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Augustin Bergeron

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Department of Economics
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)
https://dornsife.usc.edu/econ/
RePEc:edi:deuscus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Bergeron, Augustin & Ngindu, Elie Kabue & Tourek, Gabriel & Weige, Jonathan L., 2024. "Does Collecting Taxes Erode the Accountability of Informal Leaders? Evidence from the DRC," Working Papers 18379, Institute of Development Studies, International Centre for Tax and Development.
  2. Carvalho, Jean-Paul & Bergeron, Augustin & Henrich, Joseph & Nunn, Nathan & Weigel, Jonathan, 2023. "Zero-Sum Thinking, the Evolution of Effort-Suppressing Beliefs, and Economic Development," CEPR Discussion Papers 18484, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Augustin Bergeron & Jean-Paul Carvalho & Joseph Henrich & Nathan Nunn & Jonathan L. Weigel, 2023. "Zero-Sum Environments, the Evolution of Effort-Suppressing Beliefs, and Economic Development," NBER Working Papers 31663, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Weigel, Jonathan & Bergeron, Augustin & Bessone Tepedino , Pedro & Kabeya, John Kabeya & Tourek, Gabriel, 2021. "Optimal Assignment Of Bureaucrats: Evidence From Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors In The Drc," CEPR Discussion Papers 16771, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Weigel, Jonathan & Bergeron, Augustin & Tourek, Gabriel, 2021. "The State Capacity Ceiling On Tax Rates: Evidence From Randomized Tax Abatements In The Drc," CEPR Discussion Papers 16116, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  6. Weigel, Jonathan & Balán, Pablo & Bergeron, Augustin & Tourek, Gabriel, 2020. "Local Elites as State Capacity: How City Chiefs Use Local Information to Increase Tax Compliance in the D.R. Congo," CEPR Discussion Papers 15138, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  7. Facundo Alvaredo & Augustin Bergeron & Guilhem Cassan, 2017. "Income Concentration in British India, 1885-1946," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 1701, CEPREMAP.

Articles

  1. Augustin Bergeron & Gabriel Tourek & Jonathan L. Weigel, 2024. "The State Capacity Ceiling on Tax Rates: Evidence From Randomized Tax Abatements in the DRC," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 92(4), pages 1163-1193, July.
  2. Pablo Balán & Augustin Bergeron & Gabriel Tourek & Jonathan L. Weigel, 2022. "Local Elites as State Capacity: How City Chiefs Use Local Information to Increase Tax Compliance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 112(3), pages 762-797, March.
  3. Alvaredo, Facundo & Bergeron, Augustin & Cassan, Guilhem, 2017. "Income concentration in British India, 1885–1946," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 459-469.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Carvalho, Jean-Paul & Bergeron, Augustin & Henrich, Joseph & Nunn, Nathan & Weigel, Jonathan, 2023. "Zero-Sum Thinking, the Evolution of Effort-Suppressing Beliefs, and Economic Development," CEPR Discussion Papers 18484, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Fergusson, Leopoldo & Guerra, José-Alberto & Robinson, James A., 2024. "Anti-social norms," Documentos CEDE 21159, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    2. Giampaolo Bonomi, 2024. "Divide and Diverge: Polarization Incentives," Papers 2405.20564, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2024.

  2. Augustin Bergeron & Jean-Paul Carvalho & Joseph Henrich & Nathan Nunn & Jonathan L. Weigel, 2023. "Zero-Sum Environments, the Evolution of Effort-Suppressing Beliefs, and Economic Development," NBER Working Papers 31663, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Giampaolo Bonomi, 2024. "Divide and Diverge: Polarization Incentives," Papers 2405.20564, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2024.

  3. Weigel, Jonathan & Bergeron, Augustin & Bessone Tepedino , Pedro & Kabeya, John Kabeya & Tourek, Gabriel, 2021. "Optimal Assignment Of Bureaucrats: Evidence From Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors In The Drc," CEPR Discussion Papers 16771, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Michael Callen & Jonathan Weigel & Noam Yuchtman & Michael J. Callen, 2023. "Experiments about Institutions," CESifo Working Paper Series 10833, CESifo.
    2. Mariana Laverde & Elton Mykerezi & Aaron Sojourner & Aradhya Sood, 2023. "Gains from Reassignment: Evidence from A Two-Sided Teacher Market," Upjohn Working Papers 23-392, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

