2022 Conference

October 28-29, University of Pittsburgh

Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center
100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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Friday, October 28, 2022

  • Breakfast

    8:00-9:00am

  • Break 1

    10:30-10:45am

  • Lunch

    12:15-1:15pm

  • Break 2

    2:45-3:00pm

  • Reception & Dinner

    6:00-10:00pm
    Location:     Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

AM Chairs

  • Room 1

    David Bearce

  • Room 2

    Edward Mansfield

  • Room 3

    Rachel Wellhausen

  • 9:00-9:30 | Room 1

    Ryan Brutger (University of California Berkeley)

    Litigation for Sale: Private Firms and WTO Dispute Escalation

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  • 9:00-9:30 | Room 2

    Nikhar Gaikwad (Columbia University)
    Kolby Hanson (US Naval War College)
    Aliz Tóth (Stanford University)

    Bridging the Gulf: Overseas Migration to the Middle East Fosters Tolerance and Cosmopolitanism

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  • 9:00-9:30 | Room 3

    Adam Dean (George Washington University)

    If There is No Struggle, There is No Progress: Labor-Led Democratization and Respect for Labor Rights

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  • 9:30-10:00 | Room 1

    Boliang Zhu (Pennsylvania State University)

    Firms in the Trade War

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  • 9:30-10:00 | Room 2

    Pengshan Pan (University of Pittsburgh)

    Foreign Mining, Labor Welfare, and Local Trust: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan Gold Mine

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  • 9:30-10:00 | Room 3

    Sichen Li (University of California San Diego)
    Megumi Naoi (University of California San Diego)

    How Political Tensions Fuel Cross-Border Investment: American Consumer Hostility and Mergers and Acquisitions by Chinese and Japanese Firms

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  • 10:00-10:30 | Room 1

    Lukas Wellner (University of Goettingen & Heidelberg University)
    Alexander Kentikelenis (Bocconi University)
    Valentin Lang (Mannheim University)

    The Power of International Bureaucrats: Individual-Level Evidence from IMF Mission Chiefs

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  • 10:00-10:30 | Room 2

    Rena Sung (University of Pittsburgh)

    The Political Economy of High-Skilled Immigration: Votes and Sponsorship on High-Skilled Immigration Bills in the US Congress

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  • 10:00-10:30 | Room 3

    Minju Kim (Syracuse University)
    Shu Fu (University of Chicago)

    Bringing Home the Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade

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  • 10:45-11:15 | Room 1

    Haillie Na-Kyung Lee (Seoul National University)

    When Do Workers Align with Their Employers? : The Micro-Foundation of Firm-Based Trade Opinion

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  • 10:45-11:15 | Room 2

    Alexander Slaski (Leiden University)

    Environmental Effects of FDI and Citizen Backlash: Findings from a Survey Experiment in Brazil

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  • 10:45-11:15 | Room 3

    Vivienne Born (Texas Woman's University)
    Lee Brown (Texas Woman's University)
    Dinesh Hasija (Augusta University)

    Who Obtains Political Exemptions?: An Analysis of Steel Tariff Exemption Requests

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  • 11:15-11:45 | Room 1

    Michael Allen (Yale University)

    Unbundling the State: Legal Development in an Era of Global, Private Governance

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  • 11:15-11:45 | Room 2

    Theo Serlin (Stanford University)

    The Export Boom and the Backlash: Reactions to Positive Economic Change in First World War America

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  • 11:15-11:45 | Room 3

    Harry Oppenheimer (Harvard University)

    Does Data Follow the Flag?

