Expressive Politics: How Animus and Cognitive Dissonance Affect Electoral Extremism, Journal of Politics, accepted. With Will Howell and Stefan Krasa.
Values as Luxury Goods and Political Behavior, Journal of the European Economic Association, 23 (2025): 1635–1668. With Benjamin Enke and Alex Wu.
Veto Institutions, Hostage-taking, and Tacit Cooperation, American Journal of Political Science, 68 (2024): 927–941. With Justin Fox.
Political Conflict over Time, American Journal of Political Science, 64 (2020): 554–568. With Will Howell and Stefan Krasa.
Political Competition in Legislative Elections, American Political Science Review, 112 (2018): 809–825. With Stefan Krasa.
Costly Voting with Multiple Candidates, Games and Economic Behavior, 106 (2017): 38–50. With Mariam Arzumanyan.
Party Polarization in Legislatures with Office-Motivated Candidates, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132 (2017): 1509–1550. With Jim Snyder.
Learning and Coordination in the Presidential Primary System, Review of Economic Studies, 83 (2016): 1544–1578. With George Deltas and Helios Herrera.
Policy Divergence and Voter Polarization in a Structural Model of Elections, Journal of Law and Economics, 57 (2014): 31–76. With Stefan Krasa.
Social Ideology and Taxes in a Differentiated Candidates Framework, American Economic Review, 104 (2014): 308–322. With Stefan Krasa.
The Rule of Law in the Fight against Terrorism, American Journal of Political Science, 58 (2014): 511–525. With Tiberiu Dragu.
The Administrative Foundation of the Rule of Law, Journal of Politics, 75 (2013): 1038–1050. With Tiberiu Dragu.
Political Competition between Differentiated Candidates, Games and Economic Behavior, 76 (2012): 249–271. With Stefan Krasa.
The Option to Wait in Collective Decisions, Journal of Public Economics, 96 (2012): 524–540. With Matthias Messner.
Competition between Specialized Candidates, American Political Science Review, 104 (2010): 745–765. With Stefan Krasa.
The Binary Policy Model, Journal of Economic Theory, 145 (2010): 661–688. With Stefan Krasa.
Is Mandatory Voting Better than Voluntary Voting?, Games and Economic Behavior, 66 (2009): 275–291. With Stefan Krasa.
Political Polarization and the Electoral Effects of Media Bias, Journal of Public Economics, 92 (2008): 1092–1104. With Stefan Krasa and Dan Bernhardt.
Investment under Uncertainty in Dynamic Conflicts, Review of Economic Studies, 73 (2006): 505–529.
Informative Positive and Negative Campaigning, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 1 (2006): 351–371. With David Yi.
Primaries and the New Hampshire Effect, Journal of Public Economics, 90 (2006): 1073–1114. With Tilman Klumpp.
Paying Politicians, Journal of Public Economics, 88 (2004): 2423–2445. With Matthias Messner.
Voting on Majority Rules, Review of Economic Studies, 71 (2004): 115–132. With Matthias Messner.
The Value of Technology Improvements in Games with Externalities: A Fresh Look at Offsetting Behavior, Journal of Public Economics, 131 (2015): 12–20. With Mike Hoy.
Advantageous Effects of Regulatory Adverse Selection in the Life Insurance Market, Economic Journal, 116 (2006): 327–354. With Mike Hoy and Asha Sadanand.
Cooperation in Stochastic OLG Models, Journal of Economic Theory, 108 (2003): 152–168. With Matthias Messner.
Herding and Antiherding: A Model of Reputational Differentiation, European Economic Review, 45 (2001): 385–403. With Matthias Effinger.
The Value of Genetic Information in the Life Insurance Market, Journal of Public Economics, 78 (2000): 235–252. With Mike Hoy.