Scholars@Duke
Mara Revkin

Scholarly Works - Preprints

The Civil War Origins of Fiscal Policing: Evidence from the District of Columbia

Preprint · 2026 The rise of “fiscal policing” in the United States—the use of fines, fees, and forfeitures to extract revenue from civilian populations—is widely described in previous scholarship as a relatively recent development with roots in post-1970s municipa ... Full text Cite

Resistance, Collaboration, and Ethnic Bias: Evidence on Social Cohesion in Wartime Ukraine

Preprint · 2026 Interstate wars can rally societies around the flag, but they can also divide them based on individuals' behavior and identities. Building on fieldwork in wartime Ukraine, we study the importance of collaboration and resistance, ethnic identity, an ... Full text Cite

The Moral Logic of Blame for Civilian Casualties: Evidence from Iraq

Preprint · 2026 A large literature holds that civilian casualties are strategically costly because conflict-affected populations punish whoever harms them. Punishment implies moral judgment, but whether moral principles resonate with conflict-affected populations ... Full text Cite