Scott F Abramson
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
Research
The Economic Effects of Leaders' Economic Interests: Evidence from Election By Lot in the Florentine Republic (Accepted at The Journal of Politics )
Systemic Instability and the Emergence of Border Disputes w/ David Carter (Accepted at International Organization)
The Economic Origins of the Territorial State (2017) International Organization
Working Papers
Learning About Growth and Democracy (w/ Sergio Montero) (R&R at The American Political Science Review)
Coal, Gender and Education: A Resource Curse in the Long-Run w/ Elena Esposito (R&R at The Journal of Economic Growth)
Designing Political Order: Why Monopolies of Violence are Socially Inefficient (But Individually Rational)
w/ Emiel Awad and Brenton Kenkel (Under Review)
A Variance Decomposition Approach for Bounding Neighborhood Effects w/ Anderson Frey (Under Review)
A Revolution of Rights in American Founding Documents w/ Michael Barber and Jeremey Pope (Under Review)
What Do We Learn About Voter Preferences From Conjoint Experiments? w/ Korhan Kocak & Asya Magazinnik
Failure to Learn in the Laboratories of Democracy: Gun Control and Partisan Bias in the United States
w/ Mary Kroeger & Sergio Montero
Parliaments, War, & Commerce w/ Carles Boix
Book Project: The Economic Origins of the National State
Awards
Robert O. Keohane Award for best article in International Organization by a junior scholar - 2017
Ernst Haas Best Dissertation Award from the APSA European Politics and Society Section - 2015
The Society for Political Methodology Best Poster Award - 2013