Working papers

Facing the Hard Truth: Evidence from Climate Change Ignorance (with Pamela Campa)

Forthcoming or Published Papers

A Model of Populism as a Conspiracy Theory (with Adam Szeidl), American Economic Review, Vol. 115, No. 9 (September, 2025), 3217-47. 

Door to door campaigning in an electoral autocracy: Evidence from Hungary (with Bence Hamrak and Gabor Simonovits), Journal of Politics, Vol. 88, No. 3 (March, 2026), 1275-1280.   

Equilibrium communication in political scandals (with Bence Hamrak and Gabor Simonovits), European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 85, (December, 2024): 102580 

Why Politicians Won't Apologize: Communication Effects in the Aftermath of Sex Scandals (with Bence Hamrak, Gabor Simonovits, and Alex Rusnak), British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54, No. 4 (October, 2024), 1486-1495. 

Discretion and Favoritism in Public Procurement, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 22, No. 1 (February, 2024), 117-160. Online appendix

Algorithmic selection and supply of political news on Facebook (with Marcel Garz) , Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 62 (March, 2023): 101020. 

Media Capture through Favor Exchange  (with Adam Szeidl), Econometrica, Vol. 89, No. 1 (January, 2021), 281–310. Online appendix 

Book chapters

Media capture and belief in alternative realities, in Razin, A (eds), The Transition to Illiberal Democracy Economic Drivers and Consequences, CEPR Press, Paris & London. 2024