Working papers
Hierarchy Differences and the Social Foundations of State Capacity (July 2024), with Marta Reynal-Querol and Hans-Joachim Voth
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Ethnic Diversity, Historical Economic Exchange, and Development: Evidence from Andean Peru (December 2024), Conditional acceptance at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
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Publications
Accountability, Political Capture, and Selection into Politics: Evidence from Peruvian Municipalities, with Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, The Review of Economics and Statistics (2021) 103 (2): 397–411
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Work in-progress
Generations of Change: Globalization and Elite Entrenchment in the Americas over 500 Years, with Luigi Pascali, Marta Reynal-Querol, and Marco Tabellini
Pots and Kings: Storage and the Emergence of the State, with Luigi Pascali
Molded Culture, with Mateo Uribe-Castro and Gonzalo González-Melo
Project on Encomenderos in Mexico, with Jose G. Montalvo, Luigi Pascali, and Marta Reynal-Querol