George R.G. Clarke's Papers

The findings, interpretations and conclusion expressed on this website are entirely those of George R.G. Clarke and do not necessarily represent the view of the international institution I work for, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent.

Papers and CV

	Links to some of my papers.
	George Clarke's CV.
	My Papers on SSRN.

I am an economist currently located in Washington DC. I did my undergraduate studies at Cornell University, where I majored in mathematics and economics (BA 1990). I went to graduate school at the University of Rochester, also in upstate New York (MA, 1994 and Ph.D., 1997).

Since finishing my PhD I have been working at the World Bank. Between 1996 and 2004, I worked in the research department of the World Bank. In 2005, I started working for the Regional Program on Enterprise Development in the Africa Private Sector Group. After moving to RPED, I mostly worked on Investment Climate Assessments. The data used for these reports is available at the Enterprise Surveys Website.

In Dec 2007, I transferred to the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Private and Financial Sector Group.

My research falls into three broad areas:

	Investment Climate.
	Privatization and Competition in the Banking Sector.
	Privatization, Competition and Regulation of infrastructure.

During 2003-04, I worked on the 2005 World Development Report: A Better Investment Climate -- for everyone

Database of Political Institutions

DOWNLOAD THE DATABASE OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN STATA FORMAT.

When using it, please cite:

Thorsten Beck, George Clarke, Alberto Groff, Philip Keefer, and Patrick Walsh. (2001). “New Tools in Comparative Political Economy: The Database of Political Institutions," World Bank Economic Review. 15(1), 165-176

Click here to download the working paper version of the paper. World Bank Policy Research Paper #2283, Washington DC.

When using the variables Checks or Polarization, you should cite Philip Keefer and David Stasavage (2003). "The Limits of Delegation: Veto Players, Central Bank Independence and the Credibility of Monetary Policy." American Political Science Review (August)

Excel data, instructions and codes are available by from The World Bank DPI Website or by E-mailing Paulina Sintim-Aboagye (psintimaboagye @worldbank.org) at the World Bank.

They can also be obtained from Phil Keefer's website: Phil Keefer's Site.

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