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Working Papers

2025

1. It Takes a Village Election: Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2024)
2. Religion in Emerging and Developing Regions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

3. Eat Widely, Vote Wisely: Lessons from a Campaign against Vote Buying in Uganda
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (12)
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2019) View citations (2)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, HAL (2019) View citations (2)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2019) View citations (10)
   Sciences Po Economics Discussion Papers, HAL (2019) View citations (2)
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2019) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, HAL (2019) View citations (5)
4. J'Accuse! Antisemitism and financial markets in the time of the Dreyfus Affair
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020)
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2020)
   Post-Print, HAL (2024)
   Working Papers, HAL (2020)
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics (2023)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023)
   Sciences Po Economics Discussion Papers, HAL (2020)
   See also Journal Article J'Accuse! Antisemitism and financial markets in the time of the Dreyfus Affair, Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2022

5. Electoral Turnovers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2022) View citations (2)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   Sciences Po Economics Discussion Papers, HAL (2022) View citations (2)
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2022) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, HAL (2022) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, HAL (2022) View citations (2)
6. The Dynamic Consequences of State-Building: Evidence from the French Revolution
   Working Papers, HAL
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
   Sciences Po Economics Discussion Papers, HAL (2022)
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2022)
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2022)
   See also Journal Article The Dynamic Consequences of State Building: Evidence from the French Revolution, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (3) (2024)
7. Turnover and Accountability in Africa's Parliaments
   Working Papers, HAL
   Also in Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2022)

2021

8. Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL View citations (7)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (24)
   Post-Print, HAL (2021) View citations (8)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
9. Voter Mobilisation and Trust in Electoral Institutions: Evidence from Kenya
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL View citations (3)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2021) View citations (3)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Voter Mobilisation and Trust in Electoral Institutions: Evidence from Kenya, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2021) View citations (9) (2021)

2020

10. Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (17)
    Also in Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2020) View citations (3)
11. Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling∗
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (22)
12. Religion, Education, and Development
    Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2020) View citations (1)
13. Religion, Education, and the State
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (23)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (8)
14. The Institutional Foundations of Religious Politics: Evidence from Indonesia
    Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL View citations (11)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2020) View citations (32)
    Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2018)
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2019) View citations (3)
    Working Papers, HAL (2018) View citations (2)
    Sciences Po Economics Discussion Papers, HAL (2020) View citations (15)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Institutional Foundations of Religious Politics: Evidence from Indonesia*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2020) View citations (41) (2020)

2019

15. A Signaling Theory of Distributive Policy Choice: Evidence from Senegal
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (4)
    Also in Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2019) View citations (1)
16. There Is No Free House: Ethnic Patronage in a Kenyan Slum
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (5)
    Also in Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2019) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article There Is No Free House: Ethnic Patronage in a Kenyan Slum, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (47) (2019)

2018

17. Elections as Incentives: Project Completion and Visibility in African Politics
    Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2018) View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2024

1. J'Accuse! Antisemitism and financial markets in the time of the Dreyfus Affair
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2024, 154, (C)
   See also Working Paper J'Accuse! Antisemitism and financial markets in the time of the Dreyfus Affair, Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) (2024) (2024)
2. The Dynamic Consequences of State Building: Evidence from the French Revolution
   American Economic Review, 2024, 114, (11), 3578-3622 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Dynamic Consequences of State-Building: Evidence from the French Revolution, Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2021

3. Diversity and team performance in a Kenyan organization☆
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 197, (C) View citations (21)
4. Voter Mobilisation and Trust in Electoral Institutions: Evidence from Kenya
   The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (638), 2585-2612 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Voter Mobilisation and Trust in Electoral Institutions: Evidence from Kenya, Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2020

5. The Institutional Foundations of Religious Politics: Evidence from Indonesia*
   (The Classical Islamic Law of Waqf: A Concise Introduction)
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, (2), 845-911 View citations (41)
   See also Working Paper The Institutional Foundations of Religious Politics: Evidence from Indonesia, Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) (2020) View citations (11) (2020)

2019

6. There Is No Free House: Ethnic Patronage in a Kenyan Slum
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (4), 36-70 View citations (47)
   See also Working Paper There Is No Free House: Ethnic Patronage in a Kenyan Slum, Post-Print (2019) View citations (5) (2019)

2013

7. The Economics of Slums in the Developing World
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013, 27, (4), 187-210 View citations (137)