Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
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Books
- Tim Büthe and Walter Mattli. New Global Rulers: The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy. Princeton University Press, 2011. [abs]
Journal Articles
- Büthe, T; Milner, HV. "Institutional Diversity in Trade Agreements and Their Effect on Foreign Direct Investment: Credibility, Commitments, and Economic Flows in the Developing World, 1971-2007." World Politics 66.1 (January, 2014): 88-122. [abs]
- Büthe, T. "Agent-Centric Historical Institutionalism as a Theory of Institutional Change: The Politics of Regulating Competition and Mergers in the European Union, 1955-2010." International Organization 68 (2014 (forthcoming)). [abs]
- Büthe, T; Major, S; Souza, ADME. "The Politics of Private Foreign Aid: Humanitarian Principles, Economic Development Objectives, and Organizational Interests in NGO Private Aid Allocation." International organization 66.04 (Fall, 2012): 571-607. [doi] [abs]
- Büthe, T. "Global Private Politics: A Research Agenda." Business and Politics 12.3 (October, 2010): 1-26. [available here] [abs]
- Büthe, T. "Engineering Uncontestedness? The Origins and Institutional Development of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)." Business and Politics 12.3 (October, 2010): 1-64. [available here] [abs]
- Büthe, T. "Private Regulation in the Global Economy: A (P)Review." Business and Politics 12.3 (October, 2010): 1-40. [available here] [abs] [author's comments]
- Büthe, T. "The Evolution of Supranational Antitrust Enforcement and Control of Government Subsidies in the EU." New Global Law and Policy 2.2 (July, 2009): 181-206.
- Büthe, T. "The Globalization of Health and Safety Standards: Delegation of Regulatory Authority in the SPS-Agreement of the GATT 1994 (WTO) Treaty." Law and Contemporary Problems 71.1 (Winter, 2008): 219-255. [abs]
- Buthe, T; Milner, HV. "The politics of foreign direct investment into developing countries: Increasing FDI through international trade agreements?." American Journal of Political Science 52.4 (October, 2008): 741-762. [Gateway.cgi], [doi] [abs]
- Büthe, T. "Politics and Institutions in the Regulation of Global Capital." Review of International Organizations 3.2 (June, 2008): 207-220. [abs]
- Buethe, T. "Politics and institutions in the regulation of global capital: A review article." The Review of International Organizations 3.2 (June, 2008): 207-220. [doi]
- Büthe, T; Mattli, W. "Global Private Governance: Lessons from a National Model of Setting Standards in Accounting." Law and Contemporary Problems 68.3/4 (Summer/Fall 2005).
- Mattli, W; Buthe, T. "Accountability in accounting? The politics of private rule-making in the public interest." Governance 18.3 (July, 2005): 399-429. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
- Büthe, T. "Governance through Private Authority? Non-State Actors in World Politics." Journal of International Affairs (New York) 58.1 (Fall, 2004): 281-290.
- Mattli, W; Büthe, T. "Setting International Standards: Technological Rationality or Primacy of Power?." World Politics 57.1 (October, 2003): 1-42.
- Buthe, T. "Taking temporality seriously: Modeling history and the use of narratives as evidence." The American political science review 96.3 (September, 2002): 481-493. [Gateway.cgi]
Chapters in Books
- Büthe, T. "Institutionalization and Its Consequences: The Transnational Legal Order for Food Safety." Transnational Legal Orders.
Ed. Halliday, T; Shaffer, G New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014 (forthcoming) [abs]
- Büthe, T; Cheng, C. "Private Transnational Governance of Economic Development: International Development Aid." Handbook of Global Economic Governance.
Ed. Moschella, M; Weaver, C London: Routledge, 2013: 322-341. [abs]
- Büthe, T. "Beyond Supply and Demand: A Political-Economic Conceptual Model." Governance by Indicators: Global Power through Quantification and Rankings.
Ed. Davis, K; Fisher, A; Kingsbury, B; Merry, SE Oxford University Press, 2012: 29-51.
- Büthe, T; Harris, N. "The Codex Alimentarius Commission: A Hybrid Public-Private Regulator." Handbook on Transnational Governance: New Institutions and Innovations.
Ed. Hale, T; Held, D Polity Press, 2011: 219-228.
