Democratic problems

NEW – Xenophobic Violence and Foreigner Integration. A Framework and Evidence from 19th-century France with Mathilde Emeriau

NEW – The Structural Transformation of the Public Space: High-Street Changes and Populism with Samira Gasimova, Riccardo Paccioretti, Giuseppe Palladino, Pieter Scribante

New version – Man Bites Dog: Editorial Choices and Biases in the Reporting of Weather Events with  Nicola Mastrorocco, Arianna Ornaghi, and Matteo Pograxha

A Political Economy of Social Discrimination with Torun Dewan
Supplemental Appendix
Press: Not Another Politics Podcast, Blog post (some personal thoughts on populism – also cited in Democracy Digest)
Presentation: PolEcon UK Webminar

New version – Cumulative Knowledge in the Social Sciences with Federica Izzo and Torun Dewan
Supplemental Appendix

Autocratic problems

New version – Can mass purges root out corruption? with Pinda Wang and Johannes Lützenrath

(Last update: Sept 2025)