Henrik Sigstad

Economist studying legal institutions

[Jonathan Roth @jondr44]

I’m really excited about this paper! Some of my work has pointed out problems in empirical work, but this one is all about new 🔧s.

If you (or your referees) want to know about the mechanisms by which a treatment affects an outcome, you may be interested. A 🧵.

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

Comments on the framework are very welcome!

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

A possibly useful resource for people working on empirical papers in Brazil: https://t.co/PziCOAqmWO

A reference on the legal and political institutions — courts, procedure, MP, elections, procurement, corruption statutes — and how they work in practice.

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

Includes pointers to where Brazilian institutional data lives. Feel free to fork and ask Claude Code to extend the repo to your area.

[Megan Stevenson @MeganTStevenson]

If you're feeling a bit down about social science after that Nature article, consider the new approach to econometrics we outline in this paper. There's lots of valuable work to be done to reduce the problem.

[𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮 @nunopgpalma]

📢New paper: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧: 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟓𝟕𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟎.
Joint with @glambais.
We built the first long-run GDP per capita series for Brazil, using 30,000+ archival price and wage observations across major regions🧵

[Peter Hull @instrumenthull]

Paul G-P (@paulgp), Michal Kolesár, and I have a new guide to leniency designs (aka judge/examiner IVs), prepared for the JEP

The bottom line? Keep calm and UJIVE on!

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

Veja o artigo completo para mais detalhes: https://t.co/s3taTMQlBT

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

Os tribunais são essenciais para eleições livres, mas candidatos podem usar ações judiciais para difamar oponentes ou desacreditar a eleição. Em novo artigo com @glambais & Moya Chin, apresentamos um estudo sistemático sobre ações eleitorais nas eleições municipais do Brasil.

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

Devemos restringir o acesso aos tribunais eleitorais para evitar abusos? Provavelmente não—os tribunais são vitais para a integridade eleitoral. Mas regras como sucumbência, multas por litigância de má-fé e a limitação de ações pré-eleitorais podem conter processos infundados.

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

See the full paper for details: https://t.co/s3taTMQlBT

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

Courts ensure fair elections, but electoral lawsuits can also be used to attack opponents or discredit the process. For instance, none of the 400+ lawsuits filed before the 2020 U.S. election succeeded in court, and the most recent election saw a similar number of cases.

[Henrik Sigstad @hsigstad]

Should access to electoral courts be restricted to curb abusive lawsuits? Probably not—they're essential for election integrity. But policies like loser-pays rules, fines for bad-faith cases, or limits on certain pre-election filings could help reduce frivolous lawsuits.