My research investigates the political economy of governance and environmental management in developing countries. One area of my research investigates the effects of transparency on governance and environmental outcomes. I am leading or co-leading several field experiments that investigate when information about the programmatic performance of local politicians changes vote choice, whether citizen-sourced data on public services improves the governance of urban public services, how transparency encourages citizens to seek accountability from governments, why national-level transparency rating programs affect the actions of local governments in authoritarian contexts. All of these field experiments are designed and implemented in partnership with implementing agencies around the world. My work in this area has been published in journals such as American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among other outlets.
My research investigates the political economy of governance and environmental management in developing countries. One area of my research investigates the effects of transparency on governance and environmental outcomes. I am leading or co-leading several field experiments that investigate when information about the programmatic performance of local politicians changes vote choice, whether citizen-sourced data on public services improves the governance of urban public services, how transparency encourages citizens to seek accountability from governments, why national-level transparency rating programs affect the actions of local governments in authoritarian contexts. All of these field experiments are designed and implemented in partnership with implementing…