Publications
Religion, Political Power and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Islamic History. Advances in the Economics of Religion (Palgrave). Forthcoming.
Medieval Origins: A Review Essay on Campbell's The Great Transition. Journal of Economic Literature. 2018; 56(2): 643-656.
Pirates of the Mediterranean: An Empirical Investigation of Bargaining with Transaction Costs. Quantitative Economics. 2018; 9(1): 217-246.
Economic Dynamics in the Malthusian Era: Evidence from the 1609 Spanish Expulsion of the Moriscos. Economic Journal. 2016; 126: 1404-1440.
The Political Economy Legacy of Institutions from the Classical Period of Islam. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. 2016.
Measuring the Military Decline of the Western Islamic World: Evidence from Barbary Ransoms. Explorations in Economic History. 2015; 58: 107-124.
Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion and Political Power. Econometrica. 2013; 81(5): 2033-2053.
The Feudal Revolution and Europe's Rise: Political Divergence of the Christian West and the Muslim World before 1500 CE. American Political Science Review. 2013; 107(1): 16-34.
Democratic Change in the Arab World, Past and Present. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2012; 42(1): 363-414.
Separation of Powers and the Medieval Roots of Institutional Divergence between Europe and the Islamic Middle East. IEA Papers and Proceedings. 2011.
Els efects a llarg termini de l'explotacio i la neteja etnica: el testimoniatge de l'expulsio dels moriscs. Afers. 2009; 62(63): 173-199.
Assessing Pacification Policy in Iraq: Evidence from Iraqi Financial Markets. Journal of Comparative Economics. 2008; 36 (1): 1-16.