This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the source country deviates from ...

This paper analyses the relation between authority and incentives. It extends the standard principal-agent model by a project selection stage in which the prin- cipal can either delegate the choice of project to the agent or keep the authority. The agent's subsequent ch...