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Wayne Sandholtz

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waynesandholtz.com Dad. Assistant Prof of Economics at @NovaSBE. PhD @UCSDEcon, BA @BYUEcon. Interested in development, education, and political economy. He. Him.

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NOVAFRICA @novafrica.bsky.social · Sep 11

Local tax compliance is a key challenge for revenues & governance.

🎙️ Join Prof. @wsandholtz.bsky.social @NovaSBE for the next NOVAFRICA – IGC @theigc.bsky.social at Quelimane 2025 Webinar on:

Willingness to Pay Local Taxes

📅 Mon, Sep 15 | 1pm PT / 2pm Moz
📍 Online via Teams: bit.ly/48awYHy

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NOVAFRICA @novafrica.bsky.social · Nov 26

🌍✨Hello, BlueSky! We are NOVAFRICA, a research center at NovaSBE advancing evidence-based research in Africa & around the globe.
📚 From research projects & seminars to conferences & podcasts, we drive impactful change.

🔎 Follow us for updates & more. Let’s connect!

🔗Web: novafrica.org

#NOVAFRICA

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Tanu Kumar @tanukumar.com · Dec 5

Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are muppets.

Interstellar

Michael Kaine

Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · Dec 5

Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are muppets.

Taxi Driver

Only keep DeNiro as Travis Bickle

wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · Dec 5

Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are muppets.

Full Metal Jacket
Only keep Cowboy

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Wayne Sandholtz @wsandholtz.bsky.social · Nov 20

Are you a researcher who hopes your work will shape policy?
*Consider policymakers' incentives!*
For a policy to have legs, politicians must believe it will help them win elections🗳️. But researchers often (willfully?) overlook this crucial detail. A 🧵 on my recent WP: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

School reform in Liberia improved test scores but lost votes by

Public service reforms can provoke political backlash from service providers, but when quality increases sufficiently, the electoral rewards can outweigh the costs

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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Feb 20

Recently accepted by #QJE, “What Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.,” by Biasi (@barbarabiasi.com), Lafortune, and Schönholzer (@davidschonholzer.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

What Works and for Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.*

Abstract. This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and which and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school dis

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Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · Apr 7

🚨🆕 In a new NBER working paper out today (tinyurl.com/2vv3vnhf), with
@wsandholtz.bsky.social we ask a 🔥question: Can controversial public policies end up being political successes even when they cause lots of backlash? And if the answer is yes, what drives pol success? A thread 👇

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Wayne Sandholtz @wsandholtz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Sounds cool, I wish you well. Thanks for trying this

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Wayne Sandholtz @wsandholtz.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thanks for the shout-out Dave! Political constraints matter in designing optimal policy

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · Jun 16

You have to bring the teachers along when you implement educational reform! waynesandholtz.com/pdfs/PSL_PE_... by @wsandholtz.bsky.social

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