Mark Dincecco
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Mark Dincecco is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. His research analyzes the long-run historical determinants of the political and economic development patterns that we observe today, with a focus on Europe and Eurasia. Dincecco has published numerous articles in leading academic journals across both political science and economics. He has written three books: Political Transformations and Public Finances: Europe, 1650-1913 (Cambridge, 2011), State Capacity and Economic Development: Present and Past (Cambridge, 2017), and From Warfare to Wealth: The Military Origins of Urban Prosperity in Europe (Cambridge, 2017, with Massimiliano Onorato), the winner of the William Riker Best Book Award. Dincecco currently serves as Editor of the Elements in Political Economy Series for Cambridge University Press. In 2016-17, he was the Edward Teller National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Dincecco received his PhD in Economics from UCLA.
- Mark Dincecco, Onorato, Massimiliano. 2025. Warfare, Fiscal Gridlock, and State Formation during Europe's Military Revolution. Journal of Politics
- Mark Dincecco, Troiano, Ugo Antonio. 2024. The Introduction of the Income Tax, Fiscal Capacity, and Migration: Evidence from U.S. States. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 16(1):359-93.
- Mark Dincecco, Onorato, Massimiliano. 2024. Window of Opportunity: War and the Origins of Parliament. British Journal of Political Science 54(2):405-421.
- Mark Dincecco, Menon, Anil, Mukherjee, Shivaji. 2022. Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India. The Economic Journal 132(643):981-1010.
- Mark Dincecco. 2021. The Budgetary Origins of Fiscal-Military Prowess. The Journal of Politics 83(3)
- Mark Dincecco, Rogers, Melissa. 2019. Intra-Elite Competition and Long-Run Fiscal Development. The Journal of Politics 81(1)
- Mark Dincecco, Katz, Gabriel. 2018. State Capacity and Long‐Run Economic Performance. The Economic Journal 126(590):189-218.
- Mark Dincecco, Wang, Yuhua. 2017. Violent Conflict and Political Development Over the Long Run: China versus Europe. Annual Review of Political Science 21
- Mark Dincecco, Onorato, Massimiliano. 2017. From Warfare to Wealth: The Military Origins of Urban Prosperity in Europe. Cambridge University Press
- Mark Dincecco. 2017. State Capacity and Economic Development: Present and Past. Cambridge University Press