Erik Wibbels, Associate Chair

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Specialties:

Comparative Politics
International Relations
Security, Peace, and Conflict
Political Economy
Political Institutions

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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 and J. Ahlquist, Development, Trade and Social Insurance, International Studies Quarterly, vol. 55 (March, 2011), pp. 125-49 .
2. E. Wibbels, D. Christensen, "Labor Standards, Trade and the Evolution of Inequality", International Studies Quarterly (Submitted, 2011) .
3. E. Wibbels, E. Goldberg, The Geography of Natural Resources and Development.", World Politics (Submitted, 2011) .
4. E. Wibbels, P. Beramendi, B. Barber, "The Behavioral Foundations of Social Policy: Risk and Redistribution in a Laboratory Democracy", American Journal of Political Science (Submitted, 2011) .
5. E. Wibbels, P. Beramendi, "The Political Geography of Constitutional Choice.", Quarterly Journal of Political Science (Submitted, 2011) .