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Nicola Persico
Researcher at Northwestern University
Publications - 83
Citations - 5968
Nicola Persico is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Law enforcement & Context (language use). The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 80 publications receiving 5537 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicola Persico include University of Turin & New York University.
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The provision of public goods under alternative electoral incentives
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare a winner-take-all system to a proportional system, where the spoils of office are split among candidates proportionally to their share of the vote.
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Why did the Elites Extend the Suffrage? Democracy and the Scope of Government, with an Application to Britain's “Age of Reform”
TL;DR: In this article, a new rationale is presented for why an elite may want to expand the franchise even in the absence of threats to the established order, and the evolution of public spending and of political competition in nineteenth century Britain is consistent with our model.
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The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height
TL;DR: In this article, the authors exploit variation in an individual's height over time to explore how height affects wages and find that taller workers receive a wage premium and the disparity is similar in magnitude to the race and gender gaps.
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Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss why a simple test for racial bias commonly applied by the courts is inadequate and develop a model of law enforcement that suggests an alternative test for whether racial disparities in motor vehicle searches reflect racial prejudice, or instead are consistent with the behavior of non-prejudiced police maximizing drug interdiction.
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Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a model of police and motorist behavior that suggests an empirical test for distinguishing whether this disparity is due to racial prejudice or to the police's objective to maximize arrests.