Governance and Institutions
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The quality of institutions is critical in the guarantee of basic human rights and dignity. Good governance is also crucial in the fight against poverty. The King Center supports research on the determinants of governance quality and the factors that bring about inclusive, resilient, democratic institutions.
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- Donald L. Lucas Endowed Professor in Economics
- Postdoctoral Fellow | 2021 - 2022
- Postdoctoral Fellow | 2021 - 2023
- Associate Professor of Political Economy
- Professor of Classics
- Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Postdoctoral Fellow | Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence Lab
- Senior Fellow | Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI)
- Faculty Director and the Kleinheinz Family Professor of International Studies
- Postdoctoral Fellow | Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab
- Senior Fellow | Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI)
- Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor | School of Humanities and Science
- Research Scholar | Stanford Internet Observatory
- Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Postdoctoral Fellow | Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
- Postdoctoral Fellow | 2020 - 2022
- Associate Professor of Political Economy
- Associate Professor of Earth System Science
- Executive Director
- Postdoctoral Fellow | 2021 - 2023
- Postdoctoral Fellow | Woods Institute for the Environment
- The Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting
- Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Professor of Biology
- Denise O'Leary & Kent Thiry Professor
- Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society
- William Robertson Coe Professor in American Economic History, Emeritus
- Assistant Professor of Finance
- Kwoh Ting Li Professor in Economics Development and Professor of Sociology
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Related Working Papers
- Canning, D., Mabeu, M. C., & Pongou, R. (2022). Colonial Origins and Fertility: Can the Market Overcome History?.
- Magaloni, B., Melo, V., & Robles, G. (2022). Warriors and Vigilantes as Police Officers: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Body-cameras in Rio de Janeiro.
- Fu, Y., Xu, Y., & Zhang, T. (2021). Does Legality Produce Political Legitimacy? An Experimental Approach.