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Religion and Terrorism Conference Paper: Hearts and Minds: by John J. Mearsheimer; The central purpose of American power is to provide security for the United States in a dangerous world. Before September 11, other states, especially other great powers, were perceived to be the...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: November 2002 More

Coalition Parties versus Coalitions of Parties: How Electoral Agency Shapes the Political Logic of Costs and Benefits: by Bawn, Kathleen; Rosenbluth, Frances; This paper argues that governments formed from post–election coalitions (majority coalition governments in PR systems) and pre–election coalitions (majority parties in SMD systems) aggregate the...; Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference; Published Date: November 2002 More

Domestic Politics of International Financial Rescues: Congressional Voting on Bailouts in the 1990s: by Broz, J. Lawrence; In the 1990s, the American Executive organized financial rescues of Mexico and several Asian economies. These rescues ("bailouts" to detractors) were controversial in Congress, where...; Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference; Published Date: November 2002 More

Religion and Terrorism Conference Paper: Terrorism and the Future of Global Politics: by Narcis Serra; The general topic of this conference points to the link between the concepts of religion and terrorism. The September 11th attacks – and the previous and subsequent terrorist attacks in Bali and...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: November 2002 More

Private Politics and Private Policy: A Theory of Boycotts: by David Baron; Public policies such as regulation, antitrust, and international trade are the result of public politics – a competition over who gets what with government the arbiter of that competition....; Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference; Published Date: November 2002 More

After the Big Bang? Obstacles to the Emergence of Rule of Law in Post-Communist Societies: by Karla Hoff and Joseph Stiglitz; When Russia launched mass privatization, it was widely believed that it would create a powerful constituency for the rule of law. That didn?t happen. We present a dynamic equilibrium model of the...; Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference; Published Date: October 2002 More

The Perfect Dictatorship? Comparing Authoritarian Rule in South Korea and in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico: by Domínguez, Jorge I.; Prepared for delivery at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 29–September 1, 2002, Boston, Panel 11–25. What is a "perfect dictatorship"?...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: August 2002 More

Autocracy by Democratic Rules: The Dynamics of Competitive Authoritarianism in the Post-Cold War Era: by Levitsky, Steven; This paper examines one type of hybrid regime, which we call competitive authoritarianism. Such regimes are authoritarian in that they do not meet standard procedural minimum criteria for democracy....; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: August 2002 More

Partisanship and Trade Policy: Is There a Left-Right Divide on Trade Policy?: by Milner, Helen V.; Judkins, Benjamin; Is there a noticeable difference among political parties in a country in their trade policy positions? Do left parties advocate different trade policies than right parties? In the advanced...; Publication Type: Conference Paper-WCFIA Conference; Published Date: August 2002 More

Chains of Ownership, Tax Competition, and Foreign Direct Investment: by Desai, Mihir A.; This paper considers the effect of taxation on the location of foreign direct investment (FDI) and taxable income reported by multinational firms. Confidential affiliate–level data are used to...; Publication Type: Conference Paper; Published Date: August 2002 More