Publications

• “Predatory Rulers, Credible Commitment, and Tax Compliance in the Ottoman Balkans.” 2022. Journal of Historical Political Economy 2(2), 263-297. [journal] [pre-print version]

• “All the Sultan’s Men: Regime Type, Insecurity, and the Shuffling of Governors,” with Bogdan Popescu and Gunes Murat Tezcur. 2024. Comparative Political Studies 57(13), 2087–2117. [journal]

• “When Islamism Meets Incumbency: The Limits of Islamist Electoral Advantage,” with M. Tahir Kilavuz (Online first, Party Politics). [journal] [pre-print version]

Honorable Mention for the Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award. Religion and Politics section of the American Political Science Association

Working Papers

• “The Paradox of Imperial Taxation: How Diversity Shapes Development and Dominant Groups Shoulder the Tax Burdens.” (Invited to Revise and Resubmit, World Politics). [link to paper]

• ”Bargaining over State Building in the Shadow of War,” with Daniel Goldstein (Under Review). [link to paper]

• “Outgroup Tax Compliance and Tax Morale: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey,” with Giuliana Pardelli (Under Review). [available upon request]

Book Manuscript (Under Review)

• “Taxation and State Building Under Diversity.” (Proposal at the R&R stage at Cambridge University Press). [link to description]

Works in Progress

• “Strategic Frameworks for Women’s Rights: Experimental Evidence from Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey,” with Caglayan Baser and Ekrem T. Baser. (Data collection completed). [pre-analysis plan]

• “State Capacity and Age Heaping in Weak States: Evidence from the MENA Region,” with Tugba Bozcaga and Gabriel Koehler-Derrick

• “Tax Evasion and Inter-Group Attitudes,” with Giuliana Pardelli. (Data collection completed). [pre-analysis plan]

• “After Empires: Legacies of Foreign Rule and Long-Run Fiscal Capacity in Arab States,” with Allison Hartnett

• “State Capacity and Private Property: The Case of the 1858 Ottoman Land Code in Iraq,” with David Waldner