Projects (test)

See below for the projects that are under review or in progress. In addition to quantitative work on civil wars and terrorism, these projects include georeferencing foreign aid and conflict, computational models of violence, a set of international relations field experiments, and preregistration standards for the social sciences.

Works In Review
  • "Aversion to Learning in Development? A Global Field Experiment on Microfinance Institutions." (With Matt Brigham, Billy Matthias, Chase Petrey, and Dan Nielson.) [.pdf draft here] Under Review.
  • "Orchestrating the Fight Against Anonymous Incorporation: A Field Experiment." (With Daniel Nielson and J.C. Sharman) [.pdf draft here] Under Review.
  • "Which Devil in Development? A Randomized Study of Citizen Actions Supporting Foreign Aid in Uganda." (With Helen Milner and Dan Nielson) [.pdf draft here] Under Review.
  • "The Downstream Effects of Combatant Fragmentation in Civil Wars." (With Peter J. Rudloff). [.pdf draft here] Under Review.
  • "Terrorism, Spoiling, and the Resolution of Civil Wars." (With Joseph K. Young) [.pdf draft here] Under Review.
Papers In Progress
  • "Spare the Rod? Corporal Punishment and Violent Armed Conflict." (With Kasey Beck, Ken Noyes, and Trent Van Alfen) [.pdf draft here]
  •  "The Swarm Principle: A Sub-national Spatial Analysis of Donor Coordination in Sub-Saharan Africa." (With Josh Powell) [.pdf draft here]
  • "Modeling Dynamic Violence: Integrating Events Data Analysis and Agent-Based Modeling." (With Steve Shellman, Joe Young, and Andy Beger) [.pdf draft here]