More on our just published article “The Multi-Sided Threat to Free Trade:” we wrote this article to be accessible beyond just academics (although parts of the article will be a bit of a slog to read through as it is an academic article) so anyone interested in trade can enjoy it!

Pro-trade policy makers should ignore populist concerns but also try to prevent populism from increasing, most noticeably by addressing economic inequalities and insecurities. Of course, if you want to limit trade, you can do the opposite of our advice!

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Don't play dice with geese. They cheat. 🎲

My paper with Sean Ehrlich on the Multisided Threat to #FreeTrade including the rise of #populist #protectionism is out now and #OpenAccess for all to read.

Proud to be learning from and working with some really gifted faculty FSU Department of Political Science

you go viral by putting out conspiracy theories and racist takes. i go viral by talking about the distribution of closet space in the US. we are not the same

This is a great, quick, and easy to comprehend blog post! There’s a fantastic bit about arguing for a negligible effect from an earlier article of his that is very informative too! 10/10 would recommend.

Check out my job market paper uploaded to APSA Preprints. I exploit the timing of two court decisions in Argentina to examine whether and how judicial checks shape public attitudes about the judiciary. #APSA2024

Last minute rescheduling of my flight to #peio due to snow and ice from a winter storm in Florida was not on my 2025 Bingo card.

What a great experience for my first time at PEIO/RIO conference. Received great feedback from my paper presentation and got a chance to meet with some of the best IR scholars in the world.

Check out the papers of the 17th PEIO (PEIO/RIO , Harvard University, Jan 23-25) at peio.me. Please save the date for our next PEIO, hosted by IE University in Segovia, Spain, on January 29-31, 2026. Thanks to Nikitas Konstantinidis for hosting us there!

Join us for the Political Economy of International Organization Conference (PEIO/RIO) at IE University in Segovia, Spain, January 29-31, 2026. Submission is now open at peio.me. Thanks Nikitas Konstantinidis for hosting!

Dear FSU community, Today, we experienced a tragic and senseless act of violence at the heart of our campus. At lunchtime, an active shooter opened fire at the Student Union. Two were killed. Six others were injured. We are heartbroken. We are grieving with the families,

Today has been a terrible day for the FSU community. While I know this happens all too often, I (perhaps foolishly) never thought I’d experience an active shooter event. My heart goes out to those who lost their lives or were injured today.

Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’ politico.com/news/2025/04/2…

🚨 This week! 🚨 Our workshop Econometrics at Emory: Causal Inference with Panel Data is happening May 2–3, 2025! We have a stellar lineup of speakers from both academia and industry, with Guid Imbens leading them as our Keynote Speaker.

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Vaccines.

It's a thing that exists! If you want a free copy of The Invisible Hand(out) retweet this & I'll pick one name on the release date (8/12) & send it to you wherever you are! Or if you can't wait that long, the e-version is available at academic.oup.com/book/60642?log…

We are hiring in political behavior (comparative politics or American politics)! UIUC is a great place to work. More info here: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…