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Working Papers

2025

1. Dissecting the sinews of power: international trade and the rise of Britain’s fiscal-military state, 1689-1823
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2023)
   POID Working Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)

2024

2. Experiments about institutions
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2023)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (1)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Experiments About Institutions, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
3. Government as Venture Capitalists in AI
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. Protests
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
   See also Journal Article Protests, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2024) (2024)
5. Protests on campus: the political economy of universities and social movements
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Protests on Campus: The Political Economy of Universities and Social Movements, Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2023

6. Correcting Racial Injustice: Forensic DNA Technology and the Exoneration of the Wrongfully Convicted
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
7. Exporting the Surveillance State via Trade in AI
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
8. Identifying Partisan Gerrymandering and Its Consequences: Evidence from the 1990 US Census Redistricting
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)

2022

9. Data-intensive innovation and the state: evidence from AI firms in China
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   Also in POID Working Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2021)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2021) View citations (3)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2021) View citations (3)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2023) View citations (12) (2023)
10. Polarization and Public Policy: Political Adverse Selection under Obamacare
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
11. Political Adverse Selection
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in POID Working Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2022)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022)
12. The fundamental determinants of protest participation: evidence from Hong Kong’s antiauthoritarian movement
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The fundamental determinants of protest participation: Evidence from Hong Kong’s antiauthoritarian movement, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (5) (2022)

2021

13. AI-tocracy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2021)
    POID Working Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2021)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2021)
    See also Journal Article Ai-Tocracy, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) (2023)
14. Persistent political engagement: social interactions and the dynamics of protest movements
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Persistent Political Engagement: Social Interactions and the Dynamics of Protest Movements, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (39) (2021)

2020

15. Historical Natural Experiments: Bridging Economics and Economic History
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (9)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (13)
16. Political identity: experimental evidence on anti-Americanism in Pakistan
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Political Identity: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2020) View citations (10) (2020)

2019

17. PROTESTS AS STRATEGIC GAMES: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM HONG KONG'S ANTIAUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (53)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Protests as Strategic Games: Experimental Evidence from Hong Kong's Antiauthoritarian Movement, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2019) View citations (80) (2019)

2018

18. Religious competition and reallocation: the political economy of secularization in the Protestant Reformation
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (97)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Religious Competition and Reallocation: the Political Economy of Secularization in the Protestant Reformation*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018) View citations (101) (2018)

2017

19. Are Protests Games of Strategic Complements or Substitutes? Experimental Evidence from Hong Kong's Democracy Movement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
20. Curriculum and Ideology
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (139)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2014) View citations (9)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (10)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Curriculum and Ideology, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (149) (2017)
21. Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Swiss Referenda
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Swiss Referenda, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
22. Polls, the Press, and Political Participation: The Effects of Anticipated Election Closeness on Voter Turnout
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (32)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (31)
23. Reallocation and secularization: the economic consequences of the Protestant Reformation
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2017) View citations (1)
24. Teaching to the tests: an economic analysis of traditional and modern education in late imperial and republican China
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Teaching to the tests: An economic analysis of traditional and modern education in late imperial and republican China, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2017) View citations (11) (2017)

2016

25. Identifying Ideology: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (6)
26. Labor Market Institutions in the Gilded Age of American Economic History
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
27. Reformation and Reallocation: Religious and Secular Economic Activity in Early Modern Germany
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (2)
28. The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (88)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (17)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016) View citations (80)
    See also Journal Article The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (90) (2016)

2015

29. Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (52)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (47)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (52)
    See also Journal Article Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (53) (2015)
30. Intergenerational mobility and institutional change in 20th century China
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Intergenerational mobility and institutional change in 20th century China, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2015) View citations (15) (2015)

2014

31. A Revealed Preference Approach to the Elicitation of Political Attitudes: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)
32. Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (118)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2013)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2014) View citations (95)
    Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (13)
    2013 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2013)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2014) View citations (119) (2014)
33. Understanding mechanisms underlying peer effects: evidence from a field experiment on financial decisions
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (269)
    See also Journal Article Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2014) View citations (261) (2014)

2013

34. Coercive contract enforcement: law and the labor market in nineteenth century industrial Britain
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Coercive Contract Enforcement: Law and the Labor Market in Nineteenth Century Industrial Britain, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (61) (2013)
35. The Political Economy of Educational Content and Development: Lessons from History
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (34)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) View citations (33)
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article The political economy of educational content and development: Lessons from history, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (34) (2013)
36. Understanding Peer Effects in Financial Decisions: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    2013 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (11)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (28)

2012

37. Educational Content, Educational Institutions and Economic Development: Lessons from History
    Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2011

