Philip Edward Keefer

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Philip Edward Keefer's Degrees

PhD Economics University of California, Berkeley
Masters Economics University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Economics University of California, Berkeley

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Philip Edward Keefer's Published Works

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Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation (1997) (7073)
INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: CROSS‐COUNTRY TESTS USING ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES (1995) (5087)
New tools in comparative political economy : the database of political institutions (2001) (2929)
WHY DON'T POOR COUNTRIES CATCH UP? A CROSS‐NATIONAL TEST OF AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPLANATION (1997) (891)
Clientelism, Credibility, and the Policy Choices of Young Democracies (2007) (742)
Financial Liberalization and Financial Fragility (1998) (647)
New Tools and New Tests in Comparative Political Economy: The Database of Political Institutions (1999) (593)
The Limits of Delegation: Veto Players, Central Bank Independence, and the Credibility of Monetary Policy (2003) (586)
Property and contract rights in autocracies and democracies (1996) (562)
Polarization, Politics and Property Rights: Links Between Inequality and Growth (1999) (547)
Democracy, Credibility and Clientelism (2004) (506)
Contract-Intensive Money: Contract Enforcement, Property Rights, and Economic Performance (1999) (498)
Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor: Understanding Political Incentives for Providing Public Services (2005) (435)
Investment without Democracy: Ruling-Party Institutionalization and Credible Commitment in Autocracies (2009) (350)
INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES CROSS-COUNTRY TESTS USING ALTERNATIVE (1995) (255)
New Tools in Comparative Political Economy (2012) (243)
Boondoggles, Rent-Seeking, and Political Checks and Balances: Public Investment under Unaccountable Governments (2007) (239)
Social Capital, Social Norms and the New Institutional Economics (2005) (147)
Earthquake Propensity and the Politics of Mortality Prevention (2010) (147)
Private Investment and the Institutionalization of Collective Action in Autocracies: Ruling Parties and Legislatures (2011) (145)
From privilege to competition : unlocking private-led growth in the Middle East and North Africa (2009) (119)
Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa (2014) (95)
Insurgency and Credible Commitment in Autocracies and Democracies (2007) (88)
Elections, Special Interests, and Financial Crisis (2007) (85)
Terrorism, Economic Development, and Political Openness: THE ORIGINS OF TERRORISTS (2008) (73)
Institutions and Economic Performance: Cross-Country Tests Using Alternative Institutional Indicators (1995) (68)
Does inequality harm growth only in democracies? A replication and extension (1996) (65)
Beyond Legal Origin and Checks and Balances: Political Credibility, Citizen Information, and Financial Sector Development (2005) (64)
Protection Against a Capricious State: French Investment and Spanish Railroads, 1845–1875 (1996) (50)
Formal versus informal institutions in economic development (2000) (50)
Innocent bystanders : developing countries and the war on drugs (2010) (49)
The Costs of Crime and Violence: New Evidence and Insights in Latin America and the Caribbean (2017) (48)
Voting in Firms: The Role of Agenda Control, Size and Voter Homogeneity (1991) (47)
Contract Intensive Money (1999) (47)
When Do Special Interests Run Rampant? Disentangling the Role in Banking Crises of Elections, Incomplete Information, and Checks and Balances (1999) (38)
The Political Economy of Decentralization in Pakistan (2003) (34)
Governance and Economic Growth in China and India (2006) (26)
Boondoggles and Expropriation: Rent-Seeking and Policy Distortion When Property Rights are Insecure (2002) (26)
Pyramid Capitalism: Political Connections, Regulation, and Firm Productivity in Egypt (2015) (25)
When does delegation improve credibility? Central Bank independence and the separation of powers (1998) (24)
Economic Growth in the 1990 s : Learning from a Decade of Reform (2005) (24)
The Poor Performance of Poor Democracies (2009) (24)
The Development Impact of the Illegality of Drug Trade (2008) (23)
Politics and the Determinants of Banking Crises: the Effects of Political Checks and Balances (2002) (22)
Pyramid capitalism: Cronyism, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt (2018) (22)
Social Polarization, Political Institutions, and Country Creditworthiness (2002) (16)
Social polarization, social institutions, and country creditworthiness (2002) (15)