  4. Weigel, Jonathan & Bergeron, Augustin & Tourek, Gabriel, 2021. "The State Capacity Ceiling On Tax Rates: Evidence From Randomized Tax Abatements In The Drc," CEPR Discussion Papers 16116, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Komatsu,Hitomi & Ambel,Alemayehu A. & Koolwal,Gayatri B. & Yonis,Manex Bule, 2021. "Gender and Tax Incidence of Rural Land Use Fee and Agricultural Income Tax in Ethiopia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9715, The World Bank.
    2. Fetzer, Thiemo & Shaw, Callum & Edenhofer, Jacob, 2024. "Informational Boundaries of the State," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1487, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
    3. Tito Boeri & Edoardo Di Porto & Paolo Naticchioni & Vincenzo Scrutinio, 2021. "Friday Morning Fever. Evidence from a Randomized Experiment on Sick Leave Monitoring in the Public Sector," CSEF Working Papers 610, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.

  5. Weigel, Jonathan & Balán, Pablo & Bergeron, Augustin & Tourek, Gabriel, 2020. "Local Elites as State Capacity: How City Chiefs Use Local Information to Increase Tax Compliance in the D.R. Congo," CEPR Discussion Papers 15138, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Mohamed Saleh & Jean Tirole, 2021. "Taxing identity: theory and evidence from early Islam," Post-Print hal-03352999, HAL.
    2. Manara, Martina & Regan, Tanner, 2020. "Eliciting demand for title deeds: lab-in-the-field evidence from urban Tanzania," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 107538, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Vanessa van den Boogaard & Wilson Prichard & Rachel Beach & Fariya Mohiuddin, 2022. "Enabling tax bargaining: Supporting more meaningful tax transparency and taxpayer engagement in Ghana and Sierra Leone," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(1), January.

  6. Facundo Alvaredo & Augustin Bergeron & Guilhem Cassan, 2017. "Income Concentration in British India, 1885-1946," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 1701, CEPREMAP.

    Cited by:

    1. Lucas Chancel & Thomas Piketty, 2017. "Indian income inequality, 1922-2015 From British Raj to Billionaire Raj ?," PSE Working Papers halshs-02794488, HAL.
    2. Facundo Alvaredo & A.B. Atkinson, 2022. "Top incomes in South Africa in the twentieth century," Post-Print halshs-03324909, HAL.
    3. Facundo Alvaredo & Denis Cogneau & Thomas Piketty, 2020. "Income Inequality under Colonial Rule: Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920-1960," Working Papers halshs-03022276, HAL.
    4. Rishabh Kumar, 2020. "Top Indian wealth shares and inheritances 1966–1985," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 14(3), pages 551-580, September.
    5. Roy, Tirthankar, 2018. "Inequality in colonial India," Economic History Working Papers 90409, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
    6. Alvaredo, Facundo & Cogneau, Denis & Piketty, Thomas, 2020. "Income inequality under Colonial Rule: Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with the Br," CEPR Discussion Papers 14969, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    7. Atkinson, Tony & Alvaredo, Facundo, 2016. "Top Incomes in South Africa Over a Century," INET Oxford Working Papers 2016-06, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.
    8. Piketty, Thomas & Chancel, Lucas, 2017. "Indian income inequality, 1922-2014: From British Raj to Billionaire Raj ?," CEPR Discussion Papers 12409, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    9. Yajna Govind, 2020. "Post-colonial Trends of Income Inequality: Evidence from the Overseas Departments of France," World Inequality Lab Working Papers halshs-03022303, HAL.
    10. Rishabh Kumar, 2019. "The evolution of wealth-income ratios in India, 1860-2012," Working Papers hal-02876998, HAL.
    11. Li, Chengyou & Yu, Yangcheng & Li, Qinghai, 2021. "Top-income data and income inequality correction in China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 210-219.

