Program of the 10^th Annual Conference on

The Political Economy of International Organizations

January 12-14, 2017

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

7:00 pm Dinner (optional, at own expense, please join at any time)

(Location: Restaurant goldener Schlüssel, Rathausgasse 72, 3011 Bern, Tel. +41 31 311 02 16)

Thursday, January 12, 2017

8:45-9:00 am Opening remarks

(Location: UNI S, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A 003)

9:00-10:45 am Session 1: International Financial Institutions

Chair: Katharina Michaelowa

• Paper 1: Erasmus Kersting (Villanova University), Christopher Kilby (Villanova University), The Rise of Supplemental Lending at the World Bank. Discussion openers: Thomas Hale, J.P. Singh
• Paper 2: Vera Eichenauer (ETH Zurich), December Fever in Public Finance. Discussion openers: Erasmus Kersting, Tania Masi
• Paper 3: Meredith Wilf (University of Pittsburgh), Market Forces or International Institutions? The Under-Emphasized Role of IFIs in Domestic Bank Regulatory Adoption. Discussion openers: Lawrence Broz, Turalay Kenc

10:45-11:15 am Break

11:15-1:00 pm Session 2: Trade Agreements

Chair: Axel Dreher

• Paper 1: Gabriele Spilker (University of Salzburg), Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich), In Song Kim (MIT), Helen Milner (Princeton University), Iain Osgood (University of Michigan), Dustin Tingley (Harvard University), International Trade at the Margin: Estimating the Economic Implications of Preferential Trade Agreements. Discussion openers: David Kucera, Thomas Sattler
• Paper 2: Timm Betz (Texas A&M University), Trading Interests: Domestic Institutions, International Negotiations, and the Politics of Trade. Discussion openers: Dirk De Bièvre, B. Peter Rosendorff
• Paper 3: Hyeonho Hahm (University of Mannheim), Moritz Osnabrügge (University of Mannheim), Elena Frech (University of Geneva), Thomas König (University of Mannheim), Treaty Design and Trade Attitudes: A Conjoint Analysis of Public Support for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Discussion openers: Christina Schneider, Aydin Yildirim

1:00-2:15 pm Lunch

(Location: UNI S, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Foyer)

2:15-4:00 pm Session 3: IO Signalling and European Union

Chair: Christopher Kilby

• Paper 1: Tobias Hofmann (University of Utah), Non-Compliance in the European Union as a Monetary Policy Substitute. Discussion openers: Simon Hug, Arne Pieters
• Paper 2: Erica Gould (Stanford University), What Consensus? Explaining the Rise of Consensus Decision-Making in International Organizations. Discussion openers: Bernhard Reinsberg, Charles Roger
• Paper 3: Chia-yi Lee (Nanyang Technological University), Support from Above: International Organizations and Leadership Survival. Discussion openers: Henrik Limseth, Wen-Chin Wu

4:00-4:30 pm Break

4:30-6:15 pm Session 4: Governance

Chair: Helen V. Milner

• Paper 1: Magnus Lundgren (Stockholm University), Theresa Squatrito (University of Oslo), Jonas Tallberg (Stockholm University), Thomas Sommerer (Stockholm University), Stability and Change in International Policy-Making. Discussion openers: Marlene Kammerer, Thomas König
• Paper 2: Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich), Steffen Mohrenberg (ETH Zurich), Vally Koubi (University of Bern), How Relevant Are Input and Output Performance to Popular Legitimacy of International Governance? Discussion openers: Federica Genovese, Jonas Tallberg
• Paper 3: Charles Roger (University of Toronto), Preferences, Power, and the Emergence of Informal Intergovernmental Organizations. Discussion openers: Thomas Hale, Turalay Kenc

7:30 pm Dinner

(Location: Restaurant Dampfzentrale, Marzilistrasse 47, 3005 Bern, Tel +41 31 312 33 00)

Friday, January 13, 2017

(Location: UNI S, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A 003)

