Chile

How potential offenders and victims interact: Evidence from Chile

Decoupling driver salaries from fare revenues led to a surge in crime, highlighting the role of private behaviour in victimisation

Institutions & Political Economy

Patricio Domínguez

Published

13.04.23

Market integration and the expansion of renewable energy: Evidence from Chile

Expanding electricity transmission lines reduces regional price disparities in electricity, boosts renewable energy, and lowers the overall cost of electricity

Energy & Environment

Luis E. Gonzales Koichiro Ito Mar Reguant

Published

23.01.23

Fighting a losing battle: The challenges of combatting international profit shifting

Chile’s OECD-aligned tax reform did not shift transfer pricing behaviour or generate additional tax revenues.

Public Economics

Sebastian Bustos Dina Pomeranz Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato José Vila-Belda Gabriel Zucman

Published

10.11.22

How audits can stifle competitive public procurement: Evidence from Chile

Audit design can unintentionally creates incentives for simpler and less competitive procurement processes

Public Economics

Maria Paula Gerardino Stephan Litschig Dina Pomeranz

Published

30.03.22

Catch and release: Regulation and evasion in the Chilean fish market

Less frequent enforcement of regulations on illegal fish sales makes it more difficult for vendors to find loopholes and increases overall compliance

Firms

Andres Gonzalez-Lira Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Published

28.07.21

Improving school outcomes with better data sharing: Evidence from Chile

Shrinking school–parent information gaps through text messaging can be an effective way to improve grades and attendance outcomes for schoolchildren

Education

Samuel Berlinski Matias Busso Taryn Dinkelman Claudia Martínez A.

Published

30.06.21

Raising money for the state: Lessons on reducing tax evasion from Chile and Ecuador

Value-added tax (VAT) can facilitate tax enforcement by generating paper trails on transactions between firms

Public Economics

Dina Pomeranz

Published

14.04.21

Bad taste: Gender discrimination in consumer lending

Discrimination in consumer lending seems to come largely from biased male officers; combatting it may require cultural changes at the institutional level

Finance

Ana María Montoya Raimundo Undurraga

Published

13.11.20

Mob mentality: The critical mass of networked protests

In days of massive protests in Chile, students skipped school to protest only when a critical mass of students they knew also skipped school

Institutions & Political Economy

Felipe González

Published

28.05.18