Program of the 7th Annual Conference on

The Political Economy of International Organizations

January 16 – 18, 2014

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

7:30pm Dinner
(Location: Nassau Inn, Ten Palmer Square East, Princeton, New Jersey 08542)

Thursday, January 16, 2014
(Location: Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium)

8:45-9:00am Opening remarks, Helen Milner (Princeton University)

9:00-10:45am Session 1: Dispute settlement in international organizations

Chair: Christina Davis (Princeton University)

• Paper 1: Liesbet Hooghe (VU University Amsterdam), Jeanine Bezuijen (VU University Amsterdam), Svet Derderyan (University of North Carolina), Emanuel Coman (University of Oxford), Designing Third Party Dispute Settlement for International Organizations. Discussion openers: Mark Manger, Kryzsztof Pelc
• Paper 2: Fouad Pervez (Georgetown University), Election Time’s Alright for Fighting: The Timing of Antidumping WTO Disputes. Discussion openers: Inken von Borzyskowski, Kara Reynolds
• Paper 3: Chad Bown (World Bank), Kara Reynolds (American University), Trade Flows and Trade Disputes. Discussion openers: Andreas Fuchs, Andrew Kerner

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 2: World Bank

Chair: Axel Dreher (University of Heidelberg)

• Paper 1: Elena McLean (Texas A&M University), Christina Schneider (University of California, San Diego), The Political Economy of Conditionality in the World Bank. Discussion openers: Kai Gehring, Christopher Kilby
• Paper 2: Andrew Kerner (University of Michigan), Alison Beatty (University of Michigan), Morten Jerven (Simon Fraser University), Real Money, Fake Data: The Political Economy of World Bank Data Manipulation. Discussion openers: Vera Eichenauer, Steve Knack
• Paper 3: Mark Buntaine (University of California, Santa Barbara), Benjamin Buch (Stanford University), Bradley Parks (College of William and Mary), Why the ‘Results Agenda’ Produces Few Results: An Evaluation of the Long-Run Institutional Development Impacts of World Bank Environmental Projects. Discussion openers: Federica Genovese, Katharina Michaelowa

1:00-2:30pm Lunch

(Location: Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Bernstein Gallery)

2:30-4:15pm Session 3: IMF

Chair: Katharina Michaelowa (University of Zurich)

• Paper 1: Brock Blomberg (Claremont McKenna College), Lawrence Broz (University of California, San Diego), The Political Economy of IMF Voting Power and Quotas. Discussion openers: Jonathan Strand, Eric Werker
• Paper 2: Stephanie Rickard (London School of Economics and Political Science), Teri Caraway (University of Minnesota), The International Politics of Austerity: The Puzzling Case of Public Sector Reforms. Discussion openers: Kassandra Birchler, Stephen Nelson
• Paper 3: Mark Copelovitch (University of Wisconsin), Daniel Nielson (Brigham Young University), Ryan Powers (University of Wisconsin), Michael Tierney (College of William and Mary), The Unipolar Fallacy: Common Agency, American Interests, and International Financial Institutions. Discussion openers: Silvia Marchesi, Martin Steinwand

4:15-4:45pm Break

4:45-6:00pm Session 4: European Union I

Chair: Simon Hug (University of Geneva)

• Paper 1: Mark Hallerberg (Hertie School of Governance), Member State Sanctioning and Compliance under the European Union’s Stability and Growth Pact. Discussion openers: Geoffrey Minne, Robert Thomson
• Paper 2: Tobias Hofmann (University of Utah), Non-Compliance and the Power of Special Interests. Discussion openers: Simon Hug, Noel Johnston

7:00pm: Dinner

(Location: Prospect House, Garden Room)

Friday, January 17, 2014
(Location: Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium)

9:00-10:45am Session 5: United Nations
Chair: Lawrence Broz (UC San Diego)

