Research

Articles:

Frizell, Jakob. 2025. “The fiscal reckoning of war: Contemporary armed conflict and progressive income taxation.” Journal of Peace Research, vol. 62(6): 1951 –1967. doi: 10.1177/00223433241300805.

Replication files

War PIT Dataset v.2.0 (.dta/.xlsx)

War PIT Codebook

Frizell, Jakob, Viktoriia Muliavka, Herbert Obinger, and Carina Schmitt. 2025. “War, solidarity and welfare attitudes: Survey evidence from the war in Ukraine.” Journal of European Public Policy (online first). doi: 10.1080/13501763.2025.2463640.

Replication files

Frizell, Jakob. 2024. “Rallying fiscal patriotism: War taxes in the contemporary world.” Comparative Political Studies, vol. 57(8): 1375-1405. doi: 10.1177/00104140231194061.

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Book chapters:

Frizell, Jakob. 2022. “War and Modern Taxation” in Genschel, Philipp & Laura Seelkopf (eds.) Global Taxation. How Modern Taxes Conquered the World, Oxford University Press.

Other publications:

Muliavka, Viktoriia, and Jakob Frizell. 2025. “Fairness Under Fire: Origins and Implications of Ukrainians’ Demand for Tax Progressivity”, Ukrainian Analytical Digest, no. 13 (June 2025): 6-11.

“Who should pay for the COVID-19 crisis? Learning from war-time experiences”, blog post at EUIdeas, 16.09.2021. 

Work in progress:

  • The political economy of welfare investment in post-war Angola
  • Civil war outcomes and the dynamics of social policy expansion.
  • Indirect governance in war-time Syria: outsourcing warfare and welfare.
  • The political function of public debt in post-war Lebanon.
  • Public finances and private enrichment in war-time Yemen.