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Assistant Professor of Economics, IIESI study the role of governance, preferences, and state capacity in the efficient provision of public goods. My work lies primarily in local public finance, with further interests in development, economic history, and political economy. I frequently combine big spatial data with both reduced-form and structural microeconomic methods.
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Working Papers
Monitoring in Small Firms: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Public Transit
with Erin Kelley and Gregory Lane
Revise and resubmit at the American Economic Review
The Origin of the Incentive Compatible State: Environmental Circumscription
Reject and resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies
Dividing Lines: Racial Segregation Across Local Government Boundaries
with Tomas Monarrez
In preparation for the Journal of Economic Literature
Measuring Preferences for Local Governments
Creative Destruction in the European State System: 1000-1850
with Eric Weese
Data from Centennia Research Edition
Valuing Local Public Goods using Municipal Annexations
with Calvin Zhang
Lincoln Institute C. Lowell Harriss Fellowship
with Erin Kelley and Gregory Lane
Revise and resubmit at the American Economic Review
The Origin of the Incentive Compatible State: Environmental Circumscription
Reject and resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies
Dividing Lines: Racial Segregation Across Local Government Boundaries
with Tomas Monarrez
In preparation for the Journal of Economic Literature
Measuring Preferences for Local Governments
Creative Destruction in the European State System: 1000-1850
with Eric Weese
Data from Centennia Research Edition
Valuing Local Public Goods using Municipal Annexations
with Calvin Zhang
Lincoln Institute C. Lowell Harriss Fellowship
Publications
The Impact of School Facility Investments on Students and Homeowners: Evidence from Los Angeles
with Julien Lafortune
Forthcoming at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Ethnic Violence Across Space
with Hannes Mueller and Dominic Rohner
The Economic Journal, Volume 132, 2022, p. 709-740
Replication package
School Capital Expenditure Rules and Distribution
with Barbara Biasi and Julien Lafortune
American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, 2021, Vol. 111, p. 450-454
with Julien Lafortune
Forthcoming at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Ethnic Violence Across Space
with Hannes Mueller and Dominic Rohner
The Economic Journal, Volume 132, 2022, p. 709-740
Replication package
School Capital Expenditure Rules and Distribution
with Barbara Biasi and Julien Lafortune
American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, 2021, Vol. 111, p. 450-454
Selected Research in Progress
School Capital Expenditure Rules, Student Outcomes, and Real Estate Capitalization
with Barbara Biasi and Julien Lafortune
Spencer Foundation Research Grant
The Value of Safe Driving: Evidence from Kenya’s Public Transport Sector
with Erin Kelley and Gregory Lane
Weiss Family Program Fund Grant, Development Economics Challenge Grant, T-TRIID Grant
The Effect of School Redistricting on Housing Markets
with Tomas Monarrez
Institutional Origins and Evolution Through the Lens of Historical State Lineages
with Mattias Folkestad
The Long-run Consequences of Zoning on Racial Wealth Gaps
with Matthias Hoelzlein
with Barbara Biasi and Julien Lafortune
Spencer Foundation Research Grant
The Value of Safe Driving: Evidence from Kenya’s Public Transport Sector
with Erin Kelley and Gregory Lane
Weiss Family Program Fund Grant, Development Economics Challenge Grant, T-TRIID Grant
The Effect of School Redistricting on Housing Markets
with Tomas Monarrez
Institutional Origins and Evolution Through the Lens of Historical State Lineages
with Mattias Folkestad
The Long-run Consequences of Zoning on Racial Wealth Gaps
with Matthias Hoelzlein
Image credit: part of the frontispiece of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes; engraving by Abraham Bosse. "The skill of making, and maintaining Common-wealths, consisteth in certain Rules, as doth Arithmetique and Geometry."