RESEARCH PAGE
Publications and Working Papers (click on abbreviated title to access the paper)DDR & Reintegration of ex-combatants
"Reintegrating rebels into civilian life: Quasi-experimental evidence from Burundi," (with Michael Gilligan and Cyrus Samii), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2013
Resource curse in the US
"The Resource Curse, Democracy, and Development: Lessons from Strange Cases (with Ellis Goldberg and Erik Wibbels) Comparative Politics Studies 2008, 41 (4-5): 477-514
Participatory processes in traditional institutions
"When Participation is Not Novel: The Effects of Participatory Clan Chief Selection in Liberia." (with Kate Baldwin), Revised and Resubmit.
Peacebuilding strategies and liberal political participation
"When and How Local Cultures Matter For Peace-Building Strategies To Promote Political Participation? Insights and Evidence From A Field Experiment in Rural Liberia." Working paper.
Peacebuilding strategies and social cohesion (within and between groups.)
"Who Needs Information (and What Kind) To Cooperate? Behavioral Evidence From a Field Experiment in Rural Liberia." Working paper.
Peacekeeping and liberal political participation (retrospective.)
"Peacebuilding Interventions and Democracy Promotion From the Bottom-Up: Survey Evidence from Liberia." Working paper.
" Promoting Democracy in Fragile States: Insights from a Field Experiment in Liberia." (with Cyrus Samii.) Working paper.
Micro-effects of UN peacekeeping
"Does Peacekeeping Work from the Bottom Up? Negative Evidence from Liberia." (with Cyrus Samii.) Under review.
UN radio programing and female political participation
"'Dis Voting Ting,' 'Hot Seat,' 'Back to the Ballot Box,' and More: Experimental Evidence on UNMIL Radio's Electoral Programs and Female Political Participation in Rural Liberia." Working paper.
Peacebuilding strategies and goverance in traditional institutions
"Can International Interventions Enable Citizens' Enforcement of Local Governance? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Liberia." Working paper.
Peacebuilding strategies and electoral participation
International NGOs and promotion of social cohesion
"International INGOs and Social Cohesion after Civil War: Survey and Behavioral Evidence from Liberia," Working Paper.
UN-sponsored postwar elections and political stability
"Helping Out Peacemakers or Picking Up The Tab For Gamblers? UN-sponsored Elections, Protagonist Types and Political Stability After Civil War." Working Paper.
UNOCI effects on socioeconomic outcomes
"Laying a Foundation for Peace? Micro-Impacts of Peacekeeping in Cote d'Ivoire." (with Cyrus Samii)
Community collective action in postwar Sierra Leone
"Community mechanisms and collective action in Sierra Leone." (with Gwendolyn Taylor and Cyrus Samii.)
Click here for some thoughts on implementation of field experiments
"From design to implementation: forging partnerships and mitigating threats to validity in field experiments." Prepared for a CSDS-Harriman Institute's Field Experiment Workshop: Columbumbia University, Many 18-20, 2011.