Tim Büthe, Assistant Professor

Contact Info:

On leave 2007- 2009

Office Location:	309 Perkins Library
Office Phone:	(919) 660-4365
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2009):

• POLSCI 213S.01, THEORIES OF IPE Synopsis

  Languages 312, M 02:50 PM-05:20 PM

• PhD Columbia University 2002
• M.Phil. Columbia University 1998
• M.A. Columbia University 1997
• B.A., magna cum laude Harvard College 1995

Specialties:

International Relations
Comparative Politics

Research Interests:

Current projects: International Standards Project: Accounting Standards Survey, Effect of International Institutions on FDI into Developing Countries, The Allocation of Private Development Aid, Institutional Change & Competition Policy in the European Union

My research interests are in international and comparative political economy.  Three general themes are common to my work: the evolution and persistence