Faculty Publications

VANDERHEIDEN SJ. Taiwan Human Rights Journal . 3 (3) (2016): 3-26. Abstract: Among the challenges posed by human-caused climate change are issues of justice and democracy, in how the environmental problem is expected to affect human social and economic systems and in the response taken by states and the international...

TIR J, Bailey M. Conflict Management and Peace Science (2016). Abstract: Why is the economic status of women better in one country than another? We maintain that the answer lies in part in the extent of external threat to the homeland territory a country faces. Our project furthers the research...

MCCABE JT, Linke A, O'Loughlin J, Tir J, Witmer F. Journal of Colflict Resolution (December 15, 2016). Abstract: Two questions on the effects of climate change for social instability are addressed. First, do droughts and their associated environmental impacts affect support for the use of violence? Second, do local level...

Strayhorn JA, Carrubba CJ, Giles MW. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL POLITICS . 28 (3) (July 01, 2016): 431-460. Abstract: In a principal–agent relationship, how should principals budget time for oversight when oversight activity is not instantaneous? We develop a formal model of resource allocation by a principal monitoring multiple agents, where...

Zhang N, Andrighetto G, Ottone S, Ponzano F, Steinmo S. PLOS ONE . 11 (2) (February 26, 2016). Abstract: As shown by the recent crisis, tax evasion poses a significant problem for countries such as Greece, Spain and Italy. While these societies certainly possess weaker fiscal institutions as compared to...

Steinmo. in The Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism Ed.Sheingate A. (Cambridge: Oxford University Press, March 17, 2016).107-123. Abstract: Although a core insight of historical institutionalism (HI) is that history affects actors’ beliefs, values and preferences, it is difficult to test these propositions directly. This chapter argues that one way of...

STEINMO SH. in Complexity and Evolution Toward a New Synthesis for Economics ( MIT Press, August 19, 2016). Abstract: Some economists argue that institutions are the most important factor affecting variation in economic growth. There is a need, however, to better understand how and why institutions emerge and change. Informed...

Andrighetto G, Zhang N, Ottone S, Ponzano F, D'Attoma J, Steinmo S. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY . 7 (April 07, 2016). Abstract: This study examines cultural differences in ordinary dishonesty between Italy and Sweden, two countries with different reputations for trustworthiness and probity. Exploiting a set of cross-cultural tax compliance experiments,...

SOKHEY SW, Duvanova D. Business and Politics . 18 (3) (2016): 225-262. Abstract: Decisions over state assistance to firms can hinge on whether politicians choose a strategy that favors particular interest groups, targets aggregate economic performance, or both. Which types of firms are more likely to receive financial help from...

Liu AH, Roosevelt M, Wilson Sokhey S. Economics & Politics (October 2016). Abstract: Trade has the potential to influence a wide range of political and social outcomes. Using the post-Soviet context, we examine how language policies – vital components for how minorities are treated with far-reaching economic consequences – are...