Ruben Enikolopov
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ICREA Research Professor
Barcelona Institute of Political Economy and Governance, Researcher
New Economic School, Visiting Professor
Barcelona School of Economics, Affiliate Professor
CEPR, Research Fellow
I am a Co-Editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics, Chair of the Board of the Review of Economic Studies, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the European Economic Association.
My work is mainly focused on empirical analysis related to political economy, economics of mass media, development economics, and corporate finance.
Publications
"Divided We Stay Home: Social Distancing and Ethnic Diversity," (2021) with Georgy Egorov, Aleksey Makarin, and Maria Petrova
Journal of Public Economics, 194: 104328.
"Political Effects of the Internet and Social Media," (2020) with Maria Petrova and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Annual Review of Economics, 12: 415–438.
"Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence from Russia," (2020) with Maria Petrova and Aleksey Makarin
Econometrica, 88(4), 1479–1514.
Online Corrigendum to “Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence From Russia” (2023)
"Social Media and Corruption," (2018) with Maria Petrova and Konstantin Sonin
American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, 10(1): 150-174.
A column in VoxEU
"Direct Democracy and Resource Allocation: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan," (2017) with Andrew Beath and Fotini Christia
Journal of Development Economics, 124: 199-213.
Blog post on this paper in World Bank's "Let's Talk Development"
"Electoral Rules and Political Selection: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan," (2016) with Andrew Beath, Fotini Christia, and Georgy Egorov
Review of Economic Studies, 83(3): 932-968.
Online Appendix
Data and replication files for "Electoral Rules and Political Selection: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan"
"Radio and the Rise of the Nazis in Prewar Germany" (2015) with Maja Adena, Maria Petrova, Veronica Santarosa, and Katia Zhuravskaya
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(4): 1885-1939.
Data and replication files for "Radio and the Rise of the Nazis in Prewar Germany"
Slides with presentation
"Politics, instability, and composition of international investment flows" (2015) with Art Durnev, Maria Petrova, and Veronica Santarosa
Journal of Corporate Finance, 30: 299-324.
"Politicians, Bureaucrats and Targeted Redistribution" (2014)
Journal of Public Economics, 120: 74-83.
"Cross-border media and nationalism: evidence from Serbian radio in Croatia," (2014) with Sefano DellaVigna, Vera Mironova, Maria Petrova, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, 6(3): 103–132.
Online Appendix
Data and replication files for "Cross-border media and nationalism: evidence from Serbian radio in Croatia"
"Firm Value in Crisis: Effects of Firm-Level Transparency and Country-Level Institutions" (2014) with Maria Petrova and Sergey Stepanov
Journal of Banking and Finance, 46: 72-84.
"Empowering Women: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan" (2013) with Andrew Beath and Fotini Christia,
American Political Science Review, 107(3): 540-557.
Data and replication files for "Empowering Women: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan"
Blog post on this paper in "Let's Talk Development"
"Assessing health system performance: A model-based approach" (2013) with John Gerring, Strom Thacker, Julián Arévalo, and Matthew Maguire
Social Science & Medicine, 93: 21-28.
"Electoral Fraud in Russian Parliamentary Elections in December 2011: Evidence from a Field Experiment" (2013) with Vasily Korovkin, Maria Petrova, Konstantin Sonin, and Alexei Zakharov
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(2): 448-452.
Data and replication files for "Electoral Fraud in Russian Parliamentary Elections in December 2011"
"Media and Political Persuasion: Evidence from Russia" (2011) with Maria Petrova and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
American Economic Review, 111(7): 3253-85.
Data and replication files for "Media and Political Persuasion: Evidence from Russia"
Correction to the calculation of persuasion rates in the paper
"Decentralization and Political Institutions" (2007) with Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Journal of Public Economics, 91: 2261-2290.
Data for "Decentralization and Political Institutions"
Chapters in Books
"Media Capture: Empirical Evidence" (2016) with Maria Petrova
in Handbook of Media Economics, Simon Anderson, David Strömberg, Joel Waldfogel (eds.), Elsevier.
"Corporate Governance in Russia" (2013) with Sergey Stepanov
in Handbook of the Russian Economy, Michael Alexeev and Shlomo Weber (eds.), Oxford University Press.
Abridged version of the chapter
"Federalism and Political Centralization" (2007) with Ekaterina Zhuravskaya in Political Institutions and Development: Failed Expectations and Renewed Hopes, Natalia Dinello and Vladimir Popov (eds.), Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK.
Working Papers
"Can Development Programs Counter Insurgencies?: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan," with Andrew Beath and Fotini Christia
(accepted pending Data Editor approval, American Economic Journals: Applied Economics)
An earlier version of this paper was circulated with the title “Winning Hearts and Minds: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan.” Version of 2012.
An article in New York Times
"Social Networks, Peer Effects, and Protest Participation," with Maria Petrova, Aleksey Makarin, and Leonid Polishchuk
(Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Politics)
"Social Media and Xenophobia: Evidence from Russia,” with Leonardo Burzstyn, Georgy Egorov, and Maria Petrova
"The Effect of Independent Online Media in an Autocracy" with Michael Rochlitz, Koen Schoors, Nikita Zakharov
“Have Online Networks Undermined Local Communities? Evidence from Facebook” with Maria Petrova, Gianluca Russo, and David Yanagizawa-Drott
"Do Elected Councils Improve Governance Outcomes? Experimental Evidence on Local Institutions in Afghanistan," with Andrew Beath and Fotini Christia
An article in Foreign Policy, Blog post on this paper in World Bank's "Let's Talk Development"
"Bombs, Broadcasts, and Betrayal at the Home Front: Determinants of Resistance in Germany during World War II," with Maja Adena, Maria Petrova, and Hans-Joachim Voth
“Who Benefits from Tax Evasion of Politically Connected Firms?” with Sergey Mityakov
“The Dracula Effect: Voter Information and Trade Policy” with Giacomo Ponzetto and Maria Petrova
"Are Bureaucrats Really Paid Like Bureaucrats?" (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization) - Dormant
Work in Progress
“Personalization of Search Engine Results and Political Polarization” with Ruben Durante and Ro'ee Levy
“Media Capture of News Aggregators: Evidence from Russia” with Ruben Durante, Daniil Mikhailov, and Andrei Simonov
“Homophily and the Formation of Online Social Networks” with Maria Petrova and Adam Szeidl
Contacts
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
C/ Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27
Edif. Mercè Rodoreda 24.434
08005 Barcelona, Spain
e-mail: Ruben.Enikolopov (at) upf.edu;
Phone: (+34) 935 42 2886