I had two articles come out over the past month or so, both collaborative efforts with recent MSc students. Engaging the dragon, with Yue Ming, in Economic and Political Studies (gold open access through T&F’s transformative agreement with UCL), examines UK government publications providing guidance for British firms doing business in China. We find a…
Category: Research
Two new publications
I’ve got two short peer-reviewed pieces out today, neither of which really constitutes research, but are more commentary on a couple of issues related to research. The first is a blogpost as part of Nature Human Behaviour’s ‘Is it publish or perish?’ series. My contribution focuses on political science/international relations and the UK academic job…
Journals for International Political Economy, 2019 edition
I’ve updated my working list of journals for the intersection of political economy, political science, international relations, economics, and international business. It’s nice to see PSRM and Research & Politics starting to show up in the metrics, as they’ve attracted some very influential pieces in their short lifespans. For the past few years, I’ve preferred…
Financial innovation and macroprudential policies
A project with Max Bernier, a former MSc student of mine, was recently (and very speedily) accepted at Research in Economics, after spending a long time awaiting a second reviewer at another journal. We take an aggregate approach to financial innovation, in contrast with most other research (which focuses on distinct methods of innovation), and…
Electoral institutions and trade protection in Public Choice
Electoral systems and trade-policy outcomes: the effects of personal-vote incentives on barriers to international trade, with Patrick Wagner, is now available online in Public Choice. The article is available through open access thanks to an agreement between UCL and Springer Nature. From the abstract: Despite established benefits in free trade, protectionism persists to varying degrees…
Pacific International Politics Conference
The third meeting of the Pacific International Politics Conference (PIPC) was held at Hong Kong University at the beginning of this month. I received the call for papers through the International Political Economy Society (IPES) email list earlier this year, and the combination of attractive location, substantive focus, and friendly (and established) organizers convinced me…