Excited to have brought together a panel on "Historical Taxation & Representation" accepted for APSA 2023 in LA with Jim Mahon, Ryan Saylor, Per F. Andersson, and @TinePaulsen for experts of state-building and new perspectives on measuring cause/effect of state capacity! :)

Potentially dumb question for #econtwitter #econhist: I started working with the Galor-Özak caloric suitability index (pre Columbian exchange), and noticed some things that do not make sense to me. Example 1: zero caloric suitability in the Nile valley.

How have different states developed their abilities to tax during the last two centuries? See this intriguing look into history by Per F. Andersson go.unu.edu/8Kgfl #FiscalStates #SDG16 #DRMprogramme

Happy to see this in print! Many thanks to @AntoniSavoia and kunal sen for putting it together!

Friends in Sweden, Oriol Sabaté and I are hiring a part-time research assistant for our project on "The Politics of State Building". We are looking for a Spanish-speaker already based in Sweden. Please share in your networks! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Very excited to attend the workshop on Cities and the Wealth of Nations organized by my colleagues Thilo Huning and Matthias Flückiger at Economics at York. Per F. Andersson will present our work on the role of aqueducts in the process of cultural assimilation in the Roman Empire.

📣The Call for Max Weber Post-doctoral Fellowships 2025-2026 is now open ❗️ 📍European University Institute ⏰Deadline: 18 October 2024 at 14.00 pm CEST! 🔗Read more about it below ⤵️ eui.eu/apply?id=max-w…

What impact does the state have on the prospects of democratization? This new paper argues that an increase in state capacity under autocracy makes democratization more likely. It provides food for thought. Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

Deadline for applying to this postdoc coming up! Jan Stuckatz and I are hiring a postdoc for a revolving door project at Copenhagen Business School. 2 years in Copenhagen with our group of political economists. Start: summer '25. No teaching. Deadline: January 5 '25 Link: cbs.dk/en/about-cbs/j…

I agree, fantastic opportunity to get feedback on work in progress!