Publications & Work
A collection of work in progress, peer-reviewed articles, and compilation datasets.
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Estimating Local Welfare Effects of Chinese Development Finance in Africa
Utilizing causal machine learning to quantify the sub-national impacts of Chinese development finance on local welfare outcomes across Africa.
Political Competition and Public Procurement: Subnational Evidence from Municipal and State-Level Contracts in Turkey
Analyzing the redistributive logic of procurement contracts and the impact of political competition on resource allocation.
The Institutionalization of States
Exploring cycles of governance across the life span of polities. I analyze leadership tenure as a proxy for power concentration at the apex to examine the long-term institutionalization of states.
The Size and Shape of States: A Historical Perspective
Mapping the long-term evolution of state formation and territorial dynamics across the global landscape.
Leader Tenure through the Ages: The Growth of Constraints?
Exploring historical trends in political leader tenure and the emergence of institutional constraints over time.
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The Quality of Government Expert Survey 2020 (Wave III): Report
University of Gothenburg: The QoG Working Paper Series 2021:2. A detailed methodological report on the third wave of the global expert survey.
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The Quality of Government Standard, Basic & OECD Datasets
Comprehensive compilation datasets of global governance indicators, featuring over 2000 variables on institutional quality and political economy.
Access PortalThe Quality of Government Expert Survey 2020 Dataset: Wave III
A primary dataset on the internal structure and operation of public administration across 129 countries.
Access DatasetThe Quality of Government EU Regional Dataset
A specialized compilation of sub-national governance and quality indicators for European Union regions.
Access DatasetThe Quality of Government Environmental Indicators Dataset
A curated collection of global indicators focusing on environmental performance and policy outcomes.
Access DatasetPolitical Leaders Through Time (PLT)
A major historical compilation database on global political leaders since 3000 BCE, focused on leader tenure and elite circulation.
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Review of “Political behavior and the emotional citizen: participation and reaction in Turkey”
Turkish Studies, vol. 19, no. 4
A critical review of Cengiz Erişen’s work on the emotional and behavioral dimensions of political participation in the Turkish context.
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