Publications

“Armed groups: Competition and political violence.” (with Martin Gassebner and Melvin H. L. Wong). Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 162:103052.

• Link: Working paper version, in Media: Oekonomenstimme, Current version

“Fueling conflict? (De)Escalation and bilateral aid” (with Richard Bluhm, Martin Gassebner, and Sarah Langlotz). Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2021, 36:2, 244-261.

• Link: Published version (gated)

“First impressions: How leader changes affect bilateral aid” (with Tobias Rommel). Journal of Public Economics, 2020, Vol. 185 (May), 1-12.

• Link: Published version (gated)

The effect of migration on terror – Made at home or imported from abroad?” (with Axel Dreher and Martin Gassebner). Canadian Journal of Economics, 2020, 53:4, 1703-1744.

• Link: Published version (open access), in Media: VOX

Working papers

“Ethnofederalism and ethnic voting” (with Richard Bluhm and Roland Hodler). CESifo Working Paper No. 9314.

• Link: Working paper version

“The political geography of cities.” (with Richard Bluhm and Christian Leßmann). CESifo Working Paper No. 9376.

• Link: Working paper version, Current version

“Local majorities: How administrative divisions shape comparative development” (with Richard Bluhm and Roland Hodler). University of St.Gallen Discussion Paper No. 2010.

• Link: Working paper version

“Mining for peace” (with Roland Hodler and Alberto Vesperoni). CEPR Discussion Paper No. 17807.

• Link: Working paper version, Current version

“Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict” (with Kai Gehring). CESifo Working Paper No. 10423.

• Link: Working paper version

Ph.D. Dissertation

“The Political Economy of Development and Organized Violence”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Leibniz University Hannover (2019).

• Link: Publication