Research
Working Papers
The Price of Faith: Economic Costs and Religious Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa
with Dean Yang and Triana Yentzen
Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil
with Jon Denton-Schneider
Fallow Lengths and the Structure of Property Rights
with Etienne LeRossignol and Sara Lowes
Journal Articles
Market Structure and Extortion: Evidence from 50,000 Extortion Payments
with Zach Y. Brown, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, and Maria Micaela Sviatschi
Forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies
Media: ProMarket, The Guardian, El Diario de Hoy
Religious Festivals and Economic Development: Evidence from the Timing of Mexican Saint Day Festivals
with Dean Yang
American Economic Review. 2022; 112(10): 3176–3214. [Appendix] [Slides]
Media: NBER Digest, Marginal Revolution, The Hindu
The Effects of Fair Trade Certification: Evidence from Coffee Producers in Costa Rica
with Raluca Dragusanu and Nathan Nunn
Journal of the European Economic Association. 2022; 20(4): 1743-1790. [Appendix] [Slides]
Cooperative Property Rights and Development: Evidence from Land Reform in El Salvador
Journal of Political Economy. 2022; 130(1): 48-93. [Appendix] [Erratum]
Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State
with Sara Lowes
Quarterly Journal of Economics. 2021; 136(4): 2047-2091. [Appendix]
Media: VoxDev
The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa
with Sara Lowes
American Economic Review. 2021; 111(4): 1284-1314. [Appendix] [Slides]
Media: AEA Research Brief, VoxEU, VoxDev, AEHN
Work in Progress
Bokoko: Supernatural Authority and Political Power in the DRC
with Sara Lowes, Nathan Nunn, and James A. Robinson
African Origins of Development in the Colombian Pacific
with Juan Sebastián Galán
Age Organization and Accountability: Evidence from the DRC
with Sara Lowes, Nathan Nunn, and James A. Robinson
Book Chapters and Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Traditional Medicine in Central Africa
with Sara Lowes
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109: 516–520.
King Leopold’s Ghost: The Legacy of Labor Coercion in the DRC
with Sara Lowes
The Long Economic Shadow of History
Edited by Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou. Vol. II.
CEPR/VOXEU. 2017. Publisher's Version