• Paper 1: Soumyajit Mazumder (Georgetown University), Kathleen McNamara (Georgetown University), James Raymond Vreeland (Georgetown University), The Buck Stops Here: What Global Horse Trading Tells Us about the European Project. Discussion openers: Martin Breßlein, Marek Hlavac
• Paper 2: Paul Novosad (Dartmouth College), Eric Werker (Harvard Business School), Who Runs the International System? Soft Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat. Discussion openers: Kristy Buzard, Diego Hernandez
• Paper 3: William Seitz (Oxford University), Predicting Economic Sanctions: The Roles of the Democratic Peace and UN Security Council Membership. Discussion openers: Peter Aronow, Dan Honig

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 6: WTO
Chair: Christopher Kilby (Villanova University)

• Paper 1: Ryan Brutger (Princeton University), Julia Morse (Princeton University), Balancing Law and Politics: Judicial Incentives in WTO Dispute Settlement. Discussion openers: Manfred Elsig, Daniel Nielson
• Paper 2: Leslie Johns (University of California, Los Angeles), Krzysztof Pelc (McGill University), Fear of Crowds in WTO Disputes: Why Don’t More Countries Participate? Discussion openers: Chad Bown, Christina Fattore
• Paper 3: Renee Bowen (Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hoover Institute), Legislated Protection and the WTO. Discussion openers: Simon Evenett, Carsten Hefeker

1:00-2:30pm Lunch

(Location: Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Shultz Dining Room)

2:30-4:15pm Session 7: European Union II

Chair: Steve Knack (World Bank)

• Paper 1: Mareike Kleine (London School of Economics and Political Science), Robert Thomson (University of Strathclyde), Domestic elections and the timing of international decisions. Discussion openers: Cristiane Lucena Carneiro, Sophie Meunier
• Paper 2: Raymond Fisman (Columbia University), Nikolaj Harmon (University of Copenhagen), Emir Kamenica (University of Chicago), Inger Munk (DONG Energy), Labor supply of politicians. Discussion openers: Carsten Hefeker, Gina Yannitell Reinhardt
• Paper 3: Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich), Robert Gampfer (ETH Zurich), Aya Kachi (ETH Zurich), European Unilateralism and Involuntary Burden Sharing in Global Climate Politics. Discussion openers: Charles Roger, Jaroslav Tir

4:30-6:15pm Poster Session with Cocktails and Snacks
(Location: Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Shultz Dining Room)

European Union

• Paper 1: Sophie Meunier (Princeton University), Integration by Stealth: How the European Union Gained Competence Over Foreign Direct Investment. Discussants: Manfred Elsig, Mark Hallerberg
• Paper 2: Gina Yannitell Reinhardt (Texas A&M University), More Power than You Think? Constituencies and Decision-Making Influences over Agency Output in EuropeAid. Discussants: Vera Eichenauer, Andrew Kerner
• Paper 3: Katharina Michaelowa (University of Zurich), Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Zurich), Christina Schneider (University of California, San Diego), When International Organizations Delegate: The Politics of Earmarking European Union Aid in Multilateral Aid Institutions. Discussants: Mareike Kleine, Soumyajit Mazumder
• Paper 4: Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University), Kai Gehring (University of Göttingen), Christos Kotsogiannis (University of Exeter), Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano Bicocca), Information Transmission within federal fiscal architectures: Theory and evidence. Discussants: Nikolaj Harmon, Tobias Hofmann
• Paper 5: Carsten Hefeker (University of Siegen), Blandine Zimmer (University of Strasbourg), Optimal conservatism and collective monetary policymaking under uncertainty. Discussants: Lawrence Broz, Nikolaj Harmon

