Program of the 1st Seminar Series on
The Political Economy of International Organization
Monday, 11am EST, January 25-March 29, 2021
Monday, January 25
Session 1: Agreements & Trade
11:00-11:35am EST (8:00am PST, 5:00pm CET, 12:00am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore)
- Paper: Julia Morse (University of California, Santa Barbara). International Institutions and Spillover Effects: How Financial Cooperation Disrupts Global Trade.
Discussion openers: David Carter (Washington University in St. Louis), In Song Kim (MIT)
11:35am-12:20pm EST (8:35am PST, 5:35pm CET, 12:35am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Rodrigo Fagundes Cezar (Graduate Institute Geneva). Change and Continuity from NAFTA to NAFTA: Policy Feedbacks and the Design of Labor Provisions in Preferential Trade Agreements.
Discussants: Lisa Lechner (University of Innsbruck), Evgeny Postnikov (University of Melbourne) - Poster 2: Markus Gastinger (University of Salzburg), Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg). Joint Bodies in Preferential Trade Agreements: Why Are Some Stronger Than Others?
Discussants: Timm Betz (Technical University of Munich), Jonas Tallberg (Stockholm University) - Poster 3: Tuuli-Anna Huikuri (University of Oxford). Constraints and Incentives in the Investment Regime: How Bargaining Power Shapes BIT Reform.
Discussants: Helen Milner (Princeton University), Alexander Thompson (Ohio State University)
Monday, February 1
Session 2: Effects of IMF Programs
11:00-11:35am EST (8:00am PST, 5:00pm CET, 12:00am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Mark Copelovitch (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Paper: Pietro Bomprezzi (Universita’ degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca), Silvia Marchesi (Universita’ degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca). A Firm Level Approach on the Redistributive Effects of IMF Programs.
Discussion openers: Alexander Kentikelenis (Bocconi University), Valentin Lang (University of Mannheim)
11:35am-12:20pm EST (8:35am PST, 5:35pm CET, 12:35am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Iasmin Goes (Carlos III University Madrid). Examining the Effect of IMF Conditionality on Natural Resource Policy.
Chair: Merih Angin (Koç University)
Discussants: Stephen Nelson (Northwestern University), James Vreeland (Princeton University) - Poster 2: Andreas Kern (Georgetown University), Elias Nosrati (University of Oxford), Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Glasgow), Dilek Sevinc (Georgetown University). Capital Flight and the Political Economy of IMF Conditionality.
Chair: Andreas Fuchs (University of Göttingen)
Discussants: Lawrence Broz (University of California, San Diego), Erica Gould (Stanford University) - Poster 3: Andreas Sintos (University of Ioannina), Michael Chletsos (University of Piraeus). Hide and Seek: IMF Intervention and the Shadow Economy – An Empirical Investigation.
Chair: Johannes Matzat (Heidelberg University)
Discussants: Timon Forster (Free University Berlin), Friedrich Schneider (University of Linz)
Monday, February 8
Session 3: IOs & Opinions
11:00-11:35am EST (8:00am PST, 5:00pm CET, 12:00am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: B. Peter Rosendorff (New York University)
- Paper: Richard Clark (Columbia University), Ryan Brutger (University of California, Berkeley). At What Cost? Power, Payments, and Public Support of International Organizations.
Discussion openers: Lauren Prather (University of California, San Diego), Erik Voeten (Georgetown University)
11:35am-12:20pm EST (8:35am PST, 5:35pm CET, 12:35am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Siria Angino (European Central Bank), Federico Maria Ferrara (LSE), Stefania Secola (European Central Bank). The Cultural Origins of Institutional Trust: The Case of the ECB.
Chair: Federica Genovese (University of Essex)
Discussants: Nicole Baerg (University of Essex), Stefanie Walter (University of Zurich) - Poster 2: Lee Crawfurd (Center for Global Development). Recipient Views on International Aid: Evidence from Survey Experiments with Government Officials.
Chair: Daniela Donno (University of Cyprus)
Discussants: Matthew DiLorenzo (Old Dominion University), Ani Harutyunyan (Sunwater Institute), Eva Vivalt (University of Toronto) - Poster 3: Benjamin Daßler (LMU Munich), Tim Heinkelmann-Wild (LMU Munich). International Authority, Democracies, and Exit from International Organizations.
