Research

Working Papers

[1] 'Organizing Modular Production' (with Niko Matouschek and Michael Powell) [paper ] Revise & resubmit, Journal of Political Economy 

[2] 'The Architecture of Social Networks and the Diffusion of Innovations' [paper] Revise & resubmit, Review of Economic Studies    Coverage: Kellogg Insight

[3] 'Melting Pot or Salad Bowl: The Formation of Heterogeneous Communities' (with Arun Advani) [paper]

Publications

[4] 'Wealth Dynamics in Communities' (with Daniel Barron and Yingni Guo), The Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90(4): 1642-1668 [paper] 

[5] 'Nation-Building and Education' (with Alberto Alesina and Paolo Giuliano), The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, 638: 2273–2303 [Lead Article] [paper][appendix]   Coverage: UCLA Anderson Review

[6] 'Nation-Building, Nationalism, and Wars' (with Alberto Alesina and Alessandro Riboni), Journal of Economic Growth, 2020, 25(4): 381-43 [paper]

Other Publications

[7] 'What Motivates Leaders to Invest in Nation Building?' (with Paola Giuliano and Alessandro Riboni) in D. Rohner and E. Zhuravskaya (ed.) ‘Nation Building: Big Lessons from Successes and Failures.’ 2023, CEPR Press.

[8] Review of 'The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Networks. Edited by Yann Bramoullé, Andrea Galeotti, and Brian Rogers' Journal of Economic Literature, 2017 [review]