Publications
“The Paradox of Imperial Taxation: How Diversity Shaped Fiscal Development in the Ottoman Empire.” (Forthcoming at World Politics).
“When Religion Meets Incumbency: The Limits of Islamist Electoral Advantage,” with M. Tahir Kilavuz. 2025. Party Politics 31(6), 1004-1017. [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
“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]
“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]
Working Papers
”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]
“Strategic Frameworks for Women’s Rights: Experimental Evidence from Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey,” with Caglayan Baser and Ekrem T. Baser. [pre-analysis plan] [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
“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