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One Europe, One Vote?: The Political Economy of European Union Representation in International Organizations
(SAGE Publications, 2004)
Many Europeans support common European Union (EU) representation in international institutions. But such a pooling of international political influence raises complex and controversial issues. A common European foreign ...
On the Social Science Wars
(MIT Press, 2004)
Three Puzzles in Search of an Answer From Political Scientists (With Apologies to Pirandello)
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Why Do Bigger Firms Receive Faster Drug Approvals?
(2004)
We test several explanations for the commonly observed pattern that larger firms receive shorter FDA approval times for the drugs they submit. Candidate explanations include capture and rent-seeking and “external-signals” ...
The Globalization of Liberalization: Policy Diffusion in the International Political Economy
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)
One of the most important developments over the past three decades has been the spread of liberal economic ideas and policies throughout the world. These policies have affected the lives of millions of people, yet our most ...
What to do When Your Hessian is Not Invertible: Alternatives to Model Respecification in Nonlinear Estimation
(SAGE Publications, 2004)
What should a researcher do when statistical analysis software terminates before completion with a message that the Hessian is not invertable? The standard textbook advice is to respecify the model, but this is another way ...
El: A Program for Ecological Inference
(American Statistical Association, 2004)
The program EI provides a method of inferring individual behavior from aggregate data. It implements the statistical procedures, diagnostics, and graphics from the book A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem: ...
Did Illegally Counted Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?
(American Political Science Association, 2004)
Although not widely known until much later, Al Gore received 202 more votes than George W. Bush on election day in Florida. George W. Bush is president because he overcame his election day deficit with overseas absentee ...
Enhancing the Validity and Cross-cultural Comparability of Measurement in Survey Research
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)
We address two long-standing survey research problems: measuring complicated concepts, such as political freedom and efficacy, that researchers define best with reference to examples; and what to do when respondents interpret ...