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Working Papers

2021

1. Ethnofederalism and Ethnic Voting
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
2. Local majorities: How administrative divisions shape comparative development
   Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science
3. The Political Geography of Cities
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
   Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2021) View citations (1)
   SoDa Laboratories Working Paper Series, Monash University, SoDa Laboratories (2021) View citations (3)
   Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (2021) View citations (3)

2020

4. California’s COVID-19 economic shutdown reveals the fingerprint of systemic environmental racism
   OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science
   Also in OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science (2020)
5. Connective Financing - Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (31)
   Also in SoDa Laboratories Working Paper Series, Monash University, SoDa Laboratories (2020) View citations (30)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (35)
   See also Journal Article Connective financing: Chinese infrastructure projects and the diffusion of economic activity in developing countries, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2025) View citations (1) (2025)
6. Do Weak Institutions Prolong Crises ? On the Identification, Characteristics, and Duration of Declines During Economic Slumps
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2014) View citations (8)
   MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2013) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Do Weak Institutions Prolong Crises? On the Identification, Characteristics, and Duration of Declines during Economic Slumps, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank View citations (13)
7. Does the BCG Vaccine Protect Against Coronavirus? Applying an Economist’s Toolkit to a Medical Question
   Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
8. The Spread of COVID-19 and the BCG Vaccine: A Natural Experiment in Reunified Germany
   Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article The spread of COVID-19 and the BCG vaccine: A natural experiment in reunified Germany, The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society (2021) View citations (6) (2021)
9. Top Lights: Bright cities and their contribution to economic development
   SoDa Laboratories Working Paper Series, Monash University, SoDa Laboratories View citations (2)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018) View citations (41)
   VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2016) View citations (8)
   MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2018) View citations (43)
   See also Journal Article Top lights: Bright cities and their contribution to economic development, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (20) (2022)

2018

10. Fueling Conflict? (De)Escalation and Bilateral Aid
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network View citations (2)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2016) View citations (1)
    Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät (2016) View citations (1)
    MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2016) View citations (16)
    KOF Working papers, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich (2016) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics (2016) View citations (14)
    VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2016) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2021) View citations (14) (2021)

2016

11. Poverty Accounting. A fractional response approach to poverty decomposition
    Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

2015

12. Ethnic divisions, political institutions and the duration of declines
    VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (2)
13. Ethnic divisions, political institutions and the duration of declines: A political economy theory of delayed recovery
    Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät View citations (2)
    Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2015) View citations (2)

2014

14. Poor trends: The pace of poverty reduction after the Millennium Development Agenda
    MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (3)

2013

15. The pace of poverty reduction - A fractional response approach
    MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (3)

2012

16. Explaining the dynamics of stagnation: An empirical examination of the North, Wallis and Weingast approach
    MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (3)
17. Institutions and long-run growth performance: An analytic literature review of the institutional determinants of economic growth
    MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (10)

2011

18. Institutions, Inequality and Growth: A review of theory and evidence on the institutional determinants of growth and inequality
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Connective financing: Chinese infrastructure projects and the diffusion of economic activity in developing countries
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 145, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Connective Financing - Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (31) (2020)

2022

2. Disparate air pollution reductions during California’s COVID-19 economic shutdown
   Nature Sustainability, 2022, 5, (6), 509-517 View citations (2)
3. Top lights: Bright cities and their contribution to economic development
   Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 157, (C) View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Top Lights: Bright cities and their contribution to economic development, SoDa Laboratories Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2021

4. Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2021, 36, (2), 244-261 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Fueling Conflict? (De)Escalation and Bilateral Aid, HiCN Working Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
5. The spread of COVID-19 and the BCG vaccine: A natural experiment in reunified Germany
   The Econometrics Journal, 2021, 24, (3), 353-376 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper The Spread of COVID-19 and the BCG Vaccine: A Natural Experiment in Reunified Germany, Staff Reports (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2020

6. Holding on? Ethnic divisions, political institutions and the duration of economic declines
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 144, (C) View citations (7)

2018

7. Poverty accounting
   European Economic Review, 2018, 104, (C), 237-255 View citations (5)

2016

8. THE DYNAMICS OF STAGNATION: A PANEL ANALYSIS OF THE ONSET AND CONTINUATION OF STAGNATION
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2016, 20, (8), 2010-2045 View citations (6)

Undated

9. Do Weak Institutions Prolong Crises? On the Identification, Characteristics, and Duration of Declines during Economic Slumps
   The World Bank Economic Review, 34, (3), 810-832 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Do Weak Institutions Prolong Crises ? On the Identification, Characteristics, and Duration of Declines During Economic Slumps, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (3) (2020)