Benjamin A. Olken
17 catalog papers. Name-matched publications do not establish a verified researcher identity.
MIT
Publications
- Optimal Public Transportation Networks: Evidence from the World's Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta — American Economic Review 2026
- Electronic Food Vouchers: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia — American Economic Review 2023
- Tax Administration versus Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia — American Economic Review 2021
- The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia's National Health Insurance — American Economic Review 2021
- Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings — American Economic Review 2019
- Private Outsourcing and Competition: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia — Journal of Political Economy 2019
- Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia — Journal of Political Economy 2018
- Self-Targeting: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia — Journal of Political Economy 2016
- Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia — American Economic Review 2016
- Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Performance Pay for Tax Collectors — The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2016
- The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics* — The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2012
- Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia — American Economic Review 2012
- Climate Shocks and Exports — American Economic Review 2010
- The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh — Journal of Political Economy 2009
- Temperature and Income: Reconciling New Cross-Sectional and Panel Estimates — American Economic Review 2009
- Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia — Journal of Political Economy 2007
- Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II — The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2005