IPES 2015 Program

 

Friday, November 13

8:30-9:15   Breakfast/registration Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
AM Chairs Room 1 Eddy Malesky
  Room 2 Helen Milner
  Room 3 Raymond Hicks
9:15-9:45 Room 1 Julia Morse,
Princeton University		 "International Institutions and Indirect Market Enforcement: Analyzing the Regime to Combat Terrorist Financing" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Amanda Kennard,
Princeton University

Carissa T. Block,
Princeton University

 "The Determinants of Firm Lobbying on Climate Change" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3 Andrey Tomashevskiy,
University of California, Davis		 "Not in My Backyard: Electoral Consequences of FDI Sources and Type"
9:45-10:15 Room 1 Erik Wibbels,
Duke University		 "Trade and Informality" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2 Sebastian Ziaja,
Heidelberg University 		"Local globalization and domestic conflict in Africa"
  Room 3 Christopher Gandrud,
Hertie School of Governance      Mark Hallerberg,
Hertie School of Governance 		"On Whose Account? Financial Crises, Elections, International Investors, & the Accounting Rules of the Game" (PRESENTATION)
10:15-10:45 Room 1 Jason  Kuo,
UCSD		 "Trade and Regulation: The Globalization of Food Safety"
  Room 2

Krzysztof Pelc,
McGill University

Raj Desai,
Georgetown University

 "When Are Prices Politicized? Survey Evidence from India" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3 Steven Liao,
University of Virginia		 "Firm-Level Lobbying and the Liberalization of High-Skilled Visa Regulations"
10:45-11:00   Break
11:00-11:30 Room 1 Sarah Bermeo,
Duke University		 "Trading Development: Free Trade Agreements as Development Policy" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2 Stephen Chaudoin,
University of Illinois        Meredith Wilf,
University of Pittsburgh		 "Financial Regulations, Networks, and Public Preferences"
  Room 3

Boliang Zhu,
Penn State University

Pablo M. Pinto,
University of Houston

"Fortune or Evil? The Effect of Inward Foreign Direct Investment on Corruption" (PRESENTATION)
11:30-12:00 Room 1

Weiyi Shi,
UCSD

Megumi Naoi,
UCSD

Boliang Zhu,
Penn State University

 "Yes-man Firms:  How Government Campaign Shapes Firms’ Positions on Globalization in China"
  Room 2 Raphael Cunha,
Ohio State University 		"Financial Globalization & Democracy: Foreign Capital, National Capital, and Political Uncertainty in the Emerging World" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

Nikhar Gaikwad,
Yale University

Gareth Nellis,
Yale University

 "Do Politicians Discriminate Against Internal Migrants? Evidence from a Nationwide Field Experiment in India" (PRESENTATION)
12:00-12:30 Room 1

Emilie Hafner-Burton,  
UCSD         

Layna Mosley,
University of North Carolina         

Robert Galantucci,
University of North Carolina

 "Having Our Cake: Protecting Workers Abroad and Industries at Home in the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

J. Lawrence Broz,
UCSD             

Jeffry Frieden,
Harvard University             

Maya J. Oren,
UCSD

 "All Bad Options: Policy Responses to Balance-of-Payments Crises" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

B. Peter Rosendorff,
New York University                 

Eric Arias,
New York University                  

James Hollyer,
University of Minnesota

 "Leadership Survival, Regime Type and BITs"
12:30-1:30   Lunch Break TBA
PM Chairs Room 1 Ken Scheve
  Room 2 Stephanie Rickard
  Room 3 Sarah Brooks
1:30-2:00 Room 1

Pablo Pinto,
University of Houston         

M. Victoria Murillo,
Columbia University

 "Heeding to the Losers from Trade. Evidence from Legislators' Trade Policy Preferences and Legislative Behavior" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Dennis Quinn,
Georgetown University

J. Bradford Jensen,
Georgetown University

Steve Weymouth,
Georgetown University

 "Globalization's Concentrated Costs (and Benefits): Import Competition, Globally Engaged Firms, and U.S. Presidential Voting" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

Saumitra Jha,
Stanford University         

Moses Shayo,

"Voting For Peace in a Conflict Zone: The Effects of Exposure to Stock Markets"
2:00-2:30 Room 1

David Bearce,
University of Colorado             

Megan Roosevelt,
University of Colorado

 "Maybe Not So Cooperative: Democracy and Tariff Flexibility" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Edward Mansfield,
University of Pennsylvania

Witold Henisz,
University of Pennsylvania

 "The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Financial Reforms"
  Room 3

David Lake, 

UCSD               

Kelly Matush,
UCSD

 "Does Statebuilding Work? Military Intervention & the Lifespan of Rehabilitated States"
2:30-3:00 Room 1

