Research

Publications

• Kockaya, Leon, Spencer Goidel, and Sam Sharman. “Surveil Thy Neighbor: Priming Policy Preferences and Support for State Surveillance.” Conditionally accepted at Journal of Politics.
• Sharman, Sam. 2024. “Labor Mobility and Semi-Presidentialism.” Electoral Studies 88 (April): 102772. Paper Appendix Replication Pre-Print

Working Papers

• Succession from Strength: Coups and Autocratic Succession Rules in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Manuscript
• “Succession, Stability, and Sovereign Bonds in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Manuscript
• “The Conditional Importance of the Rule of Law for Foreign Direct Investment in Autocracies” (with Hongbi Choi).
• “The Mortality Dividend: Leader Deaths and Market Reactions” (with Leon Kockaya).

Selected Works in Progress

• Constitutions, Coups, and Credit: The Domestic and International Politics of Autocratic Succession in Africa (book project).
• “Selective Electoral Manipulation: Security, Information, and Legitimacy in Autocratic Elections.”
• “Beyond Authoritarian Populism: Testing Nativism As the Primary Driver of Contemporary Politics” (with Clifford Young and Kirby Goidel).
• “Emotions and Costless Credible Signaling” (with Erik Chi and Nathan McCoslin).
• “Observing Costly Signaling” (with Nicholas Ray).
• “Secrecy Appeals and Public Support for Conflict Escalation” (with Matthew J. Conklin and Eddy S. F. Yeung).
• “Whataboutism and Public Support for Foreign Interference” (with Matthew J. Conklin and Eddy S. F. Yeung).