
Recent Research
For a pdf of my CV, click here.
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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.
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The causal effect of German reunification on economic freedom (with Vincent Geloso and Florence Muhoza), Journal of Comparative Economics (2026).
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On the Sequencing of Economic and Political Reforms in Latin America (with Robin Grier), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2026.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The consequences of CIA-sponsored regime change in Latin America (with Samuel Absher and Robin Grier) European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 80: 102452.
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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
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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.
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Love on the Rocks: The Causal effect of Separatist Governments in Quebec (with Vincent Geloso) European Journal of Political Economy, January, 2022.
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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
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Breaking up is hard to do. Lessons from the strange case of New Zealand (with Michael Munger), Social Science Quarterly (2021) 2453-3049
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Democracy, Regime Duration, and Growth (with Michael Munger), Revista do Serviço Público, 2021.
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The Washington Consensus Works: Causal Effects of Reform, 1970-2015 (with Robin Grier) Journal of Comparative Economics (2020) p. 59-72.
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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
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Household Responses to Escalating Violence in Mexico (with Luisa Blanco, Robin Grier, and Dan Hicks), Applied Economics Letters (2021) p. 315-318.
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Heterogeneous Endogeneity (with Pallab Ghosh and Jaeho Kim), Statistical Papers, (2019), 1-40.
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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.
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The Economic Consequences of Hugo Chavez (with Norman Maynard) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, May 2016, pages 1-21 (lead article)
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Marriage Market Matching and Conspicuous Consumption in China (with Dan Hicks and Weici Yuan) Economic Inquiry, April 2016, pages 1251–1262.
