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Working Papers

2022

1. Fanning The Flames: Rainfall Shocks, Inter-Ethnic Income Inequality, and Conflict Intensification in Mandate Palestine
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Fanning the flames: Rainfall shocks, inter‐ethnic income inequality, and conflict intensification in Mandate Palestine, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
2. Historical anti-fascism and right-wing voting in Italy
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2019

3. Do Perceptions of Economic Well-Being Predict the Onset of War and Peace?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article Do perceptions of economic well-being predict the onset of war and peace?, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2015

4. Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun? The Consequences of U.S. Weapons Sales for Political Violence
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Calgary

2012

5. Quantifying the Microeconomic Effects of War: How Much Can Panel Data Help?
   HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network View citations (3)

2009

6. On War and Schooling Attainment: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
   HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network View citations (69)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Evidence from a large-scale vaccination experiment in China
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2025, 53, (3), 816-833

2024

2. Farewell President! Political favoritism, economic inequality, and political polarization
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 81, (C)

2023

3. Fanning the flames: Rainfall shocks, inter‐ethnic income inequality, and conflict intensification in Mandate Palestine
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 206, (C), 71-94 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Fanning The Flames: Rainfall Shocks, Inter-Ethnic Income Inequality, and Conflict Intensification in Mandate Palestine, CEPR Discussion Papers (2022) View citations (3) (2022)

2021

4. Do perceptions of economic well-being predict the onset of war and peace?
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2021, 95, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Do Perceptions of Economic Well-Being Predict the Onset of War and Peace?, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) (2019)

2018

5. Out of the ashes, into the fire: The consequences of U.S. weapons sales for political violence
   European Economic Review, 2018, 107, (C), 133-156 View citations (10)

2017

6. Migrant Networks and Job Search: Evidence from Thailand
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2017, 66, (1), 113 - 146 View citations (1)
7. The Economics of Conflict: Theory and Empirical Evidence, by Karl Wärneryd ( MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2014 ), pp. 304
   The Economic Record, 2017, 93, (301), 333-334

2016

8. Economics of Civil War
   Australian Economic Review, 2016, 49, (1), 105-111 View citations (1)
9. Good geography, good institutions? Historical evidence from nineteenth-century British colonies
   European Economic Review, 2016, 89, (C), 264-283 View citations (1)

2015

10. On war intensity and schooling attainment: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 40, (PA), 158-172 View citations (65)
11. Quantifying the Microeconomic Effects of War Using Panel Data: Evidence From Nepal
    World Development, 2015, 66, (C), 308-321 View citations (62)
12. Together or separate? Post-conflict partition, ethnic homogenization, and the provision of public schooling
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 128, (C), 1-15 View citations (23)