Research

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Research and Data

My research currently focuses on the political economy of adjustment and autocratic breakdown during financial crises. I maintain a broader interest, however, in international political economy, the politics of authoritarianism, and Southeast Asian politics.

For information on my dissertation, click here. You may also wish to download the replication materials for my dissertation in zipped format from here. Don't forget to read the file "readme.txt" first!

Below is a list of research projects and data. Click the titles to view.

WORKING PAPERS AND PROJECTS UNDER REVIEW

Why is Foreign Aid so Popular in Europe? Mass Opinion Towards Development Assistance in 15 Countries (April 2008) (with Andy Baker and Jennifer Fitzgerald) Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

Islam and Redistribution: A Test of Competing Theories (March 2008) (with Boz Welborne) Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

Aerial Bombardment, Indiscriminate Violence, and Territorial Control in the Vietnam War (March 2008) (with Matt Kocher and Stathis Kalyvas) Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (San Francisco). Maps are in a separate file (PDF, 1.46MB). Replication data is proprietary; please contact me to find out how to replicate our analysis.

Do Currency Crises Cause Capital Account Liberalization? (February 2008). The answer is no. You can download the data and replication files in zipped STATA format.

Durable Authoritarianism as a Self-Enforcing ~~Contract~~ Coalition (February 2008). An earlier version was presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Ownership and Opportunity: Why Bankers in Emerging Markets Favor Financial Internationalization (January 2008). You can download the data and replication files in zipped STATA format (August 2007).

How to Code (September 2007). Also available as the International Political Science Association's Committee on Concepts and Methods Working Paper No. 18. An earlier version was presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. You can access the data and replication files in zipped STATA format.

Financial Crises, Capital Controls, and Autocratic Breakdowns (April 2007). Prepared for the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Replication data is here

Crises and Autocratic Breakdowns in Island Southeast Asia (August 2006). Presented at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association and Midwest Political Science Association.

Electoral Rules, Coalitions, and Price Levels: A Re-Examination of the Evidence. with Tarek E. Masoud. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2004, Chicago, IL.

"Constitutional Change and Business-Government Relations in Southeast Asia." (with Allen Hicken) In progress.

"International Finance in Asia." In progress.

"Political Islam in Indonesia." (with R. William Liddle and Saiful Mujani) In progress. Funded by the Smith-Richardson Foundation.

REPLICATION FILES FOR PUBLISHED WORK

Autocracy, Elections, and Fiscal Policy in Malaysia (June 2006) Forthcoming at Studies in Comparative International Development. Click here for data and results in an Eviews 5 workfile.