Program of the 8th Annual Conference on

The Political Economy of International Organizations

February 12 – 14, 2015

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

7:30pm Dinner (optional, at own expense)

(Location: Löwenbräu am Gendarmenmarkt, directions from Hertie)

Thursday, February 12, 2015

(Location: Hertie School, Forum A/B)

8:45-9:00am Opening remarks, Mark Hallerberg and Mark Kayser (Hertie School of Governance)

9:00-10:45am Session 1: Foreign Aid and Economic Policies

Chair: Christopher Kilby

• Paper 1: Michael G. Findley (University of Texas at Austin), Adam S. Harris (New York University), Helen V. Milner (Princeton University), Daniel L. Nielson (Brigham Young University), Elite and Mass Support for Foreign Aid Versus Government Programs: Experimental Evidence from Uganda. Discussion openers: Bruno Frey, Michael Stoffel.
  
• Paper 2: Renee Bowen (Stanford University), Jackie Chan (Stanford University), Oeindrila Dube (New York University), Reform Cycles and Populist Cycles. Discussion openers: Leonardo Baccini, Kaj Thomsson.
  
• Paper 3: Dan Honig (Harvard University), Navigation by Judgment: Organizational Autonomy and Country Context in the Delivery of Foreign Aid. Discussion openers: Vera Eichenauer, Oliver Westerwinter.
  

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 2: EU Cooperation

Chair: Axel Dreher

• Paper 1: Tobias Böhmelt (University of Essex), Tina Freyburg (University of Warwick), Diffusion of Compliance in the ‘Race towards Brussels?’ A Spatial Approach to EU Accession Conditionality. Discussion openers: Mareike Kleine, Thomas König.
  
• Paper 2: Christina Schneider (University of California, San Diego), Branislav L. Slantchev (University of California, San Diego), The Domestic Politics of International Cooperation during the European Debt Crisis. Discussion openers: Andreas Fuchs, Mirela Sorina Miescu.
  
• Paper 3: Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zürich), Circles and Hemispheres of Integration: The Development of a System of Graded European Union Membership. Discussion openers: Peter van Bergeijk, Tal Sadeh.
  

1:00-2:30pm Lunch

(Location: Hertie School, Forum A/B)

2:30-4:15pm Session 3:  United Nations

Chair: Katharina Michaelowa

• Paper 1: Simon Hug (Université de Genève), Targets and Perpetrators: Resolutions and Voting in the UNCHR and UNHRC. Discussion openers: Erin R. Graham, Moritz Marbach.
  
• Paper 2: Christoph Mikulaschek (Princeton University), Minor Powers’ Influence in International Organizations: Empirical Evidence Exploiting the Natural Experiment of African Representation on the UN Security Council. Discussion openers: Axel Dreher, James Raymond Vreeland.
  
• Paper 3: Matthew Gould (Brunel University), Matthew D. Rablen (Brunel University), Equitable Representation in Councils: Theory and an Application to the United Nations Security Council. Discussants: Christoph Mikulaschek, James Raymond Vreeland.
  

4:15-4:45pm Break

4:45-6:30pm Session 4: WTO

Chair: Helen Milner

• Paper 1: Vincent Anesi (University of Nottingham), Giovanni Facchini (University of Nottingham), Coercive Trade Policy. Discussion openers: Leonardo Baccini, Renee Bowen.
  
• Paper 2: Chad Bown (World Bank), Kara Reynolds (American University), Trade Agreements and Enforcement: Evidence from WTO Dispute Settlement. Discussion openers: Manfred Elsig, Arevik Mkrtchyan.
  
• Paper 3: Peter Rosendorff (New York University), Alastair Smith (New York University), Domestic Political Determinants of the Onset of WTO Disputes. Discussion openers: Tobias Hofmann, Soo Yeon Kim.
  

7:00pm: Dinner

(Location: 12 Apostel Berlin-Mitte, directions from Hertie)

Friday, February 13, 2015

(Location: Hertie School, Forum A/B)

9:00-10:45am Session 5: World Bank Lending

Chair: Mark Kayser

• Paper 1: Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Zurich), Katharina Michaelowa (University of Zurich), Stephen Knack (World Bank), Which Donors, Which Funds? The Choice of Multilateral Funds by Bilateral Donors at the World Bank. Discussion openers: Ayse Kaya, Byungwon Woo.
  
