The American Political Science
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The Political Economist
Newsletter of the Political Economy Section
Edited by Randall Calvert & Matthew Gabel
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Nathan Jensen and Jong Hee Park (Washington University), "Where's the Beef? The Political Economy of US Agriculture Policy"
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita (Harris School), "The Political Economy of Terrorism"
Daniel Diermeier (Northwestern), "Private Politics--A
Research Agenda"
Winter 2007
Rick K. Wilson (Rice University) with R. Mark Isaac
(Florida State University), "Political Economy and Experiments."
John A. Aldrich (Duke University), "New Directions in the Study of Institutions."
Nolan McCarty (Princeton University), "Congressional Studies and Political Economy."
Ethan B. Kapstein, "The Political Economy of International Cooperation: A View From Fairness Economics."
B. Peter Rosendorff, "Domestic Politics and Enforcement of International Agreements."
Winter
2006
Susanne Lohmann, "The Politics of Monetary Policy are
About to Come Roaring Back From the Dead." Carles Boix, "Political Institutions and Fiscal Policy."
John R. Alford and John R. Hibbing, "Biology and Rational Choice."
John Orbell, "Science, Anti-Science, and Rational Choice."
Lee J. Alston, "The 'Case' for Case Studies in Political Economy."
Jim Granato, "Scientific Progress in Quantitative Political Economy."
Winter 2005
Philip Keefer, "From Settler Mortality to
Patrimonialism: Weaving the Dynamics of Political Competition into the
Political Economy of Development." Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson,
"Economic History and Political Science: Clarifying the Questions,
Methods and Answers."
Adam Przeworski "Economic History and Political Science."
Fall 2003
Elisabeth R. Gerber, "What is Political Economy?"
Winter
2003
Peter A. Hall, "Adapting Methodology to Ontology in
Comparative Politics."
Winter
2002
Jeffry A. Frieden and Lisa L. Martin, "International
Political Economy: The State of the Sub-Discipline."
Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini, "Electoral Rules, Forms of Government, and Fiscal Policy."
Allan Drazen, "How Does Politics Affect Economic Outcomes? Insights from "New" Political Economy."
Please direct questions and comments to the editors of The Political Economist: Randall Calvert and Matthew Gabel