A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance

A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance.   2008, Cambridge University Press. With John Gerring. Data used in the book are available in two formats: Stata (use Notes command to access codebook) Text (tab-delimited) Stata commands used to produce column 1 of Tables 6.1-6.11

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Working Papers

Public Health Performance: A Model-Based Approach with John Gerring, Ruben Enikolopov and Julián Arévalo Democracy, Income, and Environmental Quality with Kevin Gallagher Democracy and Human Development with John Gerring and Rodrigo Alfaro Are Unitary Systems Better than Federal Systems? with John Gerring and Carola Moreno Are Parliamentary Systems Better? with John Gerring and Carola Moreno…

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The High Politics of IMF Lending

“The High Politics of IMF Lending,” 1999, World Politics 52(1): 38-75. (.pdf available here). Data used in this paper are available in three formats (all files are compressed into zip files): Stata Excel Text (tab-delimited) Stata commands used to produce column 1 of Tables 6.1-6.11

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Do Neoliberal Policies Deter Political Corruption?

“Do Neoliberal Policies Deter Political Corruption?” 2005, International Organization 59(1): 233-254. With John Gerring (.pdf format). Appendices not printed in the paper appear below. Data used in this paper are available in three formats (each contains the five imputed datasets used in the analysis). For variable definitions and sources, see Appendices: Appendices Stata Excel Text…

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Centripetal Democratic Governance: A Theory and Global Inquiry

“Centripetal Democratic Governance: A Theory and Global Inquiry,” 2005, American Political Science Review 99(4):567-81. With John Gerring and Carola Moreno (pdf format). Data used in this paper are available in three formats. The Excel file contains the codebook. Appendices (coming soon) Stata Excel (contains codebook for all versions of the dataset) Text (tab-delimited)  

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