Chair: Cassandra Emmons (Harvard University)
Discussants: Gary Marks (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Michael Zürn (WZB Berlin) - Poster 4: Cleo O’Brien-Udry (Yale University), Lauren Ferry (University of Mississippi). Turning the Tables? Aid, Status and Stability in the International System.
Chair: Samuel Brazys (University College Dublin)
Discussants: Lindsay Dolan (Wesleyan University), Joshua Kertzer (Harvard University)
Monday, February 15
Session 4: The Good & the Bad
11:00-11:35am EST (8:00am PST, 5:00pm CET, 12:00am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Christina Schneider (University of California, San Diego)
- Paper: Cleo O’Brien-Udry (Yale University). Aid, Blame, and Backlash: The Political Economy of Unpopular Aid.
Discussion openers: Cesi Cruz (University of British Columbia), Matthew Winters (University of Illinois)
11:35am-12:20pm EST (8:35am PST, 5:35pm CET, 12:35am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Lauren Konken (Princeton University), Haillie Na-Kyung Lee (Seoul National University). What Can We Learn from Failed Economic Negotiations? Lessons from BITs and PTAs
Chair: Yoram Haftel (Hebrew University)
Discussants: Sonal Pandya (University of Virginia), Beth Simmons (University of Pennsylvania) - Poster 2: Michael Manulak (Carleton University). The Sources of Influence in Multilateral Diplomacy.
Chair: Dan Nielson (University of Texas, Austin)
Discussants: Miles Kahler (American University), Daniel Nexon (Georgetown University) - Poster 3: Yu Wang (University of Rochester). Leader Visits and UN Security Council Membership.
Chair: Dan Reiter (Emory University)
Discussants: Dan Reiter (Emory University), Michael Tierney (William & Mary)
Monday, February 22
Session 5: Capacity & Compliance
11:00-11:35am EST (8:00am PST, 5:00pm CET, 12:00am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Christina Davis (Harvard University)
- Paper: Shannon Carcelli (University of Maryland, College Park). Reconsidering Bureaucratic Capacity and Treaty Compliance.
Discussion openers: Ryan Briggs (University of Guelph), Julia Gray (University of Pennsylvania)
11:35am-12:20pm EST (8:35am PST, 5:35pm CET, 12:35am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Eun Young Kim (University of Texas at Austin). Counting What Counts: What Leads to Higher Statistical Capacity in Developing Countries?
Chair: Sebastian Ziaja (German Development Institute)
Discussants: Dan Honig (Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, SAIS), Morten Jerven (Norwegian University of Life Sciences) - Poster 2: Jean-Frédéric Morin (Université Laval), Clara Brandi (German Development Institute), Jakob Schwab (German Development Institute). Trade Effects of Environmental Agreements: Uncovering De Facto Environmental Clubs.
Chair: Marco Martini (University of Zurich)
Discussants: Mihai Paraschiv (State University of New York at Oswego), Quynh Nguyen (Australian National University) - Poster 3: Harry Oppenheimer (Harvard University). Developing Digital Capacity: How and Why Foreign Assistance Shapes Institutions.
Chair: Dan Nielson (University of Texas, Austin)
Discussants: Erik Gartzke (University of California, San Diego), Susan Hyde (University of California, Berkeley) - Poster 4: Vegard Tørstad (BI Norwegian Business School), Vegard Wiborg (University of Oslo). Mitigation Ambiguity and Prudence in Climate Pledges.
Chair: Federica Genovese (University of Essex)
Discussants: Kenneth Scheve (Yale University), Dustin Tingley (Harvard University)
Monday, March 1
Session 6: IOs in a Changing Landscape
11:00-11:35am EST (8:00am PST, 5:00pm CET, 12:00am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Simon Hug (University of Geneva)
- Paper: Jing Qian (Princeton University), James Raymond Vreeland (Princeton University), Zetao Wu (Fudan University and LSE), Jianzhi Zhao (Fudan University). Compete or Complement? How the World Bank Responds to the Establishment of the AIIB.
Discussion openers: Austin Strange (University of Hong Kong), Alexandra Zeitz (Concordia University)
11:35am-12:20pm EST (8:35am PST, 5:35pm CET, 12:35am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Antoine Boucher (Université Paris Dauphine), Lisa Chauvet (Université Paris 1), Marin Ferry (Université Gustave Eiffel). Political Cycle in World Bank’s Procurement Allocation.