9:00-10:45 am Session 5: IMF Conditionality

Chair: Manfred Elsig

• Paper 1: Mark Copelovitch (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Stephanie Rickard (LSE), Partisan Technocrats? IMF Managing Directors and Loan Conditionality. Discussion openers: Ruth Ben-Artzi, Kai Gehring
• Paper 2: Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Cambridge), Alexander Kentikelenis (University of Cambridge & University of Oxford), Thomas Stubbs (University of Cambridge & University of Waikato), Lawrence King (University of Cambridge), Structural Adjustment and State Capacity: Evidence from IMF Programs. Discussion openers: Hector Hermida Rivera, Stefanie Walter
• Paper 3: Hakan Gunaydin (University of Konstanz), When do Governments Implement Financial Sector Reforms? IMF Financial Sector Conditionality and Domestic Interests. Discussion openers: Timon Forster, Saliha Metinsoy

10:45-11:15 am Break

11:15-1:00 pm Session 6: Investment

Chair: Lawrence Broz

• Paper 1: Ryan Brutger (University of Pennsylvania), Anton Strezhnev (Harvard University), International Disputes, Media Coverage, and Support for Economic Engagement. Discussion openers: Cristina Bodea, Jia Chen
• Paper 2: Andrew Lugg (University of Maryland), Trey Billing (University of Maryland), Conflicted Capital: The Effect of Civil Conflict on Patterns of BIT-Signing. Discussion openers: Fangjin Ye, Benedikt Walter
• Paper 3: Michaël Aklin (University of Pittsburgh), Patrick Bayer (University of Glasgow), How Can We Estimate the Effectiveness of Institutions? Solving the Post-Treatment versus Omitted Variable Bias Dilemma. Discussion openers: Chia-yi Lee, Matthew Rablen

1:00-2:15 pm Lunch

(Location: UNI S, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Foyer)

2:15-4:00 pm Session 7: Multilateral Aid

Chair: Randall Stone

• Paper 1: Justin Valasek (WZB Berlin), Jenny Simon (SITE), The Political Economy of Multilateral Aid Funds. Discussion openers: Vera Eichenauer, Daniel Nielson
• Paper 2: Tyler Pratt (Princeton University), Angling for Influence: Institutional Proliferation in Development Banking. Discussion openers: Chris Humphrey, Michael J. Tierney
• Paper 3: Chandreyee Bagchi (University of Zurich), Katharina Michaelowa (University of Zurich), Paula Castro (University of Zurich and University of Duisburg-Essen), Buying Support at the UNFCCC: The Strategic Use of Climate Aid. Discussion openers: Simone Dietrich, Martin Steinwand

4:15-6:00 pm Poster Session

(Location: UNI S, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Foyer)

European Union

• Paper 1: Stefanie Walter (University of Zurich), Elias Dinas (University of Oxford), Ignacio Jurado (University of York), Nikitas Konstantinidis (IE University), Non-cooperation by Popular Vote. Expectations, Foreign Intervention and the Vote in the 2015 Greek Bailout Referendum. Discussants: Simon Hug, Martijn Huysmans
• Paper 2: Federica Genovese (University of Essex), Hector Hermida Rivera (University of Essex), Government Partisanship and Bailout Conditionality in the Midst of the European Crisis. Discussants: Hakan Gunaydin, Sandra Lavenex
• Paper 3: Martijn Huysmans (KU Leuven), Christophe Crombez (KU Leuven and Stanford University), Making Exit Costly but Efficient: The Political Economy of Exit Clauses and Secession. Discussants: Mark Copelovitch, Thomas König

Multilateral Trade

• Paper 4: Helen Milner (Princeton University), In Song Kim (MIT), Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich), Gabriele Spilker (University of Salzburg), Dustin Tingley (Harvard University), Iain Osgood (University of Michigan), Firms’ Preferences over Multidimensional Trade Policies: Global Production Chains, Investment Protection and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms. Discussants: Timm Betz, Hyeonho Hahm
• Paper 5: Jan Karlas (Charles University), Michal Parízek (Charles University Prague), Peer-Reviewing in International Institutions: States’ Activity in WTO Trade Policy Review Mechanism. Discussants: Tobias Hofmann, Jeheung Ryu
• Paper 6: Lisa Lechner (University of Salzburg), Simon Wuethrich (University of Bern), Seal the Deal? Domestic Politics and Institutional Design in Preferential Trade Negotiations Discussants: Elena Frech, Wen-Chin Wu
• Paper 7: Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore), Clara Yen Yin Lee (National University of Singapore), Melvin Yongyao Tay (National University of Singapore), Setting up Shop in Foreign Lands: Do Investment Commitments in PTAs Promote Production Networks? Discussants: Patrick Bayer, Iain Osgood
• Paper 8: Dora Sari (University of Geneva), Damian Raess (University of Reading), David Kucera (ILO), Do PTAs Including Labor Provisions Reduce Collective Labor Rights Violations? The Role of Labor Cooperation Provisions. Discussants: Tana Johnson, Su-Hyun Lee
• Paper 9: Aydin Yildirim (University of Antwerp), Dirk De Bièvre (University of Antwerp), Arlo Poletti (University of Bologna), The Globalization of Production and the Politics of Dispute Initiation at the World Trade Organization. Discussants: Iain Osgood, Meredith Wilf
• Paper 10: Amanda Kennard (Princeton University), Deliberation in International Institutions: Evidence from WTO Accession Negotiations. Discussants: Manfred Elsig, Arlo Poletti

