CPO 3034 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
What is the IV in Ferraz & Finan's article? (corruption) - Answers The audit (was the audit
publicized)
What is the DV in Ferraz & Finan's article? (corruption) - Answers Was the incumbent reelected
What are the two main questions of Ferraz & Finan's article? (corruption) - Answers Does
auditing of mayoral administrations impact corruption?
Elections and Transparency
"Audit only reduces support if the audit reveals corruption but can increase electoral support if
corruption is not found"
Who's finding is this? - Answers Ferraz & Finan (corruption)
What is the IV in the education article? - Answers Was there a multiparty election
What is the DV in the education article? - Answers spending on education
Why do some governments spend more money on university? Why do some spend more on
primary education? (education article) - Answers Urban environments are where colleges tend
to exist & students are better at solving the collective action problem. In democracies, the rural
districts get more power and demand more spending on primary education
What is the DV of the health article? - Answers health care
Why do elections help health outcomes? - Answers Elections in autocracies induce public
spending & decrease infant mortality
Partially due to destruction of health infrastructure
The movement of people; refugees, armies (more transmission of HIV/AIDS)
Increase odds that people will come into contact with each other
Market of sex work with soldiers
Poor access to healthcare
These are the theories behind what? - Answers Conflict spreading disease
What theory does the author stand by in the health article? (the main finding) - Answers
Displacement of people is the best explanation for the prevalence of disease
, What leads to more congruence between legislators and citizens? (Gender) - Answers Better
democratic institutions
What issues do women care more about? - Answers Healthcare & clean water
What issues do men care more about? - Answers Infrastructure projects
When do we see more latrines in India? - Answers When men are in office
When do we see better latrines in India? - Answers When women are in office
What was the research design in the culture article? - Answers Interviewing people on what they
thought the difference was between the two cultures (would you vote for the other, marry the
other)
The differences in the culture article were _____-bound - Answers Lower
What were the two groups interviewed in the culture article? - Answers zambia & malawi
Why does culture matter in some places & not others? - Answers When ethnic groups are large
enough to be used by politicians (political elites are going to try & motivate these ethnic
tensions to try and win elections)
What is the theory behind culture mattering in some places and not others? - Answers
Clientelism
What is the research question of Habyarimana (Culture)? - Answers Why does ethnic diversity
undermine public goods provision?
What different designs does Habyarimana use to test? (culture) - Answers Preferences,
networks & strategy selection
What is the IV in the human rights article? - Answers Institutions
What is the DV in the human rights article? - Answers accountabililty
What are the research questions of the human rights article? - Answers What kinds of
institutions promote human rights better?
What kinds of electoral rules and incentives promote human rights?
Why do some democracies promote better human rights?
What are the incentives of NGOs (Human rights article) - Answers policy change
What outcomes do NGOs produce indirectly? (Human rights article) - Answers increase violent
protests
What is the IV in Ferraz & Finan's article? (corruption) - Answers The audit (was the audit
publicized)
What is the DV in Ferraz & Finan's article? (corruption) - Answers Was the incumbent reelected
What are the two main questions of Ferraz & Finan's article? (corruption) - Answers Does
auditing of mayoral administrations impact corruption?
Elections and Transparency
"Audit only reduces support if the audit reveals corruption but can increase electoral support if
corruption is not found"
Who's finding is this? - Answers Ferraz & Finan (corruption)
What is the IV in the education article? - Answers Was there a multiparty election
What is the DV in the education article? - Answers spending on education
Why do some governments spend more money on university? Why do some spend more on
primary education? (education article) - Answers Urban environments are where colleges tend
to exist & students are better at solving the collective action problem. In democracies, the rural
districts get more power and demand more spending on primary education
What is the DV of the health article? - Answers health care
Why do elections help health outcomes? - Answers Elections in autocracies induce public
spending & decrease infant mortality
Partially due to destruction of health infrastructure
The movement of people; refugees, armies (more transmission of HIV/AIDS)
Increase odds that people will come into contact with each other
Market of sex work with soldiers
Poor access to healthcare
These are the theories behind what? - Answers Conflict spreading disease
What theory does the author stand by in the health article? (the main finding) - Answers
Displacement of people is the best explanation for the prevalence of disease
, What leads to more congruence between legislators and citizens? (Gender) - Answers Better
democratic institutions
What issues do women care more about? - Answers Healthcare & clean water
What issues do men care more about? - Answers Infrastructure projects
When do we see more latrines in India? - Answers When men are in office
When do we see better latrines in India? - Answers When women are in office
What was the research design in the culture article? - Answers Interviewing people on what they
thought the difference was between the two cultures (would you vote for the other, marry the
other)
The differences in the culture article were _____-bound - Answers Lower
What were the two groups interviewed in the culture article? - Answers zambia & malawi
Why does culture matter in some places & not others? - Answers When ethnic groups are large
enough to be used by politicians (political elites are going to try & motivate these ethnic
tensions to try and win elections)
What is the theory behind culture mattering in some places and not others? - Answers
Clientelism
What is the research question of Habyarimana (Culture)? - Answers Why does ethnic diversity
undermine public goods provision?
What different designs does Habyarimana use to test? (culture) - Answers Preferences,
networks & strategy selection
What is the IV in the human rights article? - Answers Institutions
What is the DV in the human rights article? - Answers accountabililty
What are the research questions of the human rights article? - Answers What kinds of
institutions promote human rights better?
What kinds of electoral rules and incentives promote human rights?
Why do some democracies promote better human rights?
What are the incentives of NGOs (Human rights article) - Answers policy change
What outcomes do NGOs produce indirectly? (Human rights article) - Answers increase violent
protests
