Thomas Brambor
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Publications in Refereed Journals
  • Brambor, Thomas and Johannes Lindvall. 2017 (forthcoming). “The Ideology of Heads of Government, 1870–2012.” European Political Studies. doi: 10.1057/s41304-017-0124-9 [paper - gated][paper - free, view only][data]
  • Brambor, Thomas, Albertus Michael, & and Ricardo Ceneviva. 2016. “Land Inequality and Rural Unrest: Theory and Evidence from Brazil.” Journal of Conflict Resolution. [Published Version][Final Draft][Appendix][Data][Stata Code]
  • Brambor, Thomas & Ricardo Ceneviva. 2012. “Reeleição e Continuísmo nos Municípios Brasileiros.” Novos Estudos - CEBRAP, no. 93 (July 2012): 09–21. [paper][Press coverage in O Estado de S. Paulo - 2012/05/27 | Valor Econômico - 2012/09/28 (gated)] 
  • Brambor, Thomas, William Clark & Matt Golder. 2007. "Are African Party Systems Different?". Electoral Studies 26:2 315-323 [paper]
  • Brambor, Thomas, William Clark & Matt Golder. 2006. "Understanding Interaction Models: Improving Empirical Analyses." Political Analysis 14:1, pp. 63-82. [paper][webpage with computer code and replications]
      Reprinted in W. Paul Vogt. 2008. Selecting Research Methods. London: Sage Publications
      Reprinted in Salvatore Babones. 2013. Applied Statistical Modeling. London: Sage Publications

      Reprinted in Salvatore Babones. 2013. Fundamentals of Regression Modeling. London: Sage Publications

Dissertation
  • Brambor, Thomas. 2012. “Taxation, Natural Resources, and Representation” Ph.D. dissertation. Stanford University. [abstract]

Work in Progress
  • Fiscal Capacity and the Enduring Legacy of the First Income Tax Law (Under Review)
  • Information Capacity and the Modern State with Agustín Goenaga, Johannes Lindvall & Jan Teorell (STANCE working paper)
  • Fiscal Capacity, Domestic Compensation, and Trade Policy: A Long-Term View with Johannes Lindvall. [paper]
  • Brambor, Thomas. 2015. Blame in on the Crisis: Understanding the Political Cost of Taxation
  • Incumbency Advantage in Brazilian Local Elections. [Coverage in O Estado de S. Paulo] with Ricardo Ceneviva.
  • Democratic Breakdowns in Economic Crises: The Role of Political Ideology. [paper] [Ideology of Heads of Government (HOG) 1870–2012 dataset and codebook] with Johannes Lindvall
  • Brambor, Thomas. 2013. "How are resource royalties used in Brazilian municipalities?" 
  • Brambor, Thomas. 2012. "Local Governance in Brazilian Municipalities: Effects of Electoral Competition on Municipal Finance" [paper - under revision]
  • Brambor, Thomas. 2012. "Oil and Institutional Change: Is there a Resource Curse?" [link]
  • Brambor, Thomas. 2011. Campaign Financing of Local Elections in Brazil
  • R function (similar to STATA's "outreg" or "estout") to turn regression output into latex table. Only works for some models and is fairly rudimentary as of now. [outregTB.R]

Data Projects
  • Dataset on “Keeping Record for the State” – a cross-national dataset on national censuses, statistical agencies, audit courts, and tax bureaucracies (1800–2014), with Johannes Lindvall and Jan Teorell. [yearbooks site - link removed until copyright issues cleared]
  • Dataset on the “Ideology of Heads of Government (HOG) 1870–2012” available at www.reformcapacity.org/data. [Codebook] With Johannes Lindvall and Annika Stjernquist.
  • Dataset on “Financing the State - Central Government Revenues, 1800–2012” available at www.reformcapacity.org/data. With Per Andersson.
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