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Working Papers

2024

1. Pre-electoral coalitions and the distribution of political power
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Pre-electoral coalitions and the distribution of political power, Public Choice, Springer (2024) (2024)

2022

2. Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability in Political Selection
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics View citations (1)
3. The loser's long curse: electoral consequences of a class conflict
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2021

4. Class, Social Mobility, and Voting: Evidence from Historical Voting Records
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
5. Pre-Electoral Coalitions: Insights into the Creation of Political Parties
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
6. The Advantage of Incumbents in Coalitional Bargaining
   Discussion Papers, Aboa Centre for Economics
7. The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
8. 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

9. 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 (4)

2019

10. 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)
11. 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) (2020)

Journal Articles

2024

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

2023

4. Famine, Inequality, and Conflict
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21, (4), 1478-1509
5. 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

6. 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
7. Political Selection and Economic Policy
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (648), 3020-3046 View citations (5)

2020

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

2019

9. 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)
10. 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

11. Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections
    American Political Science Review, 2018, 112, (1), 68-81 View citations (24)
12. Rank effects in political promotions
    Public Choice, 2018, 177, (1), 87-109 View citations (15)
13. When does regression discontinuity design work? Evidence from random election outcomes
    Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9, (2), 1019-1051 View citations (43)