Articles

  1. Augustin Bergeron & Gabriel Tourek & Jonathan L. Weigel, 2024. "The State Capacity Ceiling on Tax Rates: Evidence From Randomized Tax Abatements in the DRC," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 92(4), pages 1163-1193, July.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Pablo Balán & Augustin Bergeron & Gabriel Tourek & Jonathan L. Weigel, 2022. "Local Elites as State Capacity: How City Chiefs Use Local Information to Increase Tax Compliance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 112(3), pages 762-797, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Bramoulle, Y. & Goyal, S. & Morelli, M., 2024. "Social Structure, State, and Economic Activity," Janeway Institute Working Papers 2411, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
    2. Okunogbe,Oyebola Motunrayo & Santoro,Fabrizio, 2021. "The Promise and Limitations of Information Technology for Tax Mobilization," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9848, The World Bank.
    3. Michael Callen & Jonathan Weigel & Noam Yuchtman & Michael J. Callen, 2023. "Experiments about Institutions," CESifo Working Paper Series 10833, CESifo.
    4. Rubolino, Enrico, 2023. "Does weak enforcement deter tax progressivity?," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 219(C).
    5. Immanuel Feld & Thiemo Fetzer, 2024. "Performative State Capacity and Climate (In)Action," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 281, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
    6. Ricardo Dahis & Christiane Szerman, 2023. "Decentralizing Development: Evidence from Government Splits," Monash Economics Working Papers 2023-18, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    7. Fetzer, Thiemo & Shaw, Callum & Edenhofer, Jacob, 2024. "Informational Boundaries of the State," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1487, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
    8. Zhao, Da & Guo, Jingyuan & Yu, Shule & Yu, Litian, 2024. "Tradeoff between local protection and public sector performance: Lessons from judicial fiscal centralization," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 220(C), pages 254-278.
    9. Esteban Muñoz-Sobrado & Amedeo Piolatto & Antoine Zerbini & Federica Braccioli, 2024. "The Taxing Challenges of the State: Unveiling the Role of Fiscal & Administrative Capacity in Development," Working Papers 1432, Barcelona School of Economics.
    10. James A Robinson, 2023. "Tax Aversion and the Social Contract in Africa," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 32(Supplemen), pages 33-56.
    11. Li, Yuanxiang John & Hoffman, Elizabeth, 2023. "Designing an incentive mechanism for information security policy compliance: An experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 138-159.
    12. Dario Tortarolo & Pablo Garriga, 2022. "Firms as tax collectors," IFS Working Papers W22/44, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
    13. Hoy,Christopher Alexander, 2022. "How Does the Progressivity of Taxes and Government Transfers Impact People’s Willingnessto Pay Tax ? Experimental Evidence across Developing Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10167, The World Bank.
    14. Tanner Regan & Martina Manara, 2022. "Ask a local: Improving the public pricing of land titles in urban Tanzania," Working Papers 2022-07, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
    15. Saavedra, Santiago, 2022. "The response of illegal mining to revealing its existence," Working papers 89, Red Investigadores de Economía.
    16. David R. Agrawal & Jan K. Brueckner & Marius Brülhart, 2024. "Fiscal Federalism in the 21st Century," CESifo Working Paper Series 10951, CESifo.
    17. Liu, Feng & Liu, Fengrui & Huang, Jiqiang & Dong, Haoran, 2024. "Aid and national tax capacity: Empirical evidence from Chinese aid," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    18. Rao, Manaswini & Shenoy, Ashish, 2023. "Got (clean) milk? Organization, incentives, and management in Indian dairy cooperatives," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 708-722.
    19. Jonathan L. Weigel & Elie Kabue Ngindu, 2023. "The taxman cometh: Pathways out of a low‐capacity trap in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 90(360), pages 1362-1396, October.
    20. Manwaring, Priya & Regan, Tanner Weldon Dean, 2023. "Public disclosure and tax compliance: evidence from Uganda," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121298, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    21. Sebastián Bustos & Dina Pomeranz & Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato & José Vila-Belda & Gabriel Zucman, 2023. "The Race between Tax Enforcement and Tax Planning: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Chile," CESifo Working Paper Series 10462, CESifo.
    22. Okunogbe,Oyebola Motunrayo & Santoro,Fabrizio, 2022. "Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries : The Role of Information Technology," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10182, The World Bank.

  3. Alvaredo, Facundo & Bergeron, Augustin & Cassan, Guilhem, 2017. "Income concentration in British India, 1885–1946," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 459-469.
    See citations under working paper version above.

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  1. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (3) 2021-05-31 2023-10-23 2024-07-15. Author is listed
  2. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (2) 2023-10-02 2023-11-27. Author is listed
  3. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (2) 2017-11-12 2023-10-02. Author is listed
  4. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2022-10-03 2023-10-23. Author is listed
  5. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (2) 2022-10-03 2023-10-23. Author is listed
  6. NEP-AFR: Africa (1) 2022-10-03
  7. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2023-10-23
  8. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2023-11-27
  9. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2022-10-03
  10. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2021-05-31

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