Research
Publications
A threshold model of urban development (with Paul Schweinzer, International Journal of Game Theory, 2023) Working paper version here.
Ethnic geography: measurement and evidence (with Roland Hodler and Michele Valsecchi, Journal of Public Economics, 2021) Working paper version here. On Free Network.
Measuring ethnic stratification and its effect on trust in Africa (with Roland Hodler, Sorawoot Srisuma and Noemie Zurlinden, Journal of Development Economics, 2020) Working paper version here. On VoxDev.
Inequality and conflict outbreak (with Anil Yildizparlak, Social Choice and Welfare, 2019) Working paper version here.
Contests with draws: axiomatization and equilibrium (with Anil Yildizparlak, Economic Inquiry, 2019) Working paper version here.
A contest success function for networks (with Irem Bozbay, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018) Working paper version here.
A contest success function for rankings (Social Choice and Welfare, 2016) Working paper version here.
Working papers
Mining for peace (with Roland Hodler and Paul Schaudt)
Structural change and monetary compensation (with Irem Bozbay)
Work in progress
Measuring wealth: income capitalization with heterogeneous rates of return (with Irem Bozbay, Elin Halvorsen and Roberto Iacono) BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant recipient.
Measuring status and style (with Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez)
Dormant papers