Recent Research
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Populism, growth, and governance (with Robin Grier), in Handbook of Research on Economic Populism: A Political Economy Perspective of Populism’s Approach to Economics, Business, and Finance, edited by Martin Rode, Christopher A. Hartwell, and Sebastian Stöckl. Elsevier.
The causal effect of German reunification on economic freedom (with Vincent Geloso and Florence Muhoza), Journal of Comparative Economics (2026).
On the Sequencing of Economic and Political Reforms in Latin America (with Robin Grier), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2026.
The Effect of Increased Women’s Legislative Representation on Women’s Well-being (with Robin Grier and Florence Muhoza) European Journal of Political Economy (2025): 102735.
Uncertain times: The causal effects of coups on national income (with Robin Grier and Henry Moncrieff). American Journal of Political Science 69, no. 2 (2025): 560-577.
Campaign Contributions and Roll Call Voting in the US House of Representatives: the case of the sugar industry (with Robin Grier and Gor Mkrtchian), American Political Science Review, 2023 117(1): 340-46.
The consequences of CIA-sponsored regime change in Latin America (with Samuel Absher and Robin Grier) European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 80: 102452.
Two birds with one stone: Reducing corruption raises national income (with Jamie Pavlik and Robin M. Grier), Social Science Quarterly 104, no. 4 (2023): 406-422
Anti-sweatshop activism and the safety-employment tradeoff: Evidence from Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster (with Towhid Mahmood and Ben Powell), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 208 (2023): 174-190.
Love on the Rocks: The Causal effect of Separatist Governments in Quebec (with Vincent Geloso) European Journal of Political Economy, January, 2022.
The Causal Effects of Rule of Law and Property Rights on Fiscal Capacity, (with Robin Grier and Andrew Young), European Journal of Political Economy, September, 2022
Breaking up is hard to do. Lessons from the strange case of New Zealand (with Michael Munger), Social Science Quarterly (2021) 2453-3049
Democracy, Regime Duration, and Growth (with Michael Munger), Revista do Serviço Público, 2021.
The Washington Consensus Works: Causal Effects of Reform, 1970-2015 (with Robin Grier) Journal of Comparative Economics (2020) p. 59-72.
The Economic Consequences of Durable Left-Populist Regimes in Latin America, (with Robin Grier and Sam Absher), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2021) p. 787-817
Household Responses to Escalating Violence in Mexico (with Luisa Blanco, Robin Grier, and Dan Hicks), Applied Economics Letters (2021) p. 315-318.
Heterogeneous Endogeneity (with Pallab Ghosh and Jaeho Kim), Statistical Papers, (2019), 1-40.
You Say You Want a (Rose) Revolution: The Effects of Georgia’s 2004 Market Reforms (with Robert Lawson & Sam Absher), Economics of Transition, Vol 27, #1, January 2019, 301-323.
The Economic Consequences of Hugo Chavez (with Norman Maynard) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, May 2016, pages 1-21 (lead article)
Marriage Market Matching and Conspicuous Consumption in China (with Dan Hicks and Weici Yuan) Economic Inquiry, April 2016, pages 1251–1262.
