Marta Reynal‐Querol
Biographic Data
| ID | 5734812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Reynal‐Querol |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta |
| FAMILY NAME | Reynal‐Querol |
| SIGNATURE | QUEROL M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ICREA, CEPR and CESIfo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 146 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Resilient Leaders and Institutional Reform
Strengthening executive constraints is one of the key means of improving political governance. This paper argues that resilient leaders who face a lower probability of being replaced are less likely to reform institutions in the direction of constraining executive power. We test this idea empirically using data on leaders since 1875 using two proxies of resilience: whether a leader survives long enough to die in office, and whether recent natural…
Do Educated Leaders Matter
Journal Article Do Educated Leaders Matter? Get access Timothy Besley, Timothy Besley LSE and CIFAR Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jose G. Montalvo, Jose G. Montalvo Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ICREA‐Academia and IVIE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marta Reynal‐Querol Marta Reynal‐Querol Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ICREA, CEPR and CESIfo Search for other works by this…
Poverty and Civil War
Previous research has interpreted the correlation between per capita income and civil war as evidence that poverty is a main determinant of conflict. In this paper, we find that the relationship between poverty and civil war is spurious and is accounted for by historical phenomena that jointly determine income evolution and conflict. In particular, the statistical association between poverty and civil wars disappears once we include country fixed…
Do Educated Leaders Matter
Journal Article Do Educated Leaders Matter? Get access Timothy Besley, Timothy Besley LSE and CIFAR Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jose G. Montalvo, Jose G. Montalvo Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ICREA‐Academia and IVIE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marta Reynal‐Querol Marta Reynal‐Querol Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ICREA, CEPR and CESIfo Search for other works by this…
Resilient Leaders and Institutional Reform
Strengthening executive constraints is one of the key means of improving political governance. This paper argues that resilient leaders who face a lower probability of being replaced are less likely to reform institutions in the direction of constraining executive power. We test this idea empirically using data on leaders since 1875 using two proxies of resilience: whether a leader survives long enough to die in office, and whether recent natural…
Poverty and Civil War
Previous research has interpreted the correlation between per capita income and civil war as evidence that poverty is a main determinant of conflict. In this paper, we find that the relationship between poverty and civil war is spurious and is accounted for by historical phenomena that jointly determine income evolution and conflict. In particular, the statistical association between poverty and civil wars disappears once we include country fixed…
Do Educated Leaders Matter
Journal Article Do Educated Leaders Matter? Get access Timothy Besley, Timothy Besley LSE and CIFAR Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jose G. Montalvo, Jose G. Montalvo Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ICREA‐Academia and IVIE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marta Reynal‐Querol Marta Reynal‐Querol Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ICREA, CEPR and CESIfo Search for other works by this…
Resilient Leaders and Institutional Reform
Strengthening executive constraints is one of the key means of improving political governance. This paper argues that resilient leaders who face a lower probability of being replaced are less likely to reform institutions in the direction of constraining executive power. We test this idea empirically using data on leaders since 1875 using two proxies of resilience: whether a leader survives long enough to die in office, and whether recent natural…
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Statistics (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Corporate governance (1 work) · Corruption and Economic Development (1 work)