PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS  

• •   C. Corduneanu-Huci , M. T. Dorsch and P. Maarek.  2024.  "Policy evaluation in polarized polities: The case of randomized controlled trials," Journal of Development Studies, vol. 60: 645 - 661.         [ online appendix ]     [ working paper ]     [winner of the Dudley Seers Memorial Prize for best paper in the JDS for 2024]

  •   C. Corduneanu-Huci , M. T. Dorsch and P. Maarek.  2022.  "What, where, who, and why? An empirical investigation of positionality in political science field experiments," PS: Political Science & Politics, vol. 55: 741 -748.          [ working paper ]    

  •   G. Cepaluni,  M. T. Dorsch and D. Kovarek.  2022.  "Mobility and policy responses during the COVID-19 pandemic," International Journal of Public Health, 67:1604663.          [ online appendix ]     [ working paper ]     

  •   G. Cepaluni,  M. T. Dorsch and R. Branyiczki.  2021.  "Political regimes and deaths in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, vol. 37: 27 - 53 .          [ online appendix ]     [ working paper ]     [ blog post ]     [ selected for the "ones to watch" collection by BUP ]

  •   C. Corduneanu-Huci , M. T. Dorsch and P. Maarek.  2021.  "The politics of experimentation: Political competition and randomized controlled trials," Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 49: 1 - 21.          [ online appendix ]     [ working paper ]  

  •   M. T. Dorsch and B. Kirkpatrick.  2021.  "Economic growth, inequality, and environmental degradation,'' International Journal of Sustainable Development, vol. 42: 124 - 140.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch and P. Maarek.  2020.   "Economic downturns, inequality, and democratic improvements," European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 62: 101856.          [ online appendix ]     [ working paper ] 

  •   M. T. Dorsch and P. Maarek.  2019.  "Democratization and the conditional dynamics of income distribution,"  American Political Science Review, vol. 113: 385 - 404.          [ online appendix ]     [ working paper ]     [ replication files ]  

  •   R. Bourles, M. T. Dorsch, and P. Maarek.  2019.  "Income taxation and the diversity of consumer goods: A political economy approach,"  Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 121:  960-993.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch and P. Maarek.  2018.  "Rent seeking, revolutionary threat, and coups in non-democracies,"  Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 46:  1082 - 1103.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch, K. Dunz, and P. Maarek.  2016.  "Development and inefficient regulation under the threat of revolution,"  Journal of Comparative Economics,  vol. 44: 1040 - 1054.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch, K. Dunz, and P. Maarek.  2015.  "Macro shocks and costly political action in non-democracies,"  Public Choice,  vol. 162: 381 - 404.          [ online appendix ]     [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch and P. Maarek.  2015.  "Inefficient predation and political transitions,"  European  Journal of Political Economy,  vol. 37: 37 - 48.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch.  2014.  "Economic development and  determinants of environmental concern,"  Social Science Quarterly,  vol. 94: 960 - 977.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch and P. Maarek.  2014.  "A note on economic inequality and democratization," Peace Economics, Peace Science & Public Policy,  vol. 20: 599 - 610.          [ working paper ]   

  •   M. T. Dorsch, F. McCann, and E. McGuirk.  2014.  "Democratic accountability, regulation, and inward investment policy,"  Economics & Politics,  vol. 26: 263 - 284.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch.  2013.   "Bailout for sale? The vote to save Wall Street,"  Public Choice,  vol. 155: 211 - 228.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch.  2010.   "The long-term implications of the 2008 bailout for the American model of capitalism,"  New Perspectives on Political Economy,  vol. 6: 21 - 34.          [ working paper ]

  •   M. T. Dorsch.  2010.  "Social mobility and the demand for public consumption expenditures,"  Public Choice,  vol. 142: 25 - 39.          [ working paper ] 

CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS

• G. Cepaluni,  M. T. Dorsch and S. Dzebo.  2025.  "Populism, political regimes, and COVID-19 deaths,''  The Ideational Approach to Populism, Volume 2, edited by A. Chryssogelos, E. Hawkins, K. Hawkins, L. Littvay, and K. Wiesehomeier.  Rouledge: New York.           [ online appendix ]

POLICY REPORTS

• •   V. Z. Eichenauer, M. T. Dorsch, and F. Wang.  2021.  "Investment Screening Mechanisms: The trend to control inward foreign investment," EconPol Policy Report, 34.

WORKING  PAPERS

• •   S. S. Bettin and M. T. Dorsch.  "How public policy and public salience interact to drive the energy transition: The case of large-scale battery storage adoption,"  2nd revision submitted at Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

  •   G. Cepaluni,  J. Civitarese, and M. T. Dorsch.  "Land invasions and contemporary slavery," Revision submitted at European Journal of Political Economy.              

  •   R. Chaba, M. T. Dorsch, V. Hiller, and P. Maarek.  "The youth dividend: Political impacts of demographic transitions," Revision requested at Journal of Development Economics.

  •   M. T. Dorsch and A. Murugesan.  "From enlightened cameralism to tax compliance: Building fiscal capacity through reciprocity," in circulation.

  •   M. T. Dorsch and V. Surdea-Hernea.  "Politico-economic determinants of support for green parties: Evidence from a conjoint experiment in Germany,"  under review.

WORK IN PROGRESS

• •   R. Bourles, M. T. Dorsch and V. Eichenauer.   "The adoption and diffusion of international economic policy: The case of foreign investment screening."

  • G. Cepaluni, M. T. Dorsch, D. Kovarek and A. Moise.  "From the street to the ballot box?  The BLM movement and voter turnout in primaries,"  under revision.

  •  M.T. Dorsch, P.-G. Meon, and V. Surdea-Hernea.  "The Longest Day."

CO-AUTHOR WEBSITES

•   Steffen S. Bettin  (Austrian Academy of Sciences) 

•   Renaud Bourles (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)

•   Gabriel Cepaluni  (University of Sao Paulo)

•   Jamil Civitarese  (New York University)

•   Cristina Corduneanu-Huci  (Central European University)

•   Vera Z. Eichenauer (ETH Zurich)

•   Victor Hiller (Université Paris-Pantheon-Assas)

•   Bethany Kirkpatrick  (Berkeley Research Group) 

•   Daniel Kovarek  (European University Institute)

•   Paul Maarek  (Université Paris-Pantheon-Assas)

•   Fergal McCann  (Central Bank of Ireland)

•   Eoin McGuirk  (Tufts University)

•   Pierre-Guillaume Méon (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

•   Alexandru  Moise  (European University Institute)

•   Anand Murugesan (Central European University) 

•   Vlad Surdea-Hernea  (Central European University)