Corruption Dynamics: The Golden Goose Effect

Paul Niehaus; Sandip Sukhtankar (2013) · American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Published

October 10, 2026

import sys
from pathlib import Path

ROOT = next(
    p for p in [Path.cwd(), *Path.cwd().parents]
    if (p / "scripts/tranche50_report.py").exists()
)
sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "scripts"))
from tranche50_report import report
report("aeraej-31")

Paul Niehaus; Sandip Sukhtankar (2013). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. Table 4 (did.tex).

Template assessment

The source models multiple enforcement shocks and interactions, with two-way clustering by official and day. A single absorbing treatment would change the source design.

No comparison point or homogeneity-test decision is assigned to this paper.

The source regression was re-estimated on 16,470 observations before this assessment.