Refereed Journal Publications 

• Peace and its correlates in the ancient world (with Jordan Adamson). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2025). 

• Did The Great Leveling Begin After 1921? (with Vincent Geloso and Jacob Hall). Scandinavian Economic History Review (2025). 

Working Papers

• Blood and Iron: Political Fragmentation in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean [Dropbox Link]. - R&R at Economic Journal            

• The Heterogeneous Effects of Historical Mission Exposure and Indigenous Development. 

• Seeing Like a Colony: The Virginia Land Surveyor (with Peter Hazlett) - Conditionally Accepted at European Economic Review

Works in Progress

• The Dark Side of Nation Building: The Reconquista and the Spanish Inquisition (with Jacob Hall and Henry Thompson)

• Salt and State-building (with Desiree Desierto and Mark Koyama)

• The Dynamics of Ideology (with Desiree Desierto and Mark Koyama)

Other Publications

• Blood and Iron: Political Fragmentation in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean @ Broadstreet Blog.

• Adam Smith on Polygamy and Kin Networks @ Adam Smith Works.