Dippel’s research interests include political economy, international trade, development economics, and economic history. Robert Gold is a researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Previously, he worked at the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena, where he also received his PhD from the Friedrich-Schiller University. Stephan Heblich is Reader (Associate Professor) in Economics at the University of Bristol, UK. He is also affiliated with CESifo, IfW Kiel, IZA, and SERC. Rodrigo Pinto is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UCLA. His research develops empirical tools to infer the causal impacts of such government programs.