Bretton Woods Institutions

• Paper 6: Hakan Gunaydin (University of Pittsburgh), Compliance with IMF conditionality: Selection Bias and Conditions on Social Policy. Discussants: Stephen Nelson, Stephanie Rickard
• Paper 7: Daniel McDowell (Syracuse University), Waiting is the Hardest Part: IMF Lending Responsiveness, 1984-2009. Discussants: Jonathan Strand, Michael Tierney
• Paper 8: Geoffrey Minne (University of Brussels), An International Watchtower: IMF Surveillance and the Fear of Declaring one’s Exchange Rate Regime. Discussants: : Stephen Chaudoin, Silvia Marchesi
• Paper 9: Burcu Uçaray-Mangitli (Ipek University), Partial Implementation of IMF Programs: Econocrats’ Role. Discussants: Mumtaz Anwar Chaudhry, William Seitz
• Paper 10: Byungwon Woo (Oakland University), Disaggregating IMF Conditionality: Comparing Determinants of Fiscal Conditions and Financial Sector Conditions. Discussants: Kassandra Birchler, Mark Buntaine
• Paper 11: Martin Breßlein (University of Trier), Maya Schmaljohann (University of Heidelberg), Surrender your market! Do the G5 countries use World Bank trade conditionality to promote trade? Discussants: Elena McLean, Stephanie Rickard

Dispute settlement in international organizations

• Paper 12: Todd Allee (University of Maryland), Manfred Elsig (University of Bern), Why Do Some International Institutions Contain Strong Dispute Settlement Provisions? Evidence from Preferential Trade Agreements. Discussants: Chad Bown, Ryan Brutger
• Paper 13: Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir (Bates College), Martin Steinwand (Stony Brook University), Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Maritime Boundary Settlements. Discussants: Jeanine Bezuijen, Fouad Pervez
• Paper 14: Timm Betz (University of Michigan), Andrew Kerner (University of Michigan), Liberal Mercantilism: Exchange Rate Regimes, Foreign Currency Denominated Debt and Trade Disputes. Discussants: Renee Bowen, Geoffrey Minne
• Paper 15: Christina Fattore (West Virginia University), Trade, Development, and the Shadow of Dependence: Latin America and the United States in the World Trade Organization. Discussants: Andrew Kerner, Kryzsztof Pelc
• Paper 16: Cristiane Lucena Carneiro (University of Sao Paulo), Dispute Settlement in Trade & Environment Disputes: How Does the WTO Mechanism Perform? Discussants: Jeanine Bezuijen, Jeffrey Kucik

Multilateral development aid and lending

• Paper 17: Simone Dietrich (University of Missouri), Amanda Murdie (University of Missouri), Spotlight for Bypassing: The Effect of Human Right Shaming on Aid Allocation Decisions. Discussants: Kai Gehring, Shaina Western
• Paper 18: Diego Hernandez (University of Heidelberg), Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Politics of Religious Motivated Lending: The Case of the Islamic Development Bank. Discussants: Katharina Michaelowa, Eric Werker
• Paper 19: Jonathan Strand (University of Nevada), Tina Zappile (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey), Always Vote for Principle, Though You May Vote Alone: American Political Support for Multilateral Development Loans, 2004-2011. Discussants: Lawrence Broz, Bernhard Reinsberg
• Paper 20: Dan Honig (Harvard University), Letting the Driver Steer: Organizational Structure and Country Context in Delivering Better Aid. Discussants: Andreas Fuchs, Martin Steinwand
• Paper 21: Marek Hlavac (Harvard University), The Political Economy of Multilateral Foreign Aid: UNICEF as a Tool of U.S. Foreign Policy. Discussants: Allison Carnegie, Axel Dreher

International environmental organizations

• Paper 22: Paula Castro (University of Zurich), Regime design and cooperation: Differential treatment of parties in international environmental agreements. Discussants: Mark Buntaine, Thomas Hale
• Paper 23: Federica Genovese (Stanford University), International Climate Policy, National Positions, and Their Domestic Determinants. Discussants: Thomas Bernauer, Charles Roger

