Publications

Books

• Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections (Forthcoming) Oxford University Press (with Timothy Frye and David Szakonyi)

• The Origins of Dominant Parties:  Building Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Soviet Russia (2017) Cambridge University Press

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Endogenous Popularity: How Perceptions of Support Affect the Popularity of Authoritarian Regimes (2024) (with Noah Buckley, Kyle Marquardt, and Katerina Tertytchnaya) American Political Science Review

• Effects of a Coup Attempt on Public Attitudes under Autocracy: Quasi Experimental Evidence from Russia (2024) (with Alexei Zakharov, Vladimir Shuklin, and Denis Volkov) Post-Soviet Affairs

• Is Putin’s popularity (still) real? A cautionary note on using list experiments to measure popularity in authoritarian regimes (2023) (with Timothy Frye, Scott Gehlbach, and Ora John Reuter) Post-Soviet Affairs

• Why is Party-Based Autocracy More Durable? Examining the Role of Elite Institutions and Mass Organization. (2022)  Democratization.

• Shoring up Power:  Electoral Reform and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule (2022)  (with Abigail Heller and Jennifer Gandhi) Electoral Studies

• Vote Mobilization, Economic Performance, and Gubernatorial Appointments in Russia. (2022) (with Rostislav Turovsky)  Russian Politics.

• A Global Perspective on Party Organizations: Validating the Varieties of Party Identity and Organization Dataset. (2022) (with Nils Dupont, Anna Luehrmann, and Berker Kavasoglu) Electoral Studies.  (75)

• Do Authoritarian Elections Help the Poor? Evidence from Russian Cities (2022) (with Quintin Beazer) Journal of Politics

• Staying out of Trouble: Criminal Cases Against Russian Mayors  (2022) (with Noah Buckley, Michael Rochlitz, and Anton Aisin), Comparative Political Studies

• Civic Duty and Voting under Autocracy, (2021) Journal of Politics

• Electoral Manipulation and Regime Support: Survey Evidence from Russia (2021) (with David Szakonyi), World Politics

• Getting the Opposition Together: Protest Coordination in Authoritarian Regimes (2020) (with David Armstrong and Graeme Robertson), Post-Soviet Affairs

• Vote Brokers, Clientelist Appeals, and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Russia and Venezuela  (2019) (with Timothy Frye and David Szakonyi), World Politics

• Elite Defection under Autocracy: Evidence from Russia  (2019) (with David Szakonyi), American Political Science Review.

• Who’s to Blame? Political Centralization and Electoral Punishment under Authoritarianism  (2019) (with Quintin Beazer), Journal of Politics.

• Performance Incentives under Autocracy:  Evidence from Russia’s Regions  (2019) (with Noah Buckley), Comparative Politics.

• Hitting Them with Carrots: Voter Intimidation and Vote Buying in Russia (2019) (with Timothy Frye and David Szakonyi), British Journal of Political Science

• Is Putin’s Popularity Real? (2017) (with Timothy Frye, Scott Gehlbach, and Kyle Marquadt), Post-Soviet Affairs.

• Local Elections in Authoritarian Regimes: An Elite-Based Theory with Evidence from Russian Mayoral Elections (2016) (with Noah Buckley, Guzel Garifullina, and Alexandra Shubenkova), Comparative Political Studies

• Legislatures, Cooptation, and Social Protest in Contemporary Authoritarian Regimes (2015) (with Graeme Robertson), Journal of Politics

• Online Social Media and Political Awareness in Authoritarian Regimes (2015) (with David Szakonyi), British Journal of Political Science.
  Supplementary Appendix

• Elections, Appointments, and Human Capital: The Case of Russian Mayors (2014) with (Buckley, Noah, Guzel Garifullina, and Alexandra Shubenkova), Demokratizatsiya

• Political Machines at Work: Voter Mobilization and Electoral Subversion in the Workplace (2014) (with Timothy Frye and David Szakonyi), World Politics

• The Political Economy of Russian Gubernatorial Election and Appointment (2014) (with Noah Buckley, Guzel Garifullina, and Timothy Frye), Europe-Asia Studies

• Dominant Party Rule and Legislative Leadership in Authoritarian Regimes (2014) (with Rostislav Turovsky), Party Politics

• Regional Patrons and Hegemonic Party Electoral Performance (2013) Post-Soviet Affairs
  Erratum

• The Incentives for Pre-electoral Coalitions in Non-Democratic Elections (2013) (with Jennifer Gandhi),  Democratization

• Sub-national Appointments in Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from Russian Gubernatorial Appointments (2012) (with Graeme Robertson), Journal of Politics.

• Economic Performance and Elite Defection from Hegemonic Parties (2011) (with Jennifer Gandhi), British Journal of Political Science

• The Politics of Dominant Party Formation: United Russia and Russia’s Governors (2010) Europe-Asia Studies

• Dominant Party Regimes and the Commitment Problem: the Case of United Russia (2009) (with Thomas Remington), Comparative Political Studies