Publications

• “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]

• “All the Sultan’s Men: Regime Type, Insecurity, and the Shuffling of Governors,” with Bogdan Popescu and Gunes Murat Tezcur (Online first at Comparative Political Studies). [journal]

Working Papers

• “The Paradox of Imperial Taxation: How Diversity Shapes Development and Dominant Groups Shoulder the Tax Burdens.” (Under Review). [link to paper]

• “Voting for Identity or Voting for Policy: The Limits of Islamist Electoral Advantage,” with M. Tahir Kilavuz (Invited to Revise and Resubmit). [link to paper]

Honorable Mention for the Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award. Religion and Politics section of the American Political Science Association

• ”Bargaining over Fiscal Centralization in the Shadow of War,” with Daniel Goldstein (Under Review). [you can email me for a draft]

Book Manuscript in Progress

• “Taxation and State Building Under Diversity.” (Under Review)

Works in Progress

• “After Empires: Legacies of Foreign Rule and Long-Run Fiscal Capacity in Arab States,” with Allison Hartnett

• “Out-Group Tax Compliance and Tax Morale: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey,” with Giuliana Pardelli

• “Strategic Frameworks for Women’s Rights: Evidence from Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey,” with Caglayan Baser and Ekrem T. Baser