Publications

When Salience Undermines Representation: Democratic Dilemmas in Security and Counterterrorism Policy (with Tiberiu Dragu)

Political Science Research and Methods. Forthcoming.

Repression and Autocratic Consolidation (with Jessica S. Sun and Scott A. Tyson)
Games and Economic Behavior, 2026,  159,  393-424.

Constraining to Deter (with Scott A. Tyson) 

American Journal of Political Science, 2026, 70(1), 171-187

The Political Consequences of Green Policies: Evidence from Italy (with Italo Colantone, Yotam Margalit, and Marco Percoco)

American Political Science Review, 2024, 118(1), 108-126

Political Instability and the Failure of Deterrence (with Scott A. Tyson)

The Journal of Politics, 2022, 84(1), 180-193

Counterterrorism policy in an uncertain world (with Tiberiu Dragu)

The Journal of Politics, 2021, 83(4), 1857–1860

Autocratic Stability in the Shadow of Foreign Threats (with Jessica S. Sun and Scott A. Tyson)

American Political Science Review, 2020, 114(4), 1247-1265

Winner of the "Best Paper in International Relations" Award for the 2018 MPSA Annual Meeting

The Partisan Politics of Counterterrorism: Reputations, Policy Transparency, and Electoral Outcomes

Political Science Research and Methods, 2019, 7(2), 253-269

Valence Uncertainty and the Nature of the Candidate Pool in Elections

Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2017, 29(2), 327-350

Working Papers

Carpe Diem: Economic Opportunities and the Timing of Criminal Violence Against Politicians (with Enrico Cavallotti and Nicola Mastrorocco)

An Embarrassment of Riches? Multiple Response Options and Relative Credibility in Deterrence (with Scott A. Tyson)

Selected Work in Progress

Protect the Brand (with Giovanna Invernizzi and Scott A. Tyson)

Multilateral Deterrence (with Scott A. Tyson)

Resolve, Appeasement, and the Limits of Deterrence (with Scott A. Tyson)

Rethinking Deterrence: Power, Resolve, and the Limits of Coercion (Book Project, with Scott A. Tyson)