Iain Osgood,
University of Michigan     

Dustin Tingley,
Harvard University

Thomas Bernauer,
ETH Zurich

In Song Kim,
MIT

 "The Charmed Life of Superstar Exporters: Firms and Trade Policy in Costa Rica"
  Room 2 Nita Rudra,
Georgetown University Stephen Chaudoin,
University of Illinois		 "How Do Developing Countries Stay Committed to Liberalization?"
  Room 3
3:00-3:20   Break
3:20-3:50 Room 1

Dan Honig,
Harvard University  

Alexander Kentikelenis,
University of Cambridge

 "Who Governs the IMF?" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2 Puspa Amri,
Ithaca College		 "Capital Surges and Credit Booms: How Tight is the Relationship?" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3 Thomas Cook,
University of Colorado		 "Reputation and Investment under Ambiguity" (PRESENTATION)
3:50-4:20 Room 1

Leslie Johns,
UCLA

Krzysztof Pelc,
McGill University

 "The Price of Decentralized Enforcement in the WTO" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Vally Koubi,
University of Bern

Tobias Bohmelt,
University of Essex

Thomas Bernauer,
ETH Zurich

 "Economic Globalization and the Environment" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

Cedric Dupont,
Graduate Institute of International Studies

Thomas Schultz,
Graduate Institute of International Studies

Merih Angin,
Graduate Institute of International Studies

Melanie Wahl,
Graduate Institute of International Studies

 "Political risk and investment arbitration: an empirical study" (PRESENTATION)
4:20-4:50 Room 1

Lisa Blaydes,
Stanford University

Christopher Paik,
New York University

 "The Impact of Holy Land Crusades on State Formation: War Mobilization, Trade Integration and Political Development in Medieval Europe"
  Room 2

Julia Gray,
University of Pennsylvania

Michael Aklin,
University of Pittsburgh

 "How Does the Black Market Influence Exchange-Rate Preferences? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Argentina"  (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

Rachel Wellhausen,
University of Texas

Terrence Chapman,
University of Texas

Riitta-Ilona Koivumaeki,
University of Texas

 "Endogenous Sources of Compliance with International Law: The Case of FDI Arbitration"  (PRESENTATION)
5:00   Reception & Dinner Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center

 

Saturday, November 14

8:00   Breakfast TBA
AM Chairs Room 1 Eddy Malesky
  Room 2 Layna Mosley
  Room 3 Nita Rudra
9:00-9:30 Room 1

Yu-Ming Liou ,
Georgetown University               

Haillie Na-Kyung Lee ,
Georgetown University

 "Heterogeneous Firms, Job Security, and Individual Trade Preferences: Micro-Evidence from East Asia"  (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2 Jana Grittersova,
University of California, Riverside		 "Revisiting the "Good Housekeeping" Hypothesis: Exchange Rate Policies and Sovereign Risk"  (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3 Andrew Cheon,
Columbia University		 "On Whose Terms? Understanding the Global Expansion of National Oil Companies" (PRESENTATION)
9:30-10:00 Room 1 Phillip Lipscy,
Stanford University		 "Policy Area Discipline" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2 David Stasavage,
New York University		 "Expansion and Austerity Over the Long Run"
  Room 3

John Ahlquist,
University of Wisconsin           

Arturas Rozenas,
New York University

 "Inferring Latent Preferences for Bilateral Agreements from Network Data" (PRESENTATION)
10:00-10:30 Room 1

Erica Owen,
Texas A&M University

Noel Johnston,
University of Oxford

 "Offshoring and the Politics of Openness Reconsidered: The Impact of Occupation on Trade Cleavages and Policy Outcomes" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2 James Morrison,
London School of Economics 		"Euro Fetters: Repeating the Mistakes of 1925"
  Room 3

Margaret Peters,
Yale University

Adrian J. Shin,
University of Michigan

 "Separate and Unequal: Economic Inequality, Poverty and Immigration Policy" (PRESENTATION)
10:30-11:00 Room 1

Hye Young You,
Vanderbilt University           

Karam Kang,
Carnegie Mellon University

 "Lobbyists as Matchmakers in the Market for Access" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Daniel Nielson,
Brigham Young University

Michael Findley,
University of Texas

William Mathias,

"International Actors' Willingness to Update: Three Global Field Experiments on Microfinance Institutions and Non-Governmental Organizations" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

Allison Carnegie,
Columbia University

Austin Carson,
University of Chicago

 "The Disclosure Dilemma: International Organizations, Intelligence, and Sources and Methods" (PRESENTATION)
11:00-11:10   Break
11:10-11:40 Room 1

David Bearce,
University of Colorado

Seungbin Park,
University of Colorado

 "Remittances are a Political Blessing and not a Curse" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Paul Vaaler,
University of Minnesota         

Marek Hanusch,
World Bank

 "Credit Rating Agencies and Political Budget Cycle Dynamics Around the World" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

