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Erik Wibbels, Associate Professor

Erik Wibbels
Contact Info:
Office Location:  306 Perkins Library
Office Phone:  (919) 660-4322
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Web Page:   http://www.duke.edu/~ew41/Home.html

Teaching (Fall 2009):

Specialties:

Comparative Politics
Research Interests:

An Associate Professor of Political Science, Wibbels' research focuses on development, federalism and decentralization, and other areas of comparative political economy. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, and he has published articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, World Politics, International Organization, Comparative Political Studies and elsewhere. His book on the political economy of economic reform in federations across the developing world, Federalism and the Market, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2005. Current projects include research on the resource curse in unusual cases, the politics of social policy in the developing world, and the relationship between preferences for redistribution and insurance at the individual level. He is on the editorial board of Comparative Political Studies and the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Series. He previously taught at the University of Washington and the Juan March Institute.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. E. Wibbels, The Geography of Peace and Violence in Iraq, The News and Observer (August 8, 2008) .
  2. E. Wibbels, J. Caporaso, S. Wilkinson, H. Kitschelt, Research Frontiers in Comparative Politics: A Special Issue of Comparative Political Studies, in special edited volume of the journal Comparative Political Studies, edited by E. Wibbels, J. Caporaso, S. Wilkinson, H. Kitschelt, vol. 41 no. 4/5 (May, 2008) .
  3. E. Wibbels, J. Ahlquist, Development, Autarky, and Social Insurance, British Journal of Political Science (Submitted, 2008) .
  4. E. Wibbels, J. Rodden, Fiscal Decentralization and the Business Cycle, Economics and Politics, vol. forthcoming (2008)  [abs].
  5. E. Wibbels, J. Rodden, The Nationalization of Elections, Party Politics, vol. Revise and Resubmit (2008)  [abs].