Trade and investment organizations

• Paper 24: Kristy Buzard (Syracuse University), Self-enforcing Trade Agreements, Dispute Settlement and Separation of Powers. Discussants: Christina Davis, Kara Reynolds
• Paper 25: Mark Manger (University of Toronto), Clint Peinhardt (University of Texas at Dallas), Learning and Diffusion in International Investment Agreements. Discussants: Noel Johnston, Helen Milner

Other international organizations

• Paper 26: Frank Häge (University of Limerick), Simon Hug (University of Geneva), Consensus voting and similarity measures in IOs. Discussants: Simone Dietrich, Julia Gray
• Paper 27: Jeffrey Kaplow (University of California, San Diego), State Compliance and the Track Record of International Institutions. Discussants: Tana Johnson, Julia Morse
• Paper 28: Christodoulos Kaoutzanis (Columbia University), Paul Poast (Rutgers University), Johannes Urpelainen (Columbia University), Keeping the Bad Guys Out? Democratization and the Accession Rules of International Organizations. Discussants: Peter Aronow, Inken von Borzyskowski
• Paper 29: Inken von Borzyskowski (University of Wisconsin), Felicity Vabulas (University of Chicago), The Punishment Phase: IGO Suspensions After Political Backsliding. Discussants: Johannes Karreth, Jaroslav Tir

7:00pm Conference Dinner
(Location: Carl A. Fields Center, 58 Prospect Avenue)

Saturday, January 18, 2014
(Location: Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium)

9:00-10:45am Session 8: Regional organizations and treaties

Chair: Eric Werker (Harvard Business School)

• Paper 1: Julia Gray (University of Pennsylvania), Life, Death, or Zombies? The Vitality of Regional Economic Organizations. Discussion openers: Daniel McDowell, Paul Poast
• Paper 2: Johannes Karreth (University of Colorado Boulder), Jaroslav Tir (University of Colorado Boulder), Promoting Freshwater Cooperation: Substitutability or Complementarity of International and Domestic Institutions. Discussion openers: Thomas Bernauer, Alexander Ovodenko
• Paper 3: Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore), Negotiating the Nexus: Production Networks and Behind-the-Border Commitments in Regional Trade Agreements. Discussion openers: Jeffrey Kucik, Tina Zappile

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 9: International institutions
Chair: Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich)

• Paper 1: Peter Aronow (Yale University), Allison Carnegie (Princeton University), Cyrus Samii (New York University), International Institutions and Political Liberalization: Evidence from the World Bank Loans Program. Discussion openers: Hakan Gunaydin, Burcu Uçaray-Mangitli
• Paper 2: Heather Elko McKibben (University of California, Davis), Shaina Western (University of California, Davis), What You See is Not Always What You Get: Treaty Reservations and International Cooperation. Discussion openers: Soo Yeon Kim, William Seitz
• Paper 3: Vera Eichenauer (Heidelberg University), Simon Hug (University of Geneva), The politics of special purpose trust funds. Discussion openers: Ryan Powers, Byungwon Woo

1:00-2:00pm Lunch

(Location: Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Shultz Dining Room)

2:00-3:45pm Session 10: Other international organizations
Chair: Mike Tierney (College of William and Mary)

• Paper 1: Tana Johnson (Duke University), International Bureaucrats’ Leverage in Institutional Design Negotiations. Discussion openers: Jeffrey Kaplow, Felicity Vabulas
• Paper 2: Liliana Andanova (Graduate Institute Geneva), Thomas Hale (Oxford University), Charles Roger (University of British Columbia), How Do Domestic Politics Condition Sub- and Non-State Actors’ Participation in Transnational Climate Governance? Discussion openers: Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir, Paula Castro
• Paper 3: Stephen Chaudoin (University of Pittsburgh), Two Sides to Every Story: A Theory of Political Contestation and International Institutions. Discussion openers: Timm Betz, Heather Elko McKibben

3:45pm-4:15: Closing Remarks