The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring

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Homophily, Group Size, and the Diffusion of Political Information in Social Networks: Evidence from Twitter (2016, positive): “For example, communications on social networking sites have been shown to precipitate protests during the Arab Spring (Acemoglu et al., 2014) and reduce corruption in Russia (Enikolopov et al., 2014). Our work presents a mechanism through which to understand how behavior and aggregate outcomes induc”
Building connections: Political corruption and road construction in India (2018, background): “checking” approach include Acemoglu et al. (2014), Golden and Picci (2005), Reinnika and Svensson (2004), Olken (2007), Fisman (2001), and Banerjee et al.”
Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics (2018, background): “While political connections are clearly valued positively in the stock market (Faccio and Parsley (2006), Acemoglu et al. (2017)), they become more valuable where there is a high level of regulation, high level of corruption, and high population concentration in the capital city. Political connectio”
Aggregate and Idiosyncratic Political Risk: Measurement and Effects (2016, neutral): “Another closely related literature studies the value of connections to powerful politicians (Fisman (2001); Leuz and Oberholzer-Gee (2006); Johnson and Mitton (2003); Khwaja and Mian (2005); Acemoglu et al. (2016); Cooper et al.”