Chair: Puspa Amri (Sonoma State University)
Discussants: Erasmus Kersting (Villanova University), Elena McLean (University at Buffalo, SUNY) - Poster 2: Michael Denly (University of Texas at Austin). Institutional Autonomy and Donor Strategic Interest in Multilateral Foreign Aid: Rules vs. Informal Influence.
Chair: Matt Winters (University of Illinois)
Discussants: Christopher Kilby (Villanova University), Randall Stone (University of Rochester) - Poster 3: Tim Heinkelmann-Wild (LMU Munich). After Exit: Explaining Institutional Resilience and Decay after Hegemonic Withdrawal.
Chair: Stefanie Walter (University of Zurich)
Discussants: Karolina Milewicz (University of Oxford), Duncan Snidal (University of Oxford) - Poster 4: Andrew McWard (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Formalizing Informality: How States Control Intergovernmental Organizations through NGO Participation.
Chair: Johannes Karreth (Ursinus College)
Discussants: Kenneth Abbott (Arizona State University), Phillip Lipscy (University of Toronto)
Monday, March 8
Session 7: Aid
11:00-11:35am EST (8:00am PST, 5:00pm CET, 12:00am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Dan Nielson (University of Texas, Austin)
- Paper: Andreas Fuchs (University of Goettingen), Samuel Siewers (University of Goettingen). Donor Competition and the Speed of Emergency Aid.
Discussion openers: Kurt Annen (University of Guelph), Paul Raschky (Monash University)
11:35am-12:20pm EST (8:35am PST, 5:35pm CET, 12:35am Singapore (Tuesday), 3:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Leonardo Baccini (McGill University), Mirko Heinzel (University of Potsdam), Mathias Koenig-Archibugi (LSE). The Social Construction of Global Health Priorities: An Empirical Analysis of Contagion in Bilateral Health Aid.
Chair: Liam Swiss (Memorial University)
Discussants: Thomas Stubbs (Royal Holloway), Eric Werker (Simon Fraser University) - Poster 2: Alice Iannantuoni (University of Geneva). Strategic Motivations and Volatility in Aid Allocation by the Council of the European Union.
Chair: Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano Bicocca)
Discussants: Nikolay Marinov (University of Houston), Catherine Weaver (University of Texas at Austin) - Poster 3: Johannes Karreth (Ursinus College), Timothy Passmore (Virginia Military Institute), Jaroslav Tir (University of Colorado Boulder). Foreign Aid and the Steps to Peacekeeping Operations.
Chair: Zain Chaudhry (Heidelberg University)
Discussants: Lise Howard (Georgetown University), Lisa Hultman (Uppsala University) - Poster 4: Abrams Mbu Enow Tagem (UNU-WIDER). The Economics and Politics of Foreign Aid and Domestic Revenue Mobilization.
Chair: Cleo O’Brien-Udry (Yale University)
Discussants: Roel Dom (World Bank), Lionel Roger (Zimbabwe Ministry of Finance and Economic Development)
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Monday, March 15
Session 8: Populism, Democracy, & IOs
11:00-11:35am EDT (8:00am PDT, 4:00pm CET, 11:00pm Singapore, 2:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Renee Bowen (University of California, San Diego)
- Paper: Allison Carnegie (Columbia University), Richard Clark (Columbia University), Noah Zucker (Columbia University). Global Governance under Populism: The Challenge of Information Suppression.
Discussion openers: Christina Davis (Harvard University), Jon Pevehouse (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
11:35am-12:20pm EDT (8:35am PDT, 4:35pm CET, 11:35pm Singapore, 2:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Katherine Beall (University of California, Berkeley). Trading Sovereignty for Self-Determination: Human Rights, Institutional Power, and Regional Organizations.
Chair: Karolina Milewicz (University of Oxford)
Discussants: Emilie Hafner-Burton (University of California, San Diego), David Lake (University of California, San Diego) - Poster 2: Minju Kim (University of Chicago). Who Wants to Work at a Transparent International Organization?
Chair: Vally Koubi (ETH Zurich/University of Bern)
Discussants: Tana Johnson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), David Stasavage (New York University) - Poster 3: Anna Meyerrose (Ohio State University). Building Strong Executives and Weak Institutions: How European Integration Contributes to Democratic Backsliding.
Chair: Daniela Donno (University of Cyprus)
Discussants: R. Daniel Kelemen (Rutgers University), Ellen Lust (University of Gothenburg) - Poster 4: Hayley Pring (University of Oxford). Does Populism Affect Trade?
Chair: Thomas Sattler (Université de Genève)
Discussants: Manfred Elsig (World Trade Institute), Jessica Weeks (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Monday, March 22
Session 9: Law, Agreements & Propaganda
11:00-11:35am EDT (8:00am PDT, 4:00pm CET, 11:00pm Singapore, 2:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich)
- Paper: Justin Canfil (Columbia University). Yesterday’s Reach: How International Law Keeps Pace with Technological Change.
Discussion openers: Karen J. Alter (Northwestern University), Christopher Fariss (University of Michigan)
11:35am-12:20pm EDT (8:35am PDT, 4:35pm CET, 11:35pm Singapore, 2:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: David Bearce (University of Colorado), Max Chernoff (University of Colorado), Cody Eldredge (Oakland University). A Deepening/Widening Tradeoff? Evidence from the GATT and WTO.
Chair: Christina Davis (Harvard University)
Discussants: Judith Goldstein (Stanford University), Mike Tomz (Stanford University) - Poster 2: Kai Gehring (University of Zurich), Travers Child (CEIBS), Sarah Langlotz (University of Goettingen), Austin Wright (University of Chicago). Global and Local Propaganda of an International Terrorist Organization: How Islamic State Influences Public Perceptions in Afghanistan.
Chair: Johannes Matzat (Heidelberg University)
Discussants: Ruben Durante (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Tamar Mitts (Columbia University) - Poster 3: Julia Gray (University of Pennsylvania), Rachel Hulvey (University of Pennsylvania). Theorizing the Immunity of International Organizations.
Chair: Eyal Rubinson (Hebrew University)
Discussants: Kristina Daugirdas (University of Michigan), Taylor St John (University of St Andrews) - Poster 4: Carolina Moehlecke (Fundação Getulio Vargas). Global Regulatory Agreements and Corporations: Does Innovation Facilitate Cooperation?
Chair: Cleo O’Brien-Udry (Yale University)
Discussants: Liliana Andonova (Graduate Institute Geneva), Rebecca Perlman (Princeton University)
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Monday, March 29
Session 10: Gaining & Losing
11:00-11:35am EDT (8:00am PDT, 5:00pm CET, 11:00pm Singapore, 2:00am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://villanova.zoom.us/my/peio2021
Chair: Jennifer Tobin (Georgetown University)
- Paper: Andrea Presbitero (IMF), Valentin Lang (University of Mannheim), David Mihalyi (Natural Resource Governance Institute). Borrowing Costs after Debt Relief.
Discussion openers: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (University of California, Berkeley), Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
11:35am-12:20pm EDT (8:35am PDT, 5:35pm CET, 11:35pm Singapore, 2:35am Melbourne (Tuesday), get calendar entry)
Location: https://www.wonder.me/r?id=7uq9sx-0ityy
- Poster 1: Jason Davis (University of Pennsylvania). Firms, Dynamics, and Stumbling Blocks in Trade.
Chair: Martijn Huysmans (Utrecht University)
Discussants: Leonardo Baccini (McGill University), Amy Pond (Technical University of Munich) - Poster 2: Leopoldo Avellán (Inter-American Development Bank), Arturo Galindo (Banco de la República), Giulia Lotti (Inter-American Development Bank). Sovereign External Borrowing and Multilateral Lending in Crises.
Chair: Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano Bicocca)
Discussants: Chris Humphrey (ETH Zurich, Center for Development and Cooperation), Paul J. Nelson (University of Pittsburgh) - Poster 3: Sara Norrevik (University at Buffalo). Foreign Economic Policy in the European Parliament. The Influence of Foreign Direct Investment.
Chair: Merih Angin (Koç University)
Discussants: Catherine de Vries (Bocconi University), Amie Kreppel (University of Florida) - Poster 4: Mitali Pradhan (Fordham University). Impact of Losing Preferential Status: Evidence from the EU’s Generalized System of Preferences Reform
Chair: Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira (FAAP and FGV, Brazil)
Discussants: Ana Fernandes (World Bank), Shushanik Hakobyan (IMF)