Research
Working Papers
Market Structure and Extortion: Evidence from 50,000 Extortion Payments
with Zach Y. Brown, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, and Maria Micaela Sviatschi
Accepted, Review of Economic Studies
Media: ProMarket, The Guardian, El Diario de Hoy
Fallow Lengths and the Structure of Property Rights
with Etienne LeRossignol and Sara Lowes
Journal Articles
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
Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil
with Jon Denton-Schneider
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