Research

Publications

Political Polarization and Judicial Selection (with Elliott Ash). [Paper] [Appendix] 2023. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy

  Awarded the 2024 Kenneth A. Shepsle Prize for the Best Article in the Journal of Political Institution and Political Economy from the Previous Year 

Accountability and Learning with Motivated Agents.  2022. Journal of Theoretical Politics 

Propaganda to Persuade. 2021. Political Science Research and Methods

Intergenerational Mobility and Institutional Change in 20th Century China (with Yuyu Chen, Suresh Naidu, Noam Yuchtman). 2015. Explorations in Economic History

Work in Progress

The General Equilibrium Foundations of Electoral Regression Discontinuity Designs (with Tara Slough)

Purges and Denunciation (with Stephane Wolton)

Economic Shocks, Gender Norms and Political Behaviors (with Anna Wilke and Selina Hofstetter)

Meritocracy, Aspiration and Inequality

Pandering and the Quality of Public Officials ( with Elliott Ash and Bentley Macleod)

The Industrial Organization of Censorship (with Blake Miller)