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  • 11:45-12:15 | Room 1

    Stefanie Walter (University of Zurich)

    To Accommodate or Not? Balancing Reputational and Material Concerns in International Negotiations

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  • 11:45-12:15 | Room 2

    Stephanie Rickard (London School of Economics)

    Economic Policy Making in Non-Democratic Settings: An Examination of Chinese Subsidies

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  • 11:45-12:15 | Room 3

    Mark Copelovitch (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
    Sara Wallace (University of California Irvine)

    Filling the Vacuum: Mainstream Parties, Economic Crises, and Party Support for European Integration

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PM Chairs

  • Room 1

    Judith Goldstein

  • Room 2

    Tom Pepinsky

  • Room 3

    Megumi Naoi

  • 1:15-1:45 | Room 1

    Alexander Gazmararian (Princeton University)
    Helen Milner (Princeton University)

    Preference Updating Under Uncertainty: Evidence from Responses to Global Warming

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  • 1:15-1:45 | Room 2

    Julia Gray (University of Pennsylvania)
    Raymond Hicks (Columbia University)

    Fighting IO Decline: Evidence from Declassified US Cables on Power Shifts and Bargains in the GATT

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  • 1:15-1:45 | Room 3

    Leonardo Baccini (McGill University)
    Mattia Guidi (University of Siena)
    Arlo Poletti (University of Trento)

    Policy Preferences in Tough Times: Experimental Evidence

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  • 1:45-2:15 | Room 1

    Carlos Felipe Balcazar (New York University)

    Unions and Robots: International Competition, Automation and the Political Power of Organized Labor

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  • 1:45-2:15 | Room 2

    Hao Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

    Commerce, Coalitions, and Global Value Chains: Evidence from Coordinated and Collective Lobbying

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  • 1:45-2:15 | Room 3

    Sayumi Miyano (Princeton University)

    Multinational Firms’ Influence in International Private Regimes: International Standardization Through Subsidiary Networks

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  • 2:15-2:45 | Room 1

    Anna Meyerrose (Princeton University)
    Sara Watson (Ohio State University)

    Globalization and Elite Responsiveness: Trade Shocks, Competitive Contexts, and Political Ideology

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  • 2:15-2:45 | Room 2

    Lu Sun (Texas A&M University)
    Quan Li (Texas A&M University)

    Globalization and Political Protests: The Role of Motion Picture Export

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  • 2:15-2:45 | Room 3

    Gautam Nair (Harvard University)

    The Political Economy of the Retail Revolution

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  • 3:00-3:30 | Room 1

    Matt Malis (New York University)
    Calvin Thrall (University of Texas at Austin)

    Revolving Door Diplomats

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  • 3:00-3:30 | Room 2

    Siyao Li (University of Pittsburgh)

    Closing the Institutional Gap: Protecting Technology in Foreign Direct Investment

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  • 3:00-3:30 | Room 3

    Aditi Sahasrabuddhe (Wellesley College)

    This Time it's Personal: The Individual Politics of Central Bank Cooperation in the Global Financial Crisis

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  • 3:30-4:00 | Room 1

    Christopher Kilby (Villanova University)
    Ayse Kaya (Swarthmore College)
    Jingke Pan (Heidelberg University)

    Does Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Lending Support China's Belt and Road Initiative? A Subnational Analysis of Project Location

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  • 3:30-4:00 | Room 2

    James Morrison (London School of Economics)

    England’s Inglorious Monetary Revolutions: Rethinking the Origins of Central Bank Independence

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  • 3:30-4:00 | Room 3

    Lukas Wellner (University of Goettingen)
    Andreas Fuchs (University of Goettingen)
    Andre Gröger (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
    Tobias Heidland (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

    Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration?

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  • 4:00-4:30 | Room 1

    Thomas R. Davidson (Rutgers University)
    Felix Hagemeister (Technical University of Munich)
    Ranjit Lall (London School of Economics)

    Did COVID-19 Boost Populism? Evidence from Early Super-Spreader Events

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  • 4:00-4:30 | Room 2

    Valentina González-Rostani (University of Pittsburgh)

    Automation, Culture, and Vote Choice

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  • 4:00-4:30 | Room 3

    Clara Park (University of Colorado Boulder)

    The Effects of International Economic Agreements on FDI: Evidence from Africa

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  • 4:30-5:00 | Room 1

    Alexander Gazmararian (Princeton University)
    Dustin Tingley (Harvard University)

    Credibility and Climate Transitions: The Politics of Economic Transformation

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  • 4:30-5:00 | Room 2

    David Bearce (Texas A&M University)
    Seungbin Park (University of Alabama)