• Paper 2: Rabia Malik (University of Rochester), Randall W. Stone (University of Rochester), The Informal Politics of World Bank Lending. Discussion openers: Silvia Marchesi, Christian Staat.
  
• Paper 3: Erasmus Kersting (Villanova University), Christopher Kilby (Villanova University), With a Little Help from My Friends: Global Electioneering and World Bank Lending. Discussion openers: Nabeela N. Alam, Christina Schneider.
  

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 6: International Cooperation

Chair: Daniel L. Nielson

• Paper 1: Emily Hencken Ritter (University of California, Merced), Scott Wolford (University of Texas at Austin), An Empirical Investigation of International Warrant Enforcement. Discussion openers: Martin Gassebner, Johannes Karreth.
  
• Paper 2: Asif Efrat (Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya), Abraham L. Newman (Georgetown University), Deciding to Defer: The Importance of Fairness in Resolving Transnational Jurisdictional Conflicts. Discussion openers: Tyler B. Pratt, Emily Hencken Ritter.
  
• Paper 3: Mark Copelovitch (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Christopher Gandrud (Hertie School of Governance), Mark Hallerberg (Hertie School of Governance), The Causes and Consequences of International Financial Regulatory Transparency. Discussion openers: Jana Gallus, Andrea Presbitero.
  

1:00-2:30pm Lunch

(Location: Hertie School, Forum A/B)

2:30-4:15pm Session 7: IOs, Markets and the Public

Chair: Mark Hallerberg

• Paper 1: Daniel Maliniak (College of William and Mary), Michael Tierney (College of William and Mary), Legitimation Effect: Do Foreign Publics Care About IO Approval in the Use of Military Force? Discussion openers: Stephen Chaudoin, Tana Johnson.
  
• Paper 2: Federica Genovese (University of Essex), Green Market Responses to Global Governance: International Climate Agreements and Europe’s Carbon Trading. Discussion openers: Thomas Bernauer, Katharina Michaelowa.
  
• Paper 3: Octavia Dana Foarta (Stanford University), The Limits to Partial Banking Unions: A Political Economy Approach. Discussion openers: Toshitaka Fukiharu, Rune Jansen Hagen.
  

4:30-6:15pm Poster Session with Cocktails and Snacks

(Location: Hertie School, Forum A/B)

European Union

• Paper 1: Toshitaka Fukiharu (Aoyama Gakuin University), Theoretical Examination of the European Union: A General Equilibrium Simulation. Discussants: Octavia Dana Foarta, Pieterjan Vangerven.
  
• Paper 2: Lydia Avrami (University of Athens), Detlef F. Sprinz (University of Potsdam), Does the EU Effect the Climate Policy Efforts of its Member States? Discussants: Patrick Bayer, Gabriele Spilker.
  
• Paper 3: Lisa Maria Dellmuth (Stockholm University), Dominik Schraff (University of St. Gallen), Michael F. Stoffel (University of Konstanz), Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Partisan Pork Barrel: The Local Allocation of European Union Structural Funds in France and Italy. Discussants: Mark Hallerberg, Soo Yeon Kim.
  
• Paper 4: Mareike Kleine (London School of Economics and Political Science), Keeping Tabs on your Cooperating Partner: A Coalition Perspective on International Organizations. Discussants: Tobias Hofmann, Helen Milner.

Bretton Woods Institutions

• Paper 5: Mirela Sorina Miescu (Queen Mary University of London), European Union’s Influence in the International Monetary Fund: Would Unity Provide Strength? Discussants: Mark Copelovitch, Frank Schimmelfennig.
  
• Paper 6: Ayse Kaya (Swarthmore College), Lifting the Veil of Mystery: The Determinants of Quotas in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Discussants: Axel Dreher, Randall Stone.
  
• Paper 7: Chungshik Moon (Australian National University), Byungwon Woo (Oakland University), Curse of Friendship: IMF Program, Friendship with the United States, and Foreign Direct Investment. Discussants: Erasmus Kersting, Randall Stone.
  
• Paper 8: Rune Jansen Hagen (University of Bergen), Gatekeeper? The IMF, Aid Flows, and Policymaking in Low-Income Countries. Discussants: Renee Bowen, Simon Hug.
  
