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.