Publications

2023

• Settling for Less: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop. ​Princeton University Press.

        *President's Book Award: Social Science History Association
        *Co-winner Best Book Award: Migration and Citizenship Section,    
         American Political Science Association
        *Hedley Bull Prize for Best Book in International Relations: European
         Consortium on Political Research

​           Reviews (linked): 
           Political Science Quarterly
           Nations and Nationalism
           Perspectives on Politics
           Choice
           Studies of Transition States and Societies
           International Affairs
           The Developing Economies

2020

• ​"Colonial Legacies and Comparative Racial Identification in the Americas". American Journal of Sociology 

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2019

• “Demographic Engineering and International Conflict: Evidence from China and the Former USSR” (with Anna Zhang). International Organization.  Paper
• ​Winner  of the Robert O. Keohane Award for the best article in International Organization by a junior faculty  in the previous year 

 

• “Indirect Colonial Rule and the Salience of Ethnicity.” World Development. Paper

2018

• “Mass Resettlement and Political Violence: Evidence from Rwanda.” World Politics​. Paper

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• “Indirect Colonial Rule Undermines Support for Democracy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Namibia” (with Marie Lechler). Comparative Political Studies. Paper

​2012

• “China: Prospects for Export-Driven Growth” (with B. Coates and D. Horton). Australian Treasury Economic Roundup Issue 4, 2012. Link

Working Papers

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• "Settler Colonialism in West Papua: Evidence from Indonesia's Transmigration Program" Link​ ​

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