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My current research focuses primarily on the political economy of development in sub-Saharan Africa. Broadly speaking, I am interested in the impact of democratic institutions on the provision of public goods and services. I also have a particular interest in how policy attribution affects the operation of accountability.
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Book
- Rural Democracy: Elections and Development in Africa. Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
Journal Articles
- Candidate Coethnicity, Rural/Urban Divides, and Partisanship in Africa (with Kristin Michelitch), Party Politics, (forthcoming).
- Who is Democracy Good For? Elections, Rural Bias, and Health and Education Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Politics, 82:1 (2020).
- Attribution and Accountability: Voting for Roads in Ghana, World Politics, 67:4 (2015), pp. 656-689.
- What Democracy Does (and Doesn't) do for Basic Services: School Fees, School Quality, and African Elections (with David Stasavage), Journal of Politics, 76:1 (2014), pp. 229-245.
- Public Investment in Rural Infrastructure: Some Political Economy Considerations (with Moussa Blimpo and Leonard Wantchekon), Journal of African Economies, 22 (2013), pp. ii57-ii83.
- Freedom to Choose and Democracy: The Empirical Question, Economics and Philosophy, 27:3 (2011), pp. 221-245.
Book Chapters
- The Democratic Dividend: Public Spending and Education under Multipartyism. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press (2019).
Work in Progress
- Security in the Absence of a State: Traditional Authority, Livestock Trading, and Maritime Piracy in Northern Somalia (with Avi Acharya and Andy Harris), Revise & Resubmit.
- Does Information about Attribution Improve Accountability for Education? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Delhi (with Tanushree Goyal), In Progress.
- Does Policy Attribution Influence Candidate Choice? Evidence from Conjoint Experiments in Ghana and India (with Tanushree Goyal), In Progress.
Other Papers
- Food Security and Public Investment in Rural Infrastructure: Some Political Economy Considerations (with Leonard Wantchekon), UNDP Research Paper, January 2012.
- The Political Economy of Human Development (with Leonard Wantchekon), UNDP Research Paper, October 2010.
- Urban-Rural Differences in Incumbent Support Across Africa, Afrobarometer Working Paper Series, June 2010.