James R. Hollyer

Education

Ph.D., Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York University, May 2011 (Expected)
Committee: David Stasavage (Chair), Adam Przeworski, Jon X. Eguia
Dissertation Materials: Qualifying Paper, Syllabus

MA, Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago, June 2006
Advisor: Carles Boix

BA, with Honors magna cum laude, Political Economy, Williams College, May 2003
Advisors: Douglas Gollin, Darel Paul

For more details, see my Vitae

Research

Interests:

Bureaucratic Development and State Capacity
Corruption
Comparative Political Economy
International Political Economy
Methodology

Working Papers:

Conditionality, Compliance, and Domestic Interests: State Capture and EU Accession Policy (2009)
download paper

Why Do Authoritarian Regimes Sign the Convention Against Torture? Signaling, Domestic Politics, and Non-Compliance (2009)
with B. Peter Rosendorff, NYU download paper

Meritocracy or Patronage? The Choice of Bureaucratic Appointment Regimes (2009) download paper

Domestic Signaling and the Accession of Authoritarian Regimes to the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT). (2008) download paper

Works in Progress:

The Adoption of Meritocracy in 19th Century Europe

Regulation, Collusion, and Collective Action with Multiple Regulators

Growth and Institutions in European Cities: 1000-1850
with David Stasavage, NYU

Perverse Incentives in Human Rights Law
with B. Peter Rosendorff, NYU

Presentations:

April 4, 2009 - “Domestic Politics and the Accession of Authoritarian Regimes to Human Rights Treaties;” The Midwest Political Science Association, Panel on International Human Rights Agreements
slides

Teaching and Research Positions:

TA, Quantitative Research in Political Science I (PhD), NYU (2009)
Head TA, Introduction to International Politics (undergraduate), NYU (2007-2008)
RA, David Stasavage (2008, 2009)
RA, Shanker Satyanath (2007)

Professional Activities:

Managing Editor, Economics & Politics, 2008-present
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, Midwest Political Science Association

Links:

Wilf Family Department of Politics, NYU
NYU Politics Wiki
Economics & Politics
The American Political Science Association
The Midwest Political Science Association

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