IMF

• Paper 11: Saliha Metinsoy (University of Oxford), Political Economy of Unrest under IMF Programmes. Discussants: Axel Dreher, Beatrice Scheubel
• Paper 12: Timon Forster (University of Cambridge), Alexander Kentikelenis (University of Cambridge & University of Oxford), Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Cambridge), Thomas Stubbs (University of Cambridge & University of Waikato), Lawrence King (University of Cambridge), How Structural Adjustment Programmes Affect Inequality: A Disaggregated Analysis of IMF Conditionality, 1980–2014. Discussants: Mark Copelovitch, Axel Dreher
• Paper 13: Kai Gehring (University of Zurich), Valentin Lang (Heidelberg University), Do IMF Programs Increase Creditworthiness? Discussants: Lawrence Broz, Byungwon Woo

United Nations

• Paper 14: Matthew Gould (University of Westminster), Matthew Rablen (University of Sheffield), Reform of the United Nations Security Council: Equity and Efficiency. Discussants: Randall Stone, Anton Strezhnev
• Paper 15: Tania Masi (University of Verona), Strengthening the Voice of Civil Society: The Impact of the United Nations Democracy Fund. Discussants: Vera Eichenauer, Andrew Lugg

Investment

• Paper 16: Benedikt Walter (WHU), Michael Frenkel (WHU), The Impact of FDI on Institutions: What Role Do International Investment Agreements Play? Discussants: Patrick Bayer, Bernhard Reinsberg
• Paper 17: Jia Chen (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Fangjin Ye (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Costly Benefits: Time Horizon and Investment Treaty Formation in Autocratic Regimes. Discussants: Timm Betz, Damian Raess
• Paper 18: Cristina Bodea (Michigan State University), Fangjin Ye (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs): The Global Investment Regime and Income Inequality in Developing Countries. Discussants: Ryan Brutger, Valentin Lang
• Paper 19: Cédric Dupont (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva), Thomas Schultz (King’s College London), Merih Angin (University of Oxford), Good, Bad or Ugly? An Empirical Study of the Resort to Investment Arbitration. Discussants: Ryan Brutger, Gabriele Spilker

Peace and Security

• Paper 20: Eyal Rubinson (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Tal Sadeh (Tel Aviv University), Perceived to Slack: Securitization and Multilateral Treaty Ratification in Israel. Discussants: Andrew Lugg, Magnus Lundgren
• Paper 21: Katharina Coleman (University of British Columbia), Benjamin Nyblade (University of California, Los Angeles), Peacekeeping for Profit? The Scope and Limits of “Mercenary” UN Peacekeeping. Discussants: Vera Eichenauer, Tal Sadeh
• Paper 22: Lars Jørgen Røed (INN University), Henrik Limseth (University of Oslo), Arms Control Norms, Nuclear Exports, and Coercion. Discussants: Valentin Lang, Randall Stone

Multilateral Aid

• Paper 23: Nils-Christian Bormann (University of Exeter), Vera Z. Eichenauer (ETH Zurich), Simon Hug (University of Geneva), Ethnic Winning Coalitions and the Political Economy of Aid. Discussants: Christina Schneider, Justin Valasek
• Paper 24: Martin Steinwand (Stony Brook University), Fragmentation of Sectoral Development Aid: The Role of Multilateral Institutions. Discussants: Katharina Michaelowa, Vally Koubi
• Paper 25: Ruth Ben-Artzi (Providence College), IOs and Peer Pressure: An Examination of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Discussants: Erasmus Kersting, Daniel Nielson
• Paper 26: J.P. Singh (University of Edinburgh), Development 2.0: How Technology Fosters Participation in the Developing World. Discussants: Simone Dietrich, Christopher Kilby
• Paper 27: Chris Humphrey (University of Zurich), He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune: Credit Rating Agencies and Multilateral Development Banks. Discussants: Erica Gould, Helen Milner

