Globalization has reduced the importance of distance between countries. Yet, within
countries, geography matters now more than ever. Economic activities, including production …

Enacting stringent climate policy has proven politically challenging, not least because of
concentrated losses in fossil fuel-producing communities.“Just transition” strategies have …

We leverage innovative spatial modeling techniques and data on the precise geo-locations
of more than 32,000 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects in Kenya to test …

The movement of jobs overseas—known as “offshoring”—is one of the most politically
charged aspects of globalization in developed countries. The high salience of offshoring …

On 23 June 2016, a majority of 52% of British voters decided in a referendum that the United
Kingdom should leave the European Union. The decision sent shockwaves around Britain …

Governments actively court foreign direct investment (FDI) as a tool for economic growth and
development. Despite the important role of FDI in the global economy, we do not know how …

Are national governments responsive to citizens' opinions when negotiating policies in the
Council of the European Union? Conceiving of the Council's policy-making space as …

Electoral institutions shape the behavior of (would-be) legislators between elections. It is the
assumption that legislators seek re-election (see Mayhew 1974). 1 Legislators will focus on …

The era of American leadership in the multilateral trading regime has ended. This paper
argues that this current antipathy to trade is unsurprising: support for US leadership of the …

Electoral competitiveness is a key explanatory construct across a broad swath of
phenomena, finding application in diverse areas related to political incentives and behavior …