MPSA

1:46 What Are the Causes of Voters’ Indecision? A
Comparative Study of Late Deciding Voters in
Western Democracies
Simon Willocq, Free University of Brussels
swillocq@ulb.ac.be
1:59 Who Gets Satisfaction From Direct Democracy?:
Direct Democracy, Satisfaction with Democracy
and the Moderating Role of Personality Traits
Kathrin Ackermann, University of Bern,
Switzerland
kathrin.ackermann@ipw.unibe.ch
Markus Freitag*, University of Bern
markus.freitag@ipw.unibe.ch
2:12 Disc., Kimberly Twist, San Diego State University
kim.twist@sdsu.edu
Disc., Mariaelisa Epifanio, Department of
Economics, University of Warwick
m.epifanio@warwick.ac.uk
2:25 Audience Discussion
5-13 International Influences and Domestic Political
Economy
Sat at 1:15 pm
1:15 Are Global Economic Flows Friend or Foe to
Environmental Policy and Practice in Developing
Countries?
Jessica E Neafie, University of Oregon
jneafie@uoregon.edu
1:29 Exchange Rates and Women's Economic and
Political Power
Joel Simmons, University of Maryland-College Park
jwsimmon@umd.edu
1:43 Institutions and Land Inequality
Navruz Nekbakhtshoev*, Indiana University-
Bloomington
nanekbak@indiana.edu
1:57 Sewing for Autocracy: Does Dependence on
Clothing Export Hinder Democracy in Developing
Countries?
Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman, University of
Oregon
mrahman@uoregon.edu
2:11 NGOs and the State in Guatemala
Rachel Marie Denney, University of Kansas
rachelmdenney@ku.edu
2:25 Audience Discussion
6-17 The Politics of Ethnicity, Ethnic Diversity, and
Ethnic Identification
Sat at 1:15 pm
1:15 Chair, Brenton Peterson, University of Virginia-
Main Campus
bdp3wh@virginia.edu
1:20 Inter-Ethnic Distance and Multiethnic Coalitions
in Africa
Donghyun Danny Choi, University of California-
Berkeley
dhchoi@berkeley.edu
Adam S. Harris, University of Gothenburg
asharris4@gmail.com
1:33 A New Method for Measuring Fractionalization
Using Sampled Survey Data
Mitchell Goist*, Pennsylvania State University-Main
Campus
mlg307@psu.edu
Avital Livny*, University of Illinois-Urbana-
Champaign
alivny@illinois.edu
1:46 Identity in Partition: Evidence From a Panel
Survey in Sudan
Bernd Beber*, New York University
bernd.beber@nyu.edu
Philip Roessler*, College of William and Mary
proessler@wm.edu
Alexandra Scacco*, New York University
alex.scacco@nyu.edu
1:59 Weak States and the Roots of Ethnic
Identification: Evidence From Northern Kenya
Brenton Peterson, University of Virginia-Main
Campus
bdp3wh@virginia.edu
2:12 Disc., Emily A. West, New York University
eaw301@nyu.edu
Disc., Brenton Peterson, University of Virginia-
Main Campus
bdp3wh@virginia.edu
2:25 Audience Discussion
6-18 Redistribution and the State
Sat at 1:15 pm
1:15 Chair, Philip Hultquist, Roosevelt University
phultquist@roosevelt.edu
1:20 Public Policy and Human Well-Being in Less
Devel
Alexander Carl Pacek, Texas A & M University-
College Station
e339ap@polisci.tamu.edu
Benjamin Radcliff*, University of Notre Dame
radcliff.1@nd.edu
Patrick Flavin*, Baylor University
Patrick_J_Flavin@baylor.edu
1:30 More Equal Wealth, More Equal Health: How
Pro-Poor Growth Improves Water and Sanitation
Coverage
Elise Pizzi, University of Iowa
elise-pizzi@uiowa.edu
Jami Nelson-Nunez, University of New Mexico-
Main Campus
jaminunez@unm.edu
1:41 Redistributive Politics and Representative
Democracy in Latin America
Christian Ponce de Leon Albuerne, The World
Bank
cponcedeleonalbu@worldbank.org
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