The Costs of Crime and Violence: New Evidence and Insights in Latin America and the Caribbean (Executive Summary) (2017) (15)
Terrorism, Economic Development, and Political Openness: Overview: Terrorism, Economic Development, and Political Openness (2008) (14)
Inequality, Collective Action, and Democratization (2009) (14)
Political Stability and Economic Stagnation (1998) (12)
Why Follow the Leader? Collective Action, Credible Commitment and Conflict (2012) (11)
Decentralization in Pakistan : Are Local Politicians Likely to be More Accountable ? (2006) (10)
Disastrous consequences: the political economy of disaster risk reduction1 (2011) (9)
Contracting out : an opportunity for public sector reform and private sector development in transition economies (1998) (9)
The Effect of Cronyism on Private Sector Growth in Egypt December 2013 (2014) (9)
Institutions really don't matter for development? A response to Chang (2011) (7)
The political economy of public spending decisions in the Dominican Republic : credibility , clientelism and political institutions (2003) (7)
Political market imperfections, clientelism, and the quality of democracy (2008) (6)
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND POLITICAL MARKET IMPERFECTIONS IN POST- CONFLICT COUNTRIES (2009) (5)
R 7 Governance and Economic Growth (2007) (4)
Political Parties and the Politics of the Quality of Government (2015) (3)
DIVERGING COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCES OF THE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES – SOME CONCLUSIONS FROM THE TECHNOLOGY LEVEL OF EXTERNAL TRADE (2015) (2)
Ruling Party Institutionalization and Autocratic Success (2007) (2)
The Mechanics, Growth Implications, and Political Economy of Crony Capitalism in Egypt (2019) (2)
Collective action and government: still a mystery (2018) (2)
Comment on "Evaluating Recipes for Development Success" (2007) (2)
Distorted Dynamics: The Impact of Policies on Firm Dynamics and Job Growth (2014) (2)
All democracies are not the same: Identifying the institutions that matter for growth and convergence (2003) (2)
The ethnicity distraction: Political credibility, clientelism and partisan preferences in Africa (2012) (1)
Rule Enforcement, Collective Action, and Growth: Micro Evidence and Mechanisms from Peru (2019) (1)
The Impact of Social Ties and Third-Party Enforcement on Collective Action and Growth: Micro Evidence from Peru (2019) (1)
Too Little Too Late: Private Sector Growth and Labor Demand (2014) (1)
Lawyers and Economic Growth—A Red Herring? (1992) (1)
The political economy of development : private capital and the state in the construction of Spanish railroads (1991) (1)
5. Beyond Legal Origin and Checks and Balances (2007) (0)
[DOC] Decentralisation Local Governance And Development (2021) (0)
Committee Nominates 2013–14 Officers and Council Members (2013) (0)
Committee Nominates 2013–14 Officers and Council Members (2013) (0)
Implications for Policy (2014) (0)
Decentralization In Developing Countries Global Perspectives On The Obstacles To Fiscal Devolution Studies In Fiscal Federalism And State Local Finance (2022) (0)
Privileges Instead of Jobs: Political Connections and Private Sector Growth in MENA (2014) (0)
Credibility , clientelism and ethnicity in African politics : Can the “ Big Man ” make credible appeals to co-ethnics ? (2009) (0)
1 Let the Buyer or Seller Beware : Measuring Lemons in the Housing Market under Different Doctrines of Law Governing Transactions and Information 1 (2011) (0)
The Development Impact of the Prohibition of the Drug Trade (2008) (0)
Bibliographic Note This Report Draws on a Wide Range of World Bank Docu- Ments and on Numerous outside Sources. Background Pa- Pers and Notes Were Prepared (2002) (0)
1 Collective action and government: still a mystery 1 * (2018) (0)
Organizing for Prosperity (2015) (0)
Conflict and disaster 1 (2009) (0)
Cronyism, Regulation, and Firm Productivity in Egypt (2016) (0)
Pyramid capitalism: Cronyism, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt (2018) (0)
Back Matter: Appendices A through G (2014) (0)
Lawyers and Economic Growth-A Red Herring?: [Commentary] (1992) (0)
Many people inside and outside the World Bank gave comments to the team. Valuable com (2011) (0)
World Bank Economic Review 15 (1), Jan 2001 (2001) (0)
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Industrial Policy: Program Design in MENA and East Asia (2014) (0)
Introduction to the special issue: In memoriam Stephen Knack (2021) (0)
The rule of law and governance puzzles in democracies and non-democracies (2012) (0)
Political Structure and Economic Liberalization: (2021) (0)
General and Miscellaneous Power and Prosperity: Outgrowing Communist and Capitalist Dictatorships. By Mancur Olson. New York: Basic Books, 2000. Pp. xxvii, 233. $28.00 (2000) (0)