Autocracy
Formal Models of Nondemocratic Politics
Formal Models of Nondemocratic Politics. 2016. With Konstantin Sonin and Milan Svolik. Annual Review of Political Science. 19:565-84. (Web appendix.)
Government Control of the Media
Government Control of the Media. 2014. With Konstantin Sonin. Journal of Public Economics. 118:163-171.
Investment Without Democracy: Ruling-Party Institutionalization and Credible Commitment in Autocracies
Investment Without Democracy: Ruling-Party Institutionalization and Credible Commitment in Autocracies. 2011. With Philip Keefer. Journal of Comparative Economics. 39(2):123-139. Lead article.
Electoral Manipulation as Bureaucratic Control
Electoral Manipulation as Bureaucratic Control. 2015. With Alberto Simpser.American Journal of Political Science. 59(1):212--224.
Private Investment and the Institutionalization of Collective Action in Autocracies: Ruling Parties and Legislatures
Private Investment and the Institutionalization of Collective Action in Autocracies: Ruling Parties and Legislatures. 2012. With Philip Keefer. Journal of Politics. 74(2):621-635. (Replication data.)