Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bureaucratic Influence in International Politics with Richard Clark and Tyler Jost, Annual Review of Political Science 29. (2026) [paper]
Accountable to Whom? Public Opinion of Aid Conditionality in Recipient Countries with Richard Clark and Alexandra O. Zeitz, International Studies Quarterly 69(3). (2025) [ungated]
Tariffs and Corporate Political Activity: A Survey Experiment on U.S. Businesses with Robert M. Kubinec, Daniel L. Nielson, and Jiakun J. Zhang, Business and Politics, FirstView. (2025) [ungated] [Monkey Cage]
Migration and Development Finance: A Survey Experiment on Diaspora Members with Alexandra O. Zeitz, Review of International Organizations 19(2): 185-215. (2024) [ungated]
Low-Skilled Liberalizers: Support for Free Trade in Africa with Helen V. Milner, International Organization 77(4): 848-870. (2023) [ungated]
Mutual Gain or Resource Drain? Attitudes Toward International Financial Assistance During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic with Quynh Nguyen, International Interactions 47(6): 1131-1150. (2021) [gated] [ungated]
The Effects of Rejecting Aid on Recipients’ Reputations: Evidence from Natural Disasters with Allison Carnegie, Review of International Organizations 16: 495-519. (2021) [ungated]
Pleasing the Principal: U.S. Influence in World Bank Policymaking with Richard Clark, American Journal of Political Science 65(1): 36-51. (2021) [gated] [ungated] [AJPS blog]
Rethinking Foreign Aid and Government Legitimacy: Views from Aid Recipients in Kenya, Studies in Comparative International Development 55(2): 143-159. (2020) [ungated]
Global Patterns of Renewable Energy Innovation, 1990 to 2009 with Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen, Energy for Sustainable Development, 17(3). (2013) [gated]
Under Review and Working Papers
Individuals in Institutions: Evidence from the World Bank and IMF with Richard Clark and Kolby Hanson [paper] (under review)
Trade Smarts: How Knowledge Informs Trade Policy Preferences in Sub-Saharan Africa with Richard Clark and Alexandra O. Zeitz [paper] (under review)
The Microfoundations of Geopolitical Influence in International Financial Institutions with Richard Clark [paper]
Legacies of Mexico's Haciendas: Income, Income Inequality, and Institutions with Hannah Landel (Wes ‘22) (under review)