Andrea Vindigni

Princeton University

Department of Politics, Princeton University
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WARFARE, TAXATION, AND POLITICAL CHANGE: EVIDENCE FROM THE ITALIAN RISORGIMENTO (with Mark Dincecco and Giovanni Federico), Journal of Economic History (2011)

We examine the relationships between warfare, taxation, and political change in the context of the...

Persistence of Civil Wars (with Daron Acemoglu and Davide Ticchi), Journal of the European Economic Association (2010)

A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration....

Endogenous Constitutions (with Davide Ticchi), Economic Journal (2010)

We present a theory of the choice of alternative democratic constitutions, a majoritarian or a...

A Theory of Military Dictatorships (with Daron Acemoglu and Davide Ticchi), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2010)

We investigate how nondemocratic regimes use the military and how this can lead to the...

Emergence and Persistence of Inefficient States (with Daron Acemoglu and Davide Ticchi), Journal of the European Economic Association, Forthcoming (2010)

We present a theory of the emergence and persistence of inefficient states based on patronage...

An Economic Theory of Constitutional Choice (with Davide Ticchi), Cesifo DICE Report - Journal for Institutional Comparisons (2007)

Unpublished Papers

Uncertainty and the Politics of Employment Protection, IZA Discussion Paper No. 3509, May 2008. (2008)

This paper investigates the role that idiosyncratic uncertainty plays in shaping social preferences over the...

War and Endogenous Democracy (with Davide Ticchi), IZA Discussion Paper No. 3397, March 2008. (2008)

Many episodes of extension of franchise in the 19th and especially in the 20th century...

On Wars and Political Development. The Role of International Conflicts in the Democratization of the West (with Davide Ticchi), Princeton University, Research Program in Political Economy, Working Paper, 2006. (2006)

The revised version of this paper has a new title: "War and Endogenous Democracy"