Political Selection

2020. Can We Encourage Publicly Motivated Citizens to Run for Office?: Evidence from a Leadership Training Workshop for First-Time Political Candidates​

Democratic Accountability

2019. Undermining Clientelism. With Shane Xuan and Ron Mendoza.

2019. Public Works Accountability and Civil Society Advocacy. With Eitan Paul, Allen Hicken, and Ron Mendoza.

2019. Ravanilla, Nico. "The Multimember Plurality System in the Philippines & Its Implications." In Strong Patronage, Weak Parties: The Case for Electoral System Redesign in the Philippines, ed. Paul Hutchcroft.

     "Experts mull PH federalism shift, improving electoral system" Rappler (17 July 2016).

      "Having too many political parties said to harm voters" Verafiles (13 February 2019).

2018. Hicken, Allen, Stephen Leider, Nico Ravanilla and Dean Yang. "Temptation in Vote-Selling: Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Philippines." Journal of Development Economics. 131(-): 1-14.

2017. Family Networks and Voter Behavior: Evidence from the Philippines. With Michael Davidson and Allen Hicken.

     "The Staying Power of Dynastic Politicians in the Philippines" Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia (September 2017).

2015. Hicken, Allen, Stephen Leider, Nico Ravanilla and Dean Yang. “Measuring Vote–Selling: Field Evidence from the Philippines." American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings. 105(5): 352-56.

Governance

2020. Deadly Populism: How Local Political Outsiders Drive Duterte's War on Drugs in the Philippines. With Renard Sexton and Dotan Haim.

2019. Woman Vs. Church: How Female Mayors Implement Reproductive Health Policies in Strongholds of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. With Nina McMurry.

2019. De-escalating Conflict in the Philippines. With Dotan Haim and Renard Sexton.

2018-2019. Police Community Relations (Phases I & II). With Dotan Haim and Matthew Nanes.

2017. Motives in Pork Distribution: Partisan Bias or Patronage?

2017. Electoral Pressures and the Incentive to "Bring Home the Pork: The Case of Philippine Senators. With Allen Hicken.

2015. Atkinson, James, Allen Hicken and Nico Ravanilla. “Pork & Typhoons: The Influence of Political Connections on Disaster Response." In Building Inclusive Democracies in ASEAN, eds. Ronald Mendoza, Edsel Beja Jr., et al. Manila: Anvil, 74–96.

     "Politics and disaster aid in the Philippines" The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post (12 November 2013).
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​     "Under decentralization: More Ampatuans than Robredos?" Rappler (22 November 2016). ​

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