38. Coercive Contract Enforcement: Law and the Labor Market in 19th Century Industrial Britain
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Government as Venture Capitalists in Artificial Intelligence
   Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2025, 4, (1), 81 - 102
   See also Chapter Government as Venture Capitalists in Artificial Intelligence, NBER Chapters, 2024, 81-102 (2024) (2024)

2024

2. Experiments About Institutions
   Annual Review of Economics, 2024, 16, (1), 105-131 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Experiments about institutions, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
3. Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Swiss Referenda
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22, (2), 876-914 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Swiss Referenda, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (26) (2017)
4. Protests
   Annual Review of Economics, 2024, 16, (1), 519-543
   See also Working Paper Protests, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2024) (2024)
5. Protests on Campus: The Political Economy of Universities and Social Movements
   Comparative Economic Studies, 2024, 66, (4), 621-638 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Protests on campus: the political economy of universities and social movements, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2023

6. Ai-Tocracy
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138, (3), 1349-1402
   See also Working Paper AI-tocracy, NBER Working Papers (2021) (2021)
7. Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90, (4), 1701-1723 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Data-intensive innovation and the state: evidence from AI firms in China, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2022) (2022)

2022

8. The fundamental determinants of protest participation: Evidence from Hong Kong’s antiauthoritarian movement
   Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 211, (C) View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper The fundamental determinants of protest participation: evidence from Hong Kong’s antiauthoritarian movement, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2022) View citations (4) (2022)

2021

9. Persistent Political Engagement: Social Interactions and the Dynamics of Protest Movements
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2021, 3, (2), 233-50 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper Persistent political engagement: social interactions and the dynamics of protest movements, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) View citations (23) (2021)

2020

10. Political Identity: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan
    (Economics And Identity)
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (5), 2532-2560 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Political identity: experimental evidence on anti-Americanism in Pakistan, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2020) View citations (4) (2020)

2019

11. Protests as Strategic Games: Experimental Evidence from Hong Kong's Antiauthoritarian Movement
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019, 134, (2), 1021-1077 View citations (80)
    See also Working Paper PROTESTS AS STRATEGIC GAMES: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM HONG KONG'S ANTIAUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT, Munich Reprints in Economics (2019) View citations (53) (2019)

2018

12. Religious Competition and Reallocation: the Political Economy of Secularization in the Protestant Reformation*
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (4), 2037-2096 View citations (101)
    See also Working Paper Religious competition and reallocation: the political economy of secularization in the Protestant Reformation, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) View citations (97) (2018)

2017

13. Curriculum and Ideology
    Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125, (2), 338 - 392 View citations (149)
    See also Working Paper Curriculum and Ideology, Munich Reprints in Economics (2017) View citations (139) (2017)
14. Teaching to the tests: An economic analysis of traditional and modern education in late imperial and republican China
    Explorations in Economic History, 2017, 63, (C), 70-90 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Teaching to the tests: an economic analysis of traditional and modern education in late imperial and republican China, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2017) View citations (10) (2017)

2016

15. The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (3), 778-806 View citations (90)
    See also Working Paper The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study, Scholarly Articles (2016) View citations (88) (2016)

2015

16. Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 496-501 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?, Scholarly Articles (2015) View citations (52) (2015)
17. Intergenerational mobility and institutional change in 20th century China
    Explorations in Economic History, 2015, 58, (C), 44-73 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Intergenerational mobility and institutional change in 20th century China, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2015) View citations (14) (2015)

2014

18. Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129, (2), 823-887 View citations (119)
    See also Working Paper Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution, Munich Reprints in Economics (2014) View citations (118) (2014)
19. Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions
    Econometrica, 2014, 82, (4), 1273-1301 View citations (261)
    See also Working Paper Understanding mechanisms underlying peer effects: evidence from a field experiment on financial decisions, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (269) (2014)

2013

20. Coercive Contract Enforcement: Law and the Labor Market in Nineteenth Century Industrial Britain
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (1), 107-44 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper Coercive contract enforcement: law and the labor market in nineteenth century industrial Britain, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2013) View citations (39) (2013)
21. Crime, Punishment, and Politics: An Analysis of Political Cycles in Criminal Sentencing
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (3), 741-756 View citations (54)
22. The political economy of educational content and development: Lessons from history
    Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, (C), 233-244 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Educational Content and Development: Lessons from History, CESifo Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (34) (2013)

Chapters

2025

1. Generalized Disruption: Society, Work, and Property Rights in the Age of AI
   A chapter in The Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence, 2025 View citations (1)

2024

2. Government as Venture Capitalists in Artificial Intelligence
   A chapter in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, volume 4, 2024, pp 81-102
   See also Journal Article Government as Venture Capitalists in Artificial Intelligence, University of Chicago Press (2025) (2025)

Editor

1. The Review of Economic Studies
   Review of Economic Studies Ltd