Welcome! I am an Associate Professor (without tenure) in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, where I am also a Lavine Scholar. I received a PhD in Economics from Northwestern University in 2012, which makes me an immigrant in two ways. Between 2012 and 2016, I was an Assistant Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In my research, I study how electoral and legislative institutions shape representation and and the ability of voters to discipline and select their representatives. I am one of the co-founder of the Washington PECO, a DC-area conference in political economy.
PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming, American Journal of Political Science
[20.] Bending the Iron Law, with Giovanna Invernizzi
Forthcoming, American Journal of Political Science
[19.] Theories of Democratic Backsliding, with Edoardo Grillo, Zhaotian Luo, and Monika Nalepa
Annual Review of Political Science, 2024, 27: 381-400
[18.] The Effect of Sustained Transparency on Electoral Accountability, with Guy Grossman and Kristin Michelitch
American Journal of Political Science, 2024, 68(3): 1022-1040
Pre-Analysis Plan –Supplemental Appendix – Policy Brief
[17.] Reference Points and Democratic Backsliding, with Edoardo Grillo
American Journal of Political Science, 2023, 67(1): 71-88
Winner of the 2024 “Best Article Award,” APSA Formal Theory Section
[16.] Wisdom of the Crowd? Information Aggregation in Representative Democracy, with Stephane Wolton
Games and Economic Behavior, 2022, 135: 86-95
Supplemental Appendix
[15.] Party Nomination Strategies in List Proportional Representation Systems, with Peter Buisseret, Olle Folke, and Johanna Rickne
American Journal of Political Science, 2022, 66(3): 714-729
An earlier version won the “CQ Press Award” for best paper on legislative studies at APSA 2018
[14.] Competing Principals? Legislative Representation in List PR Systems, with Peter Buisseret
American Journal of Political Science, 2022, 66(1): 156-170
[13.] After Citizens United: How Outside Spending Shapes American Democracy, with Nour Abdul-Razzak and Stephane Wolton
Electoral Studies, 2020, 67: 102-190
Monkey cage post
[12.] Voting Behavior under Proportional Representation, with Peter Buisseret
Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2020, 32(1): 96-111
[11.] Self-Enforcing Partisan Procedures, with Daniel Diermeier and Razvan Vlaicu
Journal of Politics, 2020, 82(3): 937-954
[10.] Campaign Cost and Electoral Accountability, with Stephane Wolton
Political Science Research and Methods, 2019, 7(1): 1-21
Appendix – Blog post – Replication: Do, Dta (Stata 13) – Data construction: Do (Publicly available data sets: 1, 2, 3)
[9.] Rational Ignorance, Populism, and Reform, with Stephane Wolton
European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 55: 119-135
Supplemental Appendix – Blog post
[8.] Electoral Imbalances and their Consequences, with Stephane Wolton
Journal of Politics, 2018, 80(4): 1168-1182
Supplemental Appendix
[7.] Electoral Competition and Policy Feedback Effects
Journal of Politics, 2018, 80(1): 195-210
[6.] Citizens United: A Theoretical Evaluation, with Stephane Wolton
Political Science Research and Methods, 2017, 5(3): 567-574
[5.] The Hidden Cost of Direct Democracy, with Bruno Strulovici
Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2017, 29(3): 440-466
[4.] A Bargaining Model of Endogenous Procedures, with Daniel Diermeier and Razvan Vlaicu
Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, 47(4): 985–1012
[3.] The Voters’ Curses: Why we Need Goldilocks Voters, with Stephane Wolton
American Journal of Political Science, 2016, 60(3): 726-737
Supplemental Appendix – Additional Proofs – Extensions
[2.] Electoral Control and the Human Capital of Politicians, with Peter Buisseret
Games and Economic Behavior, 2016 98: 34-55
Blog post
[1.] Procedural Choice in Majoritarian Organizations, with Daniel Diermeier and Razvan Vlaicu
American Journal of Political Science, 2015, 54(4): 866-879
Supplemental Appendix
CURRENT RESEARCH
Politics Transformed? Electoral Competition under Ranked Choice Voting, with Peter Buisseret
Revise and Re-sumbit
Winner of the 2023 “Best APSA Paper Award,” APSA Formal Theory Section
Recruiting and Incentivizing Service Providers: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone, with Maarten Voors, Macartan Humphreys, Salif Jaiteh, Niccolo Meriggi, and Peter Van der Windt
Electoral Competition, Turnout, and Ranked Choice Voting, with Peter Buisseret
Executive Power and the Internal Organization of Legislatures, with Costel Andonie and Daniel Diermeier
Regulatory Cycles: A Political Economy Model, with Pooya Almasi and Jihad Dagher
Mobilization and Intra-Party Power Sharing: Theory and Evidence from Norway, with Christine Bangum, Jon Fiva, Giovanna Invernizzi, and Janne Tukiainen
OTHER WRITINGS