    Mass Attitudes about International Trade Agreements: Positive Messages and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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  • 4:30-5:00 | Room 3

    Christina Davis (Harvard University)
    Jialu Li (Harvard University)

    Shining Light on Regulatory Policies: The Impact of WTO Disputes on Notification Patterns

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Saturday, October 29, 2022

  • Breakfast

    8:00-9:00am

  • Break 1

    10:30-10:45am

  • Lunch

    12:15-1:15pm

  • Break 2

    2:45-3:00pm

AM Chairs

  • Room 1

    Judith Goldstein

  • Room 2

    Megumi Naoi

  • Room 3

    Edward Mansfield

  • 9:00-9:30 | Room 1

    Shannon Carcelli (University of Maryland)

    Where You Stand Depends on Where Your Data Sit: Bureaucratic Differences in Foreign Aid Reporting

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  • 9:00-9:30 | Room 2

    Adrian Shin (University of Colorado Boulder)
    Brendan Connell (Lyon College)

    Capitol Controls: Congress and the Bretton Woods Twins in the Era of Migration

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  • 9:00-9:30 | Room 3

    Sarah Bauerle Danzman (Indiana University)

    Economic Security is National Security: Commercial Interests and Influence Over Investment Screening

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  • 9:30-10:00 | Room 1

    Cleo O'Brien-Udry (Yale University)

    Populism and International Development: The Case of Aid Withdrawal

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  • 9:30-10:00 | Room 2

    Rachel Skillman (University of California San Diego)

    The Political Consequences of Foreign Land Investment

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  • 9:30-10:00 | Room 3

    Zuhad Hai (Stanford University)

    The Politics of Obsolescence: Evidence from South Asia After the Industrial Revolution

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  • 10:00-10:30 | Room 1

    Ryan Weldzius (Villanova University)

    Economic Interdependence and Regional Monetary Convergence

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  • 10:00-10:30 | Room 2

    Celeste Beesley (Brigham Young University)
    Lindsey Walker (Brigham Young University)

    Public Opinion on Inward and Outward FDI: Nationalism, Jobs, and Community Impact

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  • 10:00-10:30 | Room 3

    Qing Chang (University of Pittsburgh)

    Career Incentives, Economic Competition, and Public Land Prices

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  • 10:45-11:15 | Room 1

    Benjamin Helms (University of Virginia)

    Global Economic Integration and the Political Economy of Education Provision

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  • 10:45-11:15 | Room 2

    Lauren Konken (Princeton University)
    Sojun Park (Princeton University)

    Exploiting Treaty Ambiguity: Public Health Exceptions in the WTO TRIPS Agreement

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  • 10:45-11:15 | Room 3

    Casey Petroff (Harvard University)
    Michael-David Mangini (Harvard University)

    Conflict Technology as a Catalyst of State Formation

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  • 11:15-11:45 | Room 1

    Alexandra Zeitz (Concordia University)
    Richard Clark (Cornell University)
    Lindsay Dolan (Wesleyan University)

    Accountable to Whom? Public Opinion of Aid Conditionality in Recipient Countries

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  • 11:15-11:45 | Room 2

    Xun Cao (Pennsylvania State University)
    Mingqin Wu (South China Normal University)
    Lianming Zhu (Osaka University)

    Do Domestic Firms Become Cleaner in the Presence of FDI? Testing FDI Spillover Effects on Firm Air Pollution in China

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  • 11:15-11:45 | Room 3

    Ana Carolina Garriga (University of Essex)
    Brian Phillips (University of Essex)

    Globalization and External Support for Governments During Civil Conflict

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  • 11:45-12:15 | Room 1

    Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore)
    Ka Zeng (University of Arkansas)

    Chinese Firms in the Trade War: Decoupling Through Reshoring?