Governance

• Paper 28: Arne Pieters (University of Hamburg), Repeated Burden Sharing and Costly Negotiations. Discussants: B. Peter Rosendorff, Justin Valasek
• Paper 29: Paula Castro (University of Duisburg-Essen), Marlene Kammerer (University of Zurich), The Politicization of the Climate: How and Why has the Annex I – Non-Annex I Division Affected Negotiations under the Climate Change Regime? Discussants: Michael J. Tierney, Gabriele Spilker
• Paper 30: Tina Freyburg (University of St. Gallen), Ivo Krizic (University of Geneva), Sandra Lavenex (University of Geneva), Ciaran O’Flynn (University of St. Gallen), Democratic Governance and Transgovernmental Networks. Discussants: Tana Johnson, Jonas Tallberg

7:00 pm Dinner

(Location: Restaurant Webern, Gerechtigkeitsgasse 68, 3011 Bern, Tel. +41 31 311 42 58)

Saturday, January 14, 2017

(Location: UNI S, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A 003)

9:00-10:45 am Session 8: Trade Agreements

Chair: Simon Hug

• Paper 1: Iain Osgood (University of Michigan), Yilang Feng (University of Michigan), Intellectual Property Provisions and Support for US Trade Agreements. Discussion openers: Amanda Kennard, Aydin Yildirim
• Paper 2: Randall Stone (University of Rochester), Jeheung Ryu (University of Rochester), Plaintiffs by Proxy: A Firm-Level Approach to WTO Dispute Resolution. Discussion openers: Michal Parízek, Simon Wuethrich
• Paper 3: Tana Johnson (Duke University), Johannes Urpelainen (Columbia University), The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Developing Countries’ Unity in International Politics. Discussion openers: Soo Yeon Kim, Lisa Lechner

10:45-11:15 am Break

11:15-1:00 pm Session 9: IMF

Chair: Daniel Nielson

• Paper 1: Valentin Lang (Heidelberg University), Andrea Presbitero (IMF), Room for Discretion? The Political Economy of the World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis. Discussion openers: Chris Humphrey, Eyal Rubinson
• Paper 2: Byungwon Woo (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies), Su-Hyun Lee (Nanyang Technological University), IMF = I’M Fired!: IMF Program Participation and Workers’ Rights. Discussion openers: Merih Angin, Lars Jørgen Røed
• Paper 3: Irina Andone (Uppsala University), Beatrice Scheubel (European Central Bank), IMF Stigma: The Role of Own and Neighbours’ Experience. Discussion openers: Cédric Dupont

1:00-2:15 pm Lunch

(Location:) UNI S, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Foyer

2:15-4:00 pm Session 10: International and National Policy Linkages

Chair: Michael J. Tierney

• Paper 1: Lisa M. Dellmuth (Stockholm University), Jonas Tallberg (Stockholm University), Why National and International Legitimacy Are Linked: The Effects of Social Trust. Discussion openers: Katharina Coleman, Tina Freyburg
• Paper 2: Thomas Hale (University of Oxford), Under What Conditions Does International Review Alter National Policy? Refining Concepts and Building Theory. Discussion openers: Paula Castro, Magnus Lundgren
• Paper 3: Emily Hafner-Burton (University of California, San Diego), Lauren E. Lee (University of California, San Diego), Christina Schneider (University of California, San Diego), International Development Organizations and National Political Corruption. Discussion openers: Andreas Fuchs, Tal Sadeh

4:00-4:15 pm: Closing Remarks

7:00 pm Dinner (optional, at own expense)

(Location: Restaurant Le Mazot, Bärenplatz 5, 3011 Bern, Tel. +41 31 311 70 88)

Sunday, January 15, 2017

6:50 am Ski Trip to Aletsch Arena (optional, at own expense and risk)