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Working Papers

2026

1. Candidate Exit and Voter Loyalty during Early Democratization
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
2. Class, Social Mobility, and Voting in Democratizing and Industrializing England
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
3. Engines of Empowerment: Cattle Tending, the Milking Machine, and Women in Politics
   RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin)
   Also in HoSS Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, House of Sustainable Society (HoSS) (2025) View citations (1)

2024

4. Pre-electoral coalitions and the distribution of political power
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Pre-electoral coalitions and the distribution of political power, Public Choice, Springer (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
5. The Price of Exclusion: Coalition Formation in the Shadow of Rising Radical Right
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (1)

2022

6. Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability in Political Selection
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability in Political Selection, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2025) View citations (4) (2025)
7. The loser's long curse: electoral consequences of a class conflict
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2021

8. Class, Social Mobility, and Voting: Evidence from Historical Voting Records
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
9. Pre-Electoral Coalitions: Insights into the Creation of Political Parties
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
10. The Advantage of Incumbents in Coalitional Bargaining
    Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
11. The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (16)
12. Vox Populi, Vox Dei? Tacit Collusion in Politics
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Vox Populi, Vox Dei? Tacit collusion in politics, Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2020

13. How Much Should We Trust Regression Discontinuity Design Estimates? Evidence from Experimental Benchmarks of the Incumbency Advantage
    Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics View citations (5)

2019

14. Public procurement versus laissez-faire: evidence from household waste collection
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    Also in Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research (2018) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Public Procurement versus Laissez-Faire: Evidence from Household Waste Collection, CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
15. Victorian Voting: The Origins of Party Orientation and Class Alignment
    Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research
    See also Journal Article Victorian Voting: The Origins of Party Orientation and Class Alignment, American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Labor Market Effects of Open Borders: Evidence from the Finnish Construction Sector after EU Enlargement
   Journal of Human Resources, 2025, 60, (2), 434-468
2. Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability in Political Selection
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23, (5), 1908-1949 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability in Political Selection, Discussion Papers (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
3. When Can We Trust Regression Discontinuity Design Estimates from Close Elections? Evidence from Experimental Benchmarks
   Political Analysis, 2025, 33, (3), 258-265

2024

4. Pre-electoral coalitions and the distribution of political power
   Public Choice, 2024, 198, (1), 47-67 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Pre-electoral coalitions and the distribution of political power, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
5. When fortune favors women: Do marginal increases in female representation persist?
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 226, (C) View citations (1)
6. Worth a shot? The political economy of government responsiveness in times of crisis
   World Development, 2024, 184, (C)

2023

7. Famine, Inequality, and Conflict
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21, (4), 1478-1509 View citations (1)
8. Vox Populi, Vox Dei? Tacit collusion in politics
   Economics and Politics, 2023, 35, (3), 752-772 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Vox Populi, Vox Dei? Tacit Collusion in Politics, Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2022

9. A Pink Slip for the Blue Reform: Is Selection, Experience, or Ideology the Elixir of Populists’ Survival?
   Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, 2022, 3, (1), 1-21 View citations (1)
10. Political Selection and Economic Policy
    The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (648), 3020-3046 View citations (9)

2020

11. Victorian Voting: The Origins of Party Orientation and Class Alignment
    American Journal of Political Science, 2020, 64, (4), 869-886 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Victorian Voting: The Origins of Party Orientation and Class Alignment, Working Papers (2019) (2019)

2019

12. Public Procurement versus Laissez-Faire: Evidence from Household Waste Collection
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2019, 65, (4), 446-463 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Public procurement versus laissez-faire: evidence from household waste collection, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) (2019)
13. Single‐Party Rule, Public Spending, and Political Rents: Evidence from Finnish Municipalities
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2019, 121, (2), 736-762 View citations (4)

2018

14. Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections
    American Political Science Review, 2018, 112, (1), 68-81 View citations (28)
15. Rank effects in political promotions
    Public Choice, 2018, 177, (1), 87-109 View citations (16)
16. When does regression discontinuity design work? Evidence from random election outcomes
    Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9, (2), 1019-1051 View citations (50)