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  • 11:45-12:15 | Room 2

    Vineeta Yadav (Pennsylvania State University)

    Right-Wing Populism and Support for Central Bank Independence: Evidence from India and Turkey

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  • 11:45-12:15 | Room 3

    Cameron Ballard-Rosa (University of North Carolina)
    Tyler Ditmore (University of North Carolina)

    Footloose Capital in the Land of America First: Economic Nationalism and Mass Preferences Over Corporate Tax

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PM Chairs

  • Room 1

    Erica Owen

  • Room 2

    Stefanie Walter

  • Room 3

    David Bearce

  • 1:15-1:45 | Room 1

    Lukas Linsi (University of Groningen)
    Seiki Tanaka (University of Groningen)
    Francesco Giumelli (University of Groningen)

    Measuring the Unmeasurable: The International Political Economy of "Bad" Statistics

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  • 1:15-1:45 | Room 2

    Nina Obermeier (University of Pennsylvania)

    Extremism and the Gender Gap: Explaining Women’s Increasing Internationalism

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  • 1:15-1:45 | Room 3

    Kerim Can Kavakli (Bocconi University)
    Giovanna Marcolongo (Bocconi University)
    Diego Zambiasi (Newcastle University)

    Offshore Tax Havens and Evasion of Financial Sanctions

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  • 1:45-2:15 | Room 1

    Annamaria Prati (Washington University in St. Louis)

    Can International Interventions Build States? Evidence from the United Nations Development Programme

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  • 1:45-2:15 | Room 2

    Niccolo Bonifai (Georgetown University)
    Edward Malesky (Duke University)
    Nita Rudra (Georgetown University)

    Economic Uncertainty and Willingness to Learn about Globalization: A Field Experiment on Migrants and Other Disadvantaged Groups in Vietnam

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  • 1:45-2:15 | Room 3

    Alexander Kuo (University of Oxford)
    Isabela Mares (Yale University)

    COVID-19 and Support for Globalization

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  • 2:15-2:45 | Room 1

    John David Minnich (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

    Re-Innovation Nation: Explaining Technology Transfer Policy in Rising China

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  • 2:15-2:45 | Room 2

    Claas Mertens (University of Oxford)

    The Determinants of Retaliation in International Economic Conflict: A Difference-in-Difference Design

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  • 2:15-2:45 | Room 3

    Zoe Xincheng Ge (New York University)

    Obsolescent Treaties: Global Value Chains and the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties

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  • 3:00-3:30 | Room 1

    Thomas Sattler (University of Geneva)
    Quynh Nguyen (Australian National University)
    Tanja Schweinberger (University of Geneva)

    Power Transitions and International Economic Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from Parallel Surveys in China and the United States

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  • 3:00-3:30 | Room 2

    Faisal Ahmed (Princeton University)

    Foreign Transfers and Authoritarian Peace

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  • 3:00-3:30 | Room 3

    Noah Zucker (Columbia University)
    Richard Clark (Cornell University)
    Roza Khoban (Princeton University)

    Breadwinner Backlash: The Gendered Effects of Industrial Decline

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  • 3:30-4:00 | Room 1

    Hayley Pring (Oxford University)

    Who Needs to be Seen to be Green? How Reputational Pressure Affects Responses to Climate Change

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  • 3:30-4:00 | Room 2

    Pei-Yu Wei (Duke University)
    Lucille Right (Duke University)
    Kelly Hunter (Duke University)

    Rhetoric vs. Reality: How Aid Sanctions Affect Funding for Local Actors in Aid-Recipient Countries

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  • 3:30-4:00 | Room 3

    Jihye Park (University of Rochester)

    Leveraging for Better Investment Grounds: IPR Protection Through PTAs and FDI Inflow

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  • 4:00-4:30 | Room 1

    Luca Messerschmidt (Technical University of Munich)

    Local Effects of FDI on Material and Political Grievances: Evidence from Africa

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  • 4:00-4:30 | Room 2

    Alex Honeker (University of Pittsburgh)

    Populist Right Success and Mainstream Party Adaptation: The Case of Economic Globalization

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  • 4:00-4:30 | Room 3

    Dahyun Choi (Princeton University)

    Teaming up with Enemy: Firms and the Information Environment of Climate Regime

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