I am a political economist and Associate Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University.


Originally from New Zealand, I studied Political Science, Economics, International Relations and German literature at Wellington, Tübingen, Berlin and Minnesota. Before joining ASU I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford.


My research focuses on economic development, authoritarian regimes and democracy. Questions I am currently interested in include:





For a list of my published work, click here. You can find replication data for my published work at the Harvard Dataverse or ASU Dataverse.