Leonard Wantchekon

Leonard Wantchekon

Princeton University

H-index: 29

North America-United States

About Leonard Wantchekon

Leonard Wantchekon, With an exceptional h-index of 29 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Princeton University, specializes in the field of Political Economy, Development Economics, Economic History, Comparative Politics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Do gifts buy votes? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

Research Theme 5: Political Economy and Public Investment

Deliberation and Ethical Voting Behavior: Evidence from a Campaign Experiment in Benin

Evaluation of the Effects of Introducing Risk Management Tools in Agricultural Development: The Case of PADAER Senegal

Political uncertainty and the forms of state capture

Impact of Role Models on Educational Aspirations: Evidence from Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps

Education for Control and Liberation in Africa and among the Black Diaspora

519 Economic Development IN Historical Political Economy

Leonard Wantchekon Information

University

Position

Professor of Politics and International Affairs Associated Faculty Economics department

Citations(all)

9542

Citations(since 2020)

3842

Cited By

7355

hIndex(all)

29

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

53

i10Index(since 2020)

34

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Leonard Wantchekon Skills & Research Interests

Political Economy

Development Economics

Economic History

Comparative Politics

Top articles of Leonard Wantchekon

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Do gifts buy votes? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

World Development

Jorge Gallego

Jenny Guardado

Leonard Wantchekon

2023/2/1

Research Theme 5: Political Economy and Public Investment

Policy

Theme Leaders

Monica Martinez-Bravo

Leonard Wantchekon

Regulation Democracy

2023/5/25

Deliberation and Ethical Voting Behavior: Evidence from a Campaign Experiment in Benin

American Political Science Review

Leonard Wantchekon

JENNY Guardado

2023

Evaluation of the Effects of Introducing Risk Management Tools in Agricultural Development: The Case of PADAER Senegal

Agriculture

Alice Bonou

Markus Olapade

Alessandra Garbero

Leonard Wantchekon

2023/4/29

Political uncertainty and the forms of state capture

Journal of Development Economics

Nathan Canen

Rafael Ch

Leonard Wantchekon

2023/1/1

Impact of Role Models on Educational Aspirations: Evidence from Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps

Gábor Nyéki

Oyebola Okunogbe

Léonard Wantchékon

2023/3/8

Education for Control and Liberation in Africa and among the Black Diaspora

Comparative Education Review

Guilherme Lambais

Dozie Okoye

Shourya Sen

Leonard Wantchekon

2023/11/1

519 Economic Development IN Historical Political Economy

Jose Morales-Arilla

Joan Ricart-Huguet

Leonard Wantchekon

2023/2/23

Political economy and structural transformation: democracy, regulation and public investment

Monica Martinez-Bravo

Leonard Wantchekon

2023/10/2

Impacts of Political Breaks on Education Policies, Access and Quality in Nigeria (1970–2003)

Research on improving systems of Education

Chidi Ezegwu

Dozie Okoye

Leonard Wantchekon

2023/2

Africa rising: Opportunities for advancing theory on people, institutions, and the nation state in international business

Journal of International Business Studies

Lilac Nachum

Charles E Stevens

Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi

Sarianna Lundan

Elizabeth L Rose

...

2023/7

Political distortions, state capture, and economic development in Africa

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Nathan Canen

Leonard Wantchekon

2022/2/1

Policy deliberation and voter persuasion: Experimental evidence from an election in the Philippines

American Journal of Political Science

Gabriel López‐Moctezuma

Leonard Wantchekon

Daniel Rubenson

Thomas Fujiwara

Cecilia Pe Lero

2022/1

COVID-19 learning losses, parental investments, and recovery: evidence from low-cost private schools in Nigeria

RISE Working Paper Series 22/120

Adedeji Adeniran

Dozie Okoye

Mahounan P Yedomiffi

Leonard Wantchekon

2022/12

Economic development in historical political economy

Jose Morales-Arilla

Joan Ricart-Huguet

Leonard Wantchekon

2022/9/11

WIDER Working Paper 2021/129-Do gifts buy votes? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Jenny Guardado

Leonard Wantchekon

2021/7/28

DEMOCRACY, REGULATION AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT”

Monica Martinez-Bravo

Leonard Wantchekon

2021/2/1

Origins of the Demand for Education: Evidence from Early Schools in Nigeria

Léonard Wantchékon

Dozie Okoye

Gábor Nyéki

2021/12/17

Can National Youth Service Programs Improve Educational Outcomes? Insights from Nigeria’s NYSC program (Insight Note)

Belinda Archibong

Gábor Nyéki

Oyebola Okunogbe

Leonard Wantchekon

2021/12/10

Are voters too afraid to tackle corruption? Survey and experimental evidence from Mexico

Political Science Research and Methods

Omar García-Ponce

Thomas Zeitzoff

Leonard Wantchekon

2021/10

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Co-Authors

H-index: 73
Dean Karlan

Dean Karlan

North Western University

H-index: 50
Alberto Chong

Alberto Chong

Universidad del Pacifico

H-index: 41
Nathan Nunn

Nathan Nunn

Harvard University

H-index: 25
Matt Golder

Matt Golder

Penn State University

H-index: 20
Thomas Zeitzoff

Thomas Zeitzoff

American University

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