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Emerson Niou, Professor, Political Science

Contact Info:

Office Location:	503 Perkins Library
Office Phone:	(919) 660-4307
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2012):

• POLSCI 200SH.01, SENIOR HONORS PROGRAM Synopsis

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Education:

PhD	University of Texas, Austin	1987
BA	National Taiwan University	1981

Specialties:

Security, Peace, and Conflict
Political Institutions
Methods

Research Interests: International Relations, Political Economy, and Chinese Politics

Current projects: nonseparable preferences in politics, strategic ambiguity, local self-governance, calculus of voting, security stability in the Taiwan Strait

EMERSON M.S. NIOU (Ph.D., U. of Texas at Austin, 1987) is Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is the co-author of The Balance of Power, Cambridge University Press, 1989. His recent publications include: “A Theory of Economic Sanctions and Issue Linkage,” with Dean Lacy, Journal of Politics, 2004; “Term Limits as a Response to Incumbency Advantage,” with Kongpin Chen, Journal of Politics, May 2005; “External Threat and Collective Action,” with Guofu Tan, Economic Inquiry, 2005; “Economic Interdependence and Peace: A Game-Theoretic Analysis,” Journal of East Asian Studies, 2007; “Strategic Voting in Plurality Elections,” with Daniel Kselman, Political Analysis, 2010. His current projects include studies of institutions and governance in China, security balance in the Taiwan Strait, and theories of alliance formation.

Areas of Interest:

China
Taiwan

Keywords:

Asia • China • Taiwan • Political Science • Security Studies

Curriculum Vitae

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Emerson Niou, The History and Politics of Secret Ballot (in Chinese) (2012)
2. Dean Lacy and Emerson Niou, “Information and Heterogeneity in Issue Voting: Evidence from the 2008 Presidential Election in Taiwan,”, Journal of East Asian Studies (2012)
3. Emerson Niou, “The China Factor in Taiwanese Politics”, Journal of Social Science, University of Tokyo (2012, forthcoming.)
4. Daniel Kselman and Emerson Niou, Protest Voting in Plurality Elections: A Theory of Voter Signaling, Public Choice (Online First, June, 2010)
5. Dean Lacy, Emerson Niou, and Philip Paolino, Measuring Preferences for Divided Government (Submitted, 2010)