Raúl SÁNCHEZ DE LA SIERRA

My agenda explores three lines of inquiry. The following list includes selected papers.

 

1. Economic transactions in “statelessness” and the introduction of the state

• “Whither Formal Contracts? When the Power of Society Limits the Benefits of State Contract Enforcement”
  • Econometrica, Vol. 89, No. 5, September, 2021

 

2. The actual behavior of the state

• “The Real State: Inside The Congo’s Traffic Police Agency” with Kristof Titeca, Stan Xie, Albert Jolino Malukisa, Aimable Amani Lameke,
  • American Economic Review, December 2024

 

3. The logics of violence

• “On the Origins of the State: Stationary Bandits and Taxation in Eastern Congo”
  • Journal of Political Economy, January 2020
• “Moral Violence? Unbundling Altruism at the Heart of (one of) Congo’s Oldest Armed Groups” with Richard Butinda and Hilary Yu
  • Working paper

 

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