Rajesh Ramachandran,
Goethe University             

David D Laitin,
Stanford University

 "Linguistic Diversity, Official Language Choice and Nation Building: Theory and Evidence" (PRESENTATION)
11:40-12:10 Room 1

Erick Duchesne,
Université Laval       

Bruno Larue,
Université Laval       

Pierre-Alexandre Laberge,
Université Laval          

Francis Langlois,

 "The Devil is in the Details: The Motivational Underpinnings of International Food Aid (1988-2012)"
  Room 2 Celeste Beesley,
Lawrence University		 "Globalization and Political Participation: Empowerment and Disenfranchisement" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3 Alexander Slaski,
Princeton University		 "Multinational Firms and Oil Contract Negotiations in Latin America" (PRESENTATION)
12:10-12:40 Room 1 Ibrahim Gunay,
University of Michigan		 "International Trade and Political Independence: Evidence from Catalonia"
  Room 2

Jennifer Tobin,
Georgetown University             

Christina Schneider,
UCSD

 "Understanding Bilateral Bailouts: The political and economic (dis)incentives for providing bailouts during financial crises" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

Ken Shadlen,
London School of Economics

Bhaven Sampat,
Columbia University

 "The Political Economy of Patent Harmonization and Differentiation: An Empirical Analysis"
12:40-1:30   Lunch Fischer Colloquium
PM Chairs Room 1 Sarah Brooks
  Room 2 Jeffry Frieden
  Room 3 Ken Scheve
1:30-2:00 Room 1

Leonardo Baccini,
McGill University

Andreas Duer,
University of Salzburg

Manfred Elsig,
World Trade Institute

 "Intra-Industry Trade, Global Supply Chains and the Political Economy of Preferential Trade Liberalization" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Jane Sumner,
Emory University

Andrew Kerner,
University of Michigan

 "Salvation by Good Works?: Corporate Philanthropy and Public Attitudes Toward Globalization and Outsourcing"
  Room 3

Sonal Pandya,
University of Virginia

Adam Hughes,
University of Virginia

Raj Venkatesan,
University of Virginia

 "Economic Responses to US War Casualties: Evidence from Household Panel Data" (PRESENTATION)
2:00-2:30 Room 1

Christina Davis,
Princeton University     

Tyler Pratt,
Princeton University

 "The Forces of Attraction: How Security Interests Shape Membership in Economic Institutions" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Amaney Jamal,
Princeton University             

Helen Milner,
Princeton University

 "Gender, Patriarchy and the Limits of the Economic Determinants of Support for Globalization in Tunisia" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3

Witold Henisz,
The Wharton School         

Kate Odziemkowska,
The Wharton School

 "The Power to Influence: Firm Responsiveness to Stakeholder Networks across Countries" (PRESENTATION)
2:30-3:00 Room 1

Robert Gulotty,
Stanford University

Xiaojun Li,
University of British Columbia

 "Domestic Responses to Global Production Diversion: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms"
  Room 2

Michael Bechtel,
University of St. Gallen             

Kirk Bansak,
Stanford University

Jens Hainmueller,
Stanford University

Yotam Margalit,
Columbia University

 "The Austerity Debate and Mass Politics After the Global Financial Crisis"
  Room 3 Daniela Campello,
Getulio Vargas Foundation		 "Exogenous Shocks and Misattribution of Responsibility for Economic Performance: Results from Survey Experiments" (PRESENTATION)
3:00-3:20   Break
3:20-3:50 Room 1 Huan-Kai Tseng,
George Washington University		 "Strings Unattached: Chinese Foreign Aid and Democracy in Rentier States" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Shahryar Minhas,
Duke University  

Tim Buthe,
Duke University

 "The Global Diffusion of Competition Law: A Spatial Analysis of the International Spread of Pro-Market Policies"
  Room 3

Faisal Ahmed,
Princeton University             

Laura Alfaro,
Harvard Business School

 "Market Spillovers from Sovereign Litigation" (PRESENTATION)
3:50-4:20 Room 1 Sung Eun Kim,
Columbia University		 "Media Bias against Foreign Firms as a Veiled Trade Barrier: Evidence from Chinese Newspapers" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 2

Michael Ross,
UCLA  

Paasha Mahdavi,
Georgetown University

Chad Hazlett,
UCLA

 "Why do governments change the price of gasoline?"
  Room 3

Mark Dincecco,
University of Michigan               

James Fenske,
University of Oxford                 

Massimiliano Onorato,
IMT Lucca

 "Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development"
4:20-4:50 Room 1

Vera Eichenauer,
Heidelberg University

Stephen Knack,
World Bank

 "The Political Economy of World Bank Trust Funds"
  Room 2

Mark Copelovitch,
University of Wisconsin             

Stephanie Rickard,
London School of Economics

 "Labor Conditionality, Partisan Politics, and IMF Lending Decisions" (PRESENTATION)
  Room 3