A pdf of my manuscript with Andrew P. Owsiak, "The Diffusion of International Border Agreements," is now available on my Research page, along with the article's online appendices and replication data. The article is forthcoming at the Journal of Politics. Here is the abstract: Can actors’ interactions affect similar, future interactions between those initial actors and others? We investigate this broad question through the lens of international border agreements. In particular, we propose that border agreements can emerge through a previously overlooked mechanism: diffusion. Because border territory is salient, leaders are expected to misrepresent their positions and therefore have difficulty credibly conveying information to their counterpart. To overcome this problem, actors require a costly signal, and we argue that border agreements can serve this purpose. When a state signs a border agreement with a neighboring state, it signals to its other neighbors about both the existence of a bargaining range and the potentially acceptable provisions, thereby helping these other neighbors successfully conclude border agreements with the original signatory states. An analysis of all contiguous dyads during the period 1816-2001 uncovers substantial support for our argument.
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"The Physical Consequences of Fiscal Flexibility: Sovereign Credit & Physical Integrity Rights"8/11/2015 A pdf of my manuscript with Matthew R. DiGiuseppe, "The Physical Consequences of Fiscal Flexibility: Sovereign Credit & Physical Integrity Rights," is now available on my Research page. The article is forthcoming at the British Journal of Political Science. Here is the abstract:. Leaders are assumed to face fiscal constraints on their ability to remain in office by providing a competitive distribution of public and/or private goods. However, many leaders can relax this constraint by borrowing on sovereign credit markets. We argue that states with the fiscal flexibility offered by favorable credit terms have the resources necessary to (1) respond to citizen demands with policies other than widespread repression and (2) avoid agency loss that may result in unauthorized repression by state agents. Empirical analyses indicate that creditworthy states have greater respect for physical integrity rights and are less likely to suffer diminished respect for those rights when facing violent dissent or negative shocks to government revenues My new article with David L. Richards and Alyssa Webb, "Respect for Physical Integrity Rights in the 21st Century: Evaluating Poe & Tate's Model 20 Years Later", is in the July-September 2015 issue of the Journal of Human Rights. For more information, see my Research page.
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K. Chad Clay
Associate Professor Department of International Affairs School of Public and International Affairs The University of Georgia Candler Hall Athens, GA 30602-1492 Email: [email protected] Office: 329 Candler Hall Office Phone: 706-542-9810 |