Aron Malatinszky

Aron Malatinszky is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Boston University, specializing in political economy, public economics, and the economics of education. Previously, he was a predoctoral research fellow at J-PAL North America at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on empirical research in health economics. He earned both his B.A. in Economics and Mathematics and his M.A. in Economics from Boston University. His research focuses on political economy, government transparency, education, and public policy.

State Corruption Influences Government Transparency During Elections

In new research, Raymond Fisman, Aron Malatinszky, and Eyüb Yegen find that states with higher levels of corruption are more likely to delay or reject requests for government data required by freedom of information laws in the leadup to elections.

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