Research

Publications

The Rise of Fiscal Capacity: Administration and State Consolidation in the Holy Roman Empire (with Davide Cantoni and Cathrin Mohr) Econometrica, 92(5), pp. 1439-1472

Working Papers

Crisis, State Capacity, and the Rise of Autocracy: A Design-based Analysis of the Thirty Years’ War (with Luis Bosshart) Revise and Resubmit, Quarterly Journal of Economics

Identity and Institutional Change: Evidence from First Names in Germany, 1700–1850 (WP) (with Davide Cantoni and Cathrin Mohr) Reject and Resubmit, American Economic Review

City Directories as a Source of Historical Microdata: Progress Report (with Davide Cantoni and Mathias Bühler)

Work in Progress

The Success of the Embedded State in Britain (with Leander Heldring, Davis Kedrosky, and James Robinson).

The Inefficacy of Party Bans: Evidence from 128 Countries (with Andrew Kao).