• Paper 9: Andrew Berg (IMF), Enrico Berkes (Northwestern University), Catherine Pattillo (IMF), Andrea F. Presbitero (IMF), Yorbol Yakhshilikov (IMF), Assessing Bias and Accuracy in the World Bank-IMF’s Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries. Discussants: Dan Honig, Katharina Michaelowa.
  
• Paper 10: Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano Bicocca), Laura Sabani (University of Firenze), Does It Take Two to Tango? IMF and World Bank Cooperation: Theory and Empirical Evidence. Discussants: Bernhard Reinsberg, Christina J. Schneider.
  
• Paper 11: Vera Eichenauer (Heidelberg University), Stephen Knack (World Bank), „Bilateralizing” multilateral aid? Aid allocation by World Bank trust funds. Discussants: Dan Honig, Alastair Smith.
  
• Paper 12: Mark Buntaine (University of California, Santa Barbara), Daniel L. Nielson (Brigham Young University), Crowdsourcing Local Feedback about World Bank Projects in India: Analysis Plan for a Large-Scale Online Field Experiment. Discussants: Stephen Chaudoin, Richard Jong-A-Pin.
  

Trade and Investment Organizations

• Paper 13: Todd Allee (University of Maryland), Manfred Elsig (University of Bern), Are the Contents of International Treaties Boilerplate? Evidence from Preferential Trade Agreements. Discussants: Giovanni Facchini, Peter Rosendorff.
  
• Paper 14: Christian Danne (Central Bank of Ireland), Regional Integration and the Rule of Law. Discussants: Asif Efrat, Mark Hallerberg.
  

World Trade Organization

• Paper 15: Matthew Stephen (WZB Berlin), Michal Parízek (Charles University in Prague), New Pressures on the WTO: The Rise of Illiberal Trading States. Discussants: Chad Bown, Christophe Crombez.
  
• Paper 16: Nitzan Feldman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Tal Sadeh (Tel Aviv University), Cheaper Wars. How the WTO Binds the Hands of the Enemy’s Friends. Discussants: Tobias Böhmelt, Francisco Pino.
  
• Paper 17: Tobias Hofmann (University of Utah), Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore), Picking Fights: Rising Powers in WTO Disputes. Discussants: Peter Rosendorff, Gabriele Spilker.
  
• Paper 18: Christian Henn (World Trade Organization), Arevik Mkrtchyan (University of Hanover), The Layers of the ITA’s Trade Impact. Discussants: Giovanni Facchini, Helen Milner.
  
• Paper 19: Leonardo Baccini (London School of Economics and Political Science), Pablo M. Pinto (University of Houston), Stephen Weymouth (Georgetown University), The Dark Side of International Trade Agreements. Discussants: Chad Bown, Mark Copelovitch.
  

United Nations

• Paper 20: Nabeela N. Alam (Grinnell College), UN Voting Alignment with the United States and Export Dependence on China. Discussants: Andreas Fuchs, Erasmus Kersting.
  
• Paper 21: Moritz Marbach (University of Mannheim), A Discrete Choice Model for the Analysis of Aggregated Roll Call Voting Records. Discussants: Christophe Crombez, Simon Hug.
  
• Paper 22: Inken von Borzyskowski (Florida State University), Peacebuilding Beyond Civil Wars: UN Election Assistance and Election Violence. Discussants: Emily Hencken Ritter, Eric Werker.
  
• Paper 23: Erin R. Graham (Drexel University), Funding Rules in Institutional Design: Explaining Design and Change at the United Nations. Discussants: Federica Genovese, Julia Gray.
  

Nature and Natural Resources

• Paper 24: Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zürich), Robert Gampfer (ETH Zürich), How Strong is Public Support for Unilateral Climate Policy? Discussants: Federica Genovese, Mark Kayser.
  
• Paper 25: Ida Bastiaens (Fordham University), Evgeny Postnikov (University of Glasgow), Environmental Provisions in EU and US Trade Agreements and Regulatory Change in the Developing World. Discussants: Patrick Bayer, Brad Parks.
  
• Paper 26: Oliver Westerwinter (University of St. Gallen), Informal Governance, Network Power and the Politics of Blood Diamonds. Discussants: Thomas König, Eric Werker.
  

Other International Organizations

• Paper 27: Andreas Fuchs (Heidelberg University), Jale Tosun (Heidelberg University), When Do Developing Countries Follow International Regulatory Benchmarks? Evidence from Latin America. Discussants: Tobias Böhmelt, Francisco Pino.
  
