Research

My research focuses on foreign direct investment (FDI), political risk, strategic firm behavior, and the intersection between political violence and international political economy.

Publications

“A Test of the Democratic Peacekeeping Hypothesis: Coups, Democracy, and Foreign Military Deployments” (with Jamie Levin, Joseph MacKay, Abouzar Nasirzadeh and Anthony Sealey). Journal of Peace Research. 2020.

“Tracking Organizations in the World: The Correlates of War IGO Data, Version 3.0” (with Jon C.W. Pevehouse, Tim Nordstrom and Roseanne W. McManus). Journal of Peace Research. ​2019.

“Economic scenarios." in Central Asia 2050: Unleashing the Region’s Potential. Eds. Rajat Nag, Johannes Linn, and Harinder Kohli. Sage publications. 2017. (with Harpaul Alberto Kohli)

“Alternative long-term scenarios." in The World in 2050: Striving For a More Just, Prosperous, and Harmonious Global Community. Ed. Harinder Kohli. Oxford University Press. 2016. (with Claudio Loser, Harpaul Alberto Kohli, Alden LeClair and Ieva Vilkelyte)

Under review

“Is violence bad for business? The consequences of political violence for foreign direct investment” 


"Differential institutions, differential flows: Do PTAs always lead to increased FDI?" (with Jon C.W. Pevehouse) ​



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Working papers​

“Global diversification and political risk: Discount or premium?”

“The subnational political economy of political violence and foreign direct investment" 

“Trade, economic development and territorial claims" (with Nadav Shelef)