History and Institutions

Human Capital Persistence and Development (with Rudi Rocha and Claudio Ferraz). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), October 2017, 105-136.

Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals (with Guilherme Lichand). Journal of Law and Economics, 57(2), May 2014, 459-499.

A Note on Slavery and the Roots of Inequality (with Juliano J. Assunção and Tomás Goulart). Journal of Comparative Economics, 40(4), November 2012, 565-580.

Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil (with Joana Naritomi and Juliano J. Assunção). Journal of Economic History, 72(2), June 2012, 393-422.

On the Political Nature of Corruption. (with Daniel Lederman and Norman V. Loayza). In: Rick Stapenhurst, Niall Johnston, and Riccardo Pelizzo (editors). The Role of Parliament in Curbing Corruption, World Bank, 2006, 27-40.

Accountability and Corruption: Political Institutions Matter (with Daniel Lederman and Norman Loayza). Economics and Politics, 17(1), March 2005, 1-35.

Measuring Corruption: Validating Subjective Surveys of Perceptions. In: Diana Rodriguez, Gerard Waite, and Toby Wolfe (editors). Global Corruption Report 2005 – Corruption in Construction and Post-conflict Reconstruction, Pluto Press, 2005, 289-292.

Crime Reporting as a Measure of Institutional Development. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 52(4), July 2004, 851-871.