Research
The Economic Origins of the Territorial State (2016) International Organization
Working Papers
Endogenous Parliaments: Urban Agglomeration, Technological Accumulation, and the Deep Roots of Executive Constraints in Europe w/ Carles Boix
Parliaments, War, & Commerce w/ Carles Boix
An Institutional Common Score of National Constitutions w/ Michael Barber (Under Review)
The Economic Effects of Leaders' Economic Interests: Evidence from Election By Lot in the Florentine Republic.
The Resource Curse in the Long-Run: Evidence From European Coal Mining Regions in the 19th Century w/ Elena Esposito
Conflict, Cooperation, and Exit: a Mechanism Design Approach to the Origins of the State w/ Jee Seon Jeon
Scaling the Founding: Identifying Latent Dimensions in the American Colonial Constitutions w/ Michael Barber and Jeremey Pope.
Systemic Uncertainty and the Emergence of Border Disputes w/ David Carter
Book Project: Production, Predation, and the Origins of the Territorial State
Awards
Ernst Haas Best Dissertation Award from the APSA European Politics and Society Section - 2015
The Society for Political Methodology Best Poster Award - 2013
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester. I was previously a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. I received my PhD from the Department of Politics at Princeton University in 2015. You can contact me at sabramso@ur.rochester.edu