• Paper 28: Johannes Karreth (University at Albany, SUNY), The Political-Economic Leverage of Intergovernmental Organizations in Interstate Disputes. Discussants: Martin Gassebner, Richard Jong-A-Pin.
  
• Paper 29: Djalita Fialho (Erasmus University), Peter A.G. van Bergeijk (Erasmus University), Noodles and Spaghetti: Why is the Developing Country Differentiation Landscape so Complex? Discussants: Bruno Frey, Bernhard Reinsberg.
  
• Paper 30: Stephen B. Kaplan (George Washington University), Kaj Thomsson (Maastricht University), The Political Economy of Sovereign Borrowing. Explaining the Policy Choices of Highly Indebted Governments. Discussants: Asif Efrat, Christopher Gandrud.
  
• Paper 31: Tyler B. Pratt (Princeton University), Regime Complex Structure and Policy Coordination: Explaining Cooperation in Global Governance Networks. Discussants: Tina Freyburg, Mark Kayser.
  
• Paper 32: Tana Johnson (Duke University), Location, Location, Location: The Process of Headquartering Intergovernmental Organizations. Discussants: Julia Gray, Michael Tierney.
  

7:00pm Conference Dinner

(Location: Clärchens Ballhaus, directions from Hertie)

Saturday, February 14, 2015

(Location: Hertie School, Forum A/B)

9:00-10:45am Session 8: European Union

Chair: Thomas Bernauer

• Paper 1: Patrick Bayer (Washington University in St. Louis), Thomas König (University of Mannheim), Brooke Luetgert (Sabancı University), Bargaining under Uncertainty: An Empirical Analysis of Changes in Government Positions at the Nice Intergovernmental Conference. Discussion openers: Michal Parízek, Evgeny Postnikov.
  
• Paper 2: Christian Staat (Université libre de Bruxelles), Does Better Pay Attract Better Politicians? Discussion openers: Christian Danne, Matthew Rablen.
  
• Paper 3: Christophe Crombez (University of Leuven), Pieterjan Vangerven (University of Leuven), A Political-Economic Analysis of the Antidumping Procedure in the European Union. Discussion openers: Lydia Avrami, Ida Bastiaens.
  

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 9: Trade Agreements

Chair: Chad Bown

• Paper 1: Julia Gray (University of Pennsylvania), Jeffrey Kucik (University College London), Leadership Turnover and the Implementation of International Economic Agreements. Discussion openers: Inken von Borzyskowski, Christoph Mikulaschek.
  
• Paper 2: Víctor Umaña (ETH Zürich), Gabriele Spilker (University of Salzburg), Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zürich), Selecting Partner Countries for Preferential Trade Agreements:  Experimental Evidence from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Vietnam. Discussion openers: Daniel Nielson, Brad Parks.
  
• Paper 3: Raymond Hicks (Princeton University), Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore), How Much Enforcement? Judicialization in RTAs and Trade Flows. Discussion openers: Nitzan Feldman, Pieterjan Vangerven.
  

1:00-2:00pm Lunch

(Location: Hertie School, Forum A/B)

2:00-3:45pm Session 10: Awards, Cancer, and the Catholic Church

Chair: Renee Bowen

• Paper 1: Bruno S. Frey (Zeppelin University), Jana Gallus (University of Zurich), Why International Organizations Give and Receive Awards. Discussion openers: Detlef Sprinz, Michael Tierney.
  
• Paper 2: Stephen Chaudoin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Jude Hays (University of Pittsburgh), Raymond Hicks (Princeton University), Do We Really Know the WTO Cures Cancer? False Positives and the Effects of International Institutions. Discussion openers: Daniel Nielson, Dominik Schraff.
  
• Paper 3: Francisco J. Pino (Université libre de Bruxelles), Jordi Vidal-Robert (University of Warwick), Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States. Discussion openers: Christopher Kilby, Matthew Stephen.
  

3:45-4:15pm: Closing Remarks

4:30pm: Optional tour to the Deutsche Historische Museum

6:45pm Dinner (optional, at own expense)

(Location: Deponie Nr. 3, directions from Hertie)

Generous funding provided by:

Hertie School of Governance	Villanova University	Heidelberg University