We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and friend Steve Knack. He was such a careful empirical economist, always engaging on the many topics he studied. A thread can’t convey his warmth, but can hopefully gives a sense of the breadth of his research. 1/N Steve made major contributions to the literatures on institutions, growth, social capital, aid, and more. Among several path breaking studies was this one with Phil Keefer. 2/ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

1/n. Now that spring has come, I see some green on my handy air pollution app for UB. Seems a good time to update my charts on air pollution in Ulaanbaatar, #Mongolia. Here is a thread with the key results. #утаа 2. It’s been encouraging to see use of data in the NSO publication on the health effects of air pollution, but the series starts only in January 2014. You can see a higher level of PM10 at that point.
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