political Economy: The Database of Political Institutions

2001 • 2,915 citations

What Works in Securities Laws?

2006 • 2,538 citations

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1986 • 2,181 citations

The Economic Effects of Constitutions

2003 • 1,721 citations

The control of politicians: An economic model

1973 • 1,571 citations

Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia

2007 • 1,403 citations

Decentralization and corruption: evidence across countries

2002 • 1,274 citations

Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits

1995 • 1,032 citations

Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability

2006 • 1,027 citations

Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990

2001 • 885 citations

Are You Being Served? Political Accountability and Quality of Government

2003 • 755 citations

The Self-Restraining State

1999 • 602 citations

How transparent are central banks?

2005 • 490 citations

How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru

2004 • 420 citations

An Introduction to Privacy in Economics and Politics

1980 • 306 citations

Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes

2007 • 270 citations

The Power of Information: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign to Reduce Capture

2004 • 203 citations

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2010 • 185 citations

Governance matters VII: aggregate and individual governance indicators 1996–2007

2009 • 185 citations

Privacy: Its Origin, Function, and Future

1980 • 184 citations

Judicial Checks and Balances

2003 • 179 citations

Eight Questions About Corruption

2006 • 175 citations

Disclosure Laws and Takeover Bids

1980 • 133 citations

Power To The People : Evidence From A Randomized Field Experiment Of A Community-Based Monitoring Project In Uganda

2007 • 127 citations

A free press is bad news for corruption

2008 • 99 citations

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2008 • 30 citations

Choosing Agents and Monitoring Consumption: A Note on Wealth as a Corruption‐Controlling Device

2008 • 20 citations