2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Paper Special Economic Zones as a Path of Development: The Case
of China
Tony Frye, Miami University, Oxford
Overview: This paper investigates the use of special economic
zones (SEZs) in China to attract foreign direct investment, as well
as its policy consequences on the investment choices of U.S.
automobile manufacturers that invest in these zones.
Disc. Phillip Stalley, Princeton University
14-1 ELECTIONS, TERROR, NATURAL DISASTERS,
AND CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL FLOWS
Room Sandburg 2, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair William Bernhard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Paper Gravity Model of Globalization, Democracy and
Transnational Terrorism
Brock S. Blomberg, Claremont McKenna College
Peter B. Rosendorff, New York University
Overview: This paper provides an original study into how
democratization and globalization influence transnational
terrorism examining the motives of terrorists and how democratic
institutions and international integration influence non-state
economic actors.
Paper Is Democracy Good for Development? Maybe Not
John A. Doces, University of Southern California
Overview: I demonstrate that malaria infections decimate existing
levels of human capital and also, by increasing fertility rates,
prevent the development of future levels of human capital,
decreasing the expected return to capital.
Paper The Financial Costs of Natural Disasters, Terrorist Strikes,
and Elections
David Leblang, University of Colorado, Boulder
Overview: Drawing on a diverse set of countries and investment
instruments we analyze the impact of natural disasters, terrorist
strikes and political events on financial markets.
Paper Partisan Banking Cycles in Emerging Markets
Paul M. Vaaler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Overview: We examine whether and how overall international
lending levels and or international lending maturities vary during
election years in emerging markets.
Disc. William Bernhard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
14-3 LABOR FLOWS AND HUMAN CAPITAL
Room Sandburg 4, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Jamus J. Lim, Centre College
Paper Regime Type and Immigration
Nikola Mirilovic, University of Chicago
Overview: The effects of immigration on entitlement programs
differ under different regime types and also drive immigration
policy choices. There is more immigration into rich dictatorships
than into rich democracies.
Paper Industry and Immigration: A Sectoral Anaylsis of
Immigration Policy
Shannon L. Port, University of Colorado, Boulder
Overview: This paper takes a comparative approach to examining
how the relative strength of industrial sectors within a state’s
economy influences its immigration policy.
Paper Migration Regulation Contagion
Herbert Bruecker, Institute for Employment Research
Philipp J. H. Schroeder, University of Aarhus
Overview: This paper analyzes the political economy of regulating
migration. We find theoretically and empirically that countries
which regulate by human capital criteria admit more migrants, and
if one country opts for regulation others are forced to follow.
Paper Intangible Capital Flows Whereto? New International
Regime in S&T and R&D?
Adrian S. Petrescu, University of Texas, Brownsville
Overview: Europe produces less innovation than its strong science
base predicts. Japan produces more than its weak science base
predicts. I argue intangible capital flows explain the puzzle, while
asking whether an international regime on S&T and R&D is
brewing or overdue.
Paper Do Interest Groups Affect Immigration?
Prachi Mishra, International Monetary Fund
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University
Giovanni Facchini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Overview: This paper analyzes the impact of special interest
groups on immigration in the U.S. using a unique industry-level
dataset on lobbying expenditures by businesses specifically for
immigration issues.
Disc. Jamus J. Lim, Centre College
15-1 THE POLITICS OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Room Salon 5, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Leonid Kil, University of California, Berkeley
Paper Faith and Foreign Aid
Joshua D. Loud, Brigham Young University
Christopher B. O'Keefe, Brigham Young University
Overview: We argue that increasing apprehension towards the
Muslim world allows European political leaders to use bilateral
foreign aid as a policy tool in Muslim countries, rather than
altruistically, as voters prefer.
Paper Aid After the 2004 Tsunami: The Performance of State and
Non-State Actors
Miguel F. P. de Figueiredo, University of California, Berkeley
Benjamin A. Oppenheim, University of California, Berkeley
Greg Rafert, University of California, Berkeley
Overview: Using surveys and interviews in India, Indonesia, and
Sri Lanka following the 2004 Asian Tsunami, we examine
variation in the performance of the state, NGOs, international
organizations, and other actors in providing disaster relief to
recipients.
Paper International Aid Refocused: Trading Stability for Reform
Martin C. Steinwand, University of Rochester
Overview: International aid may lead to political instability in
recipient countries if conditionality succeeds in inducing political
reform. Formal and empirical analyses produce solid evidence that
conditional aid increases the probability of civil war.
Paper Funding Workers' Rights: Foreign Aid and ILO Core Labor
Standards
Reed M. Wood, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Overview: This paper assesses the impact of OECD official
development assistance (ODA) on the promotion of core labor
rights in developing countries in the post-Cold War period.
Paper Private Foreign Assistance: What Role Might it Play?
Julie M. Bunck, University of Louisville
Overview: The topic of private foreign aid has caught the attention
of scholars. This new focus raises challenging questions regarding
quantification of aid levels, the efficiency of delivery, and the
level of cooperation between public and private donors.
Disc. Leonid Kil, University of California, Berkeley
15-9 DOMESTIC POLITICS AND
COUNTERTERRORISM
Room Monroe, 6 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair John H. Parham, Davenport University
Paper U.S. Immigration Policy in an Age of Terror
Debra L. DeLaet, Drake University
Overview: This case study of U.S. immigration policy after 9/11
seeks to answer the following question: has the United States
moved from “an age of rights” to “an age of terror” in terms of the
dominant domestic political forces shaping U.S. immigration
policy?
Paper US Response to the Threat of Nuclear Terror: Policy in Search
of a Strategy
Alethia Cook, University of Akron
Overview: The threat of terrorist use of a nuclear device has
evolved since the U.S. developed the first atomic weapons. This
paper explores the evolution of this threat and the U.S.
government's response to it.
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