- Büthe, T; Mattli, W. "International Standards-Setting Bodies." Oxford Handbook on Business and Government.
Ed. Coen, D; Wilson, G; Grant, W Oxford University Press, 2010: 440-471.
- Büthe, T; Mattli, W. "Standards for Global Markets: Domestic and International Institutions for Setting International Product Standards." Handbook on Multi-Level Governance.
Ed. Enderlein, H; Wälti, S; Zürn, M Edward Elgar, 2010: 455-476.
- Büthe, T. "The Power of Norms; the Norms of Power: Who Governs International Electrical and Electronic Technology?." Who Govern the Globe?.
Ed. Avant, DD; Finnemore, M; Sell, SK Cambridge University Press, 2010: 292-232. [abs]
- Büthe, T; Milner, HV. "Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment: A Political Analysis." The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Double Taxation Treaties, and Investment Flows. May, 2009 [doi] [abs]
- Tim Büthe and Helen V. Milner. "Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Invest: A Political Analysis." The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Double Taxation Treaties, and Investment Flows.
Ed. Karl P. Sauvant and Lisa E. Sachs. Oxford University Press, 2009: 171-224.
- Büthe, T. "The Politics of Food Safety in the Age of Global Trade: The Codex Alimentarius Commission in the SPS-Agreement of the WTO." Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy.
Ed. Coglianese, C; Finkel, A; Zaring, D University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009: 88-109.
- Büthe, T. "Technical Standards as Public and Club Goods? Financing the International Accounting Standards Board." Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Approach.
Ed. Potoski, M; Prakash, A MIT Press, 2009: 157-179.
- Büthe, T. "The Politics of Competition and Institutional Change in the European Union: The First 50 Years." Making History: European Integration and Institutional Change at Fifty (The State of the European Union, vol.8).
Ed. Meunier, S; McNamara, KR Oxford University Press, 2007: 175-194. [abs]
Book Reviews
- Büthe, T. Review of Randall W. Stone, Controlling Institutions: International Organizations and the Global Economy. Perspectives on Politics 11.1
(March, 2013): 282-284.
- Büthe, T. Andrew Walter, ’Governing Finance: East Asia’s Adoption of International Standards’ (book review). Political Science Quarterly 124.2
(Summer, 2009): 376-379.
- Büthe, T. [Review of] Darren G. Hawkins, David A. Lake, Daniel L. Nielson, and Michael J. Tierney, eds., Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Perspectives on Politics 5.4
(December, 2007): 861-862.
- Büthe, T. "European Integration, 1950-2003". Journal of Cold War Studies 7.4
(Fall, 2005): 166-168.
- Büthe, T. Microcredit as a Development Strategy: A Review of Banker for the Poor, by Muhammad Yunus. Journal of International Affairs 53.2
(Spring, 2000): 741-745.
Monographs
- Büthe, T; Mattli, W. The new global rulers: The privatization of regulation in the world economy. February, 2011. [abs]
- Büthe, T; Mattli, W. Assessing the IASB: Results of a Business Survey about International Financial Reporting Standards and IASB’s Operations, Accountability, and Responsiveness to Stakeholders. Duke University Center for International Studies and Oxford University Global Economic Governance Programme, November, 2008. [standards] [abs] [author's comments]
- Büthe, T; Swank, G. The Politics of Antitrust and Merger Review in the European Union: Institutional Change and Decisions from Messina to 2004. CES Working Paper No.142. Cambridge, MA: Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, December, 2006. [abs]
- Büthe, T; Witte, JM. Product Standards in Transatlantic Trade and Investment: Domestic and International Practices and Institutions. American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Policy Report No.13. Washington: AICGS, May, 2004.
- Büthe, T. European Union and National Electorates: Explaining the Austrian Referendum on Joining the European Union. Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 1995.
Other
- Büthe, T; Mattli, W. "The Privatization of Regulation in Global Markets: Winners and Losers in the Private Governance of Financial and Product Markets." World Financial Review (September/October, 2011): 66-69.
- Büthe, T; Mattli, W. "The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy." RegBlog: Regulatory News, Analysis, and Opinion (May 25, 2011). [regblog]
- Büthe, T; Mattli, W. "Mehr deutscher Einfluss auf die Bilanzierungsregeln?." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (May 30, 2011): 14-14.