Articles

“From grievances to civil war: The impact of geopolitics”, Review of International Organizations, 17: 427-451, 2022

“Muslim conquest and institutional formation”, Explorations in Economic History, 2021

“The Political Transfer Problem: How Cross-Border Financial Windfalls Affect Democracy and Civil War” (with Daniel Schwab and Eric Werker), Journal of Comparative Economics, 49(2): 313-339, June 2021

“Market Reactions to Sovereign Litigation” (with Laura Alfaro), Capital Markets Law Journal (special edition on sovereign debt), 12(2): 141-163, April 2017

“Remittances and Incumbency: Theory and Evidence”, Economics and Politics, 29(1): 22-47, March 2017

“Does foreign aid harm political rights?: Evidence from U.S. aid”, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 11(2): 118-217, July 2016

“Aid and the Rise and Fall of Conflict in the Muslim World” (with Eric Werker), Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 10(2): 155-186, June 2015

“The Paradox of Export Growth in Areas of Weak Governance: The Case of the Ready Made Garment Sector in Bangladesh” (with Anne Greenleaf and Audrey Sacks), World Development, 56: 258-271, April 2014

“Voting for the President: The Supreme Court during War” (with William Howell), Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 30(1): 39-71, March 2014

“Remittances deteriorate governance”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(4): 1166-1182, October 2013

“The Perils of Unearned Foreign Income: Aid, remittances, and government survival”, American Political Science Review, 106(1): 146-165, February 2012

“Empires and Lawsuits: On the enforcement of sovereign debt in Latin America” (with Laura Alfaro and Noel Maurer), Law and Contemporary Problems, 73(4): 39-46, Fall 2010

“How is Aid Spent?: Evidence from a Natural Experiment” (with Eric Werker and Charles Cohen), American Economic Journal – Macroeconomics, 1(2): 225-244, July 2009

“What do non-governmental organizations do?” (with Eric Werker), Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22(2): 73-92, Spring 2008