Political Accountability and Democratic Responsiveness

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

NEW VERSION – Cumulative Knowledge in the Social Sciences: The Case of Improving Voters’ Information with Federica Izzo and Torun Dewan
Supplemental Appendix

Wisdom of Crowds? Information Aggregation in Representative Democracy with Carlo Prato
Supplemental Appendix

NEW – Politics in Poor Places? Clientelism and Elections in Democracies with Miriam Golden and Eugenia Nazrullaeva

Special Interest Groups Politics

Lobbying: Inside and Out. How Special Interest Groups Influence Policy Choices
Supplemental Appendix
Young Economist Award at the 31st Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association
Press: Blog post

New version – After Citizens United: How Outside Spending Shapes American Democracy with Nour Abdul-Razzak and Carlo Prato
Press: Monkey Cage post, Vox.com

Organizational Politics

Executive Absolutism: A Model with Will Howell and Kenneth Shepsle

Signaling in the shadow of conflict

Dormant 💤 – Hierarchies and Promotions in Political Institutions: Accountability and Selection with Pablo Montagnes and Junyan Jiang