Research

Research interest

Evolution of cooperation, cultural economics, macroeconomics, political economy.

Publications

Cross-cultural differences in retaliation: Evidence from the soccer field, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol 223, 216-233, 2024. DOI: [10.1016/j.jebo.2024.05.010]
Recognition of Collective Victimhood and Outgroup Prejudice (with Elias Dinas and Vasiliki Fouka), Public Opinion Quarterly, 85:2, 517–538, 2021. DOI: [10.1093/poq/nfab024]
Family History and Attitudes Towards Outgroups: Evidence from the European Refugee Crisis (with Elias Dinas and Vasiliki Fouka), The Journal of Politics, 83:2, 647-661, 2021. DOI: [10.1086/710016]. (Winner of the 2022 Joseph L. Bernd Best JOP Paper Award)
Agricultural Labor Intensity and the Origins of Work Ethics (with Vasiliki Fouka), The Economic Journal, 130:628, 1081–1113, 2020. DOI: [10.1093/ej/ueaa029]. (Winner of the 2020 Austin Robinson Memorial Prize)
The emergence and selection of reputation systems that drive cooperative behavior, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol 285, 2018. DOI: [10.1098/rspb.2018.1508].
Has the Euro-Mediterranean partnership affected Mediterranean business cycles? (with Fabio Canova), Journal of Applied Econometrics, 30:2, 241-263, 2015. DOI: [10.1002/jae.2364].

Working papers

The Social Benefits of Anti-Social Punishment [pdf]. (R&R at Evolution and Human Behavior)
Culture Clash: Incompatible Reputation Systems and Intergroup Conflict (with Vasiliki Fouka) [pdf][NBER working paper ]
Unemployment Risk, Precautionary Savings, and the Effects of Monetary Policy. [pdf]
Financial Risk and the Stability-Resilience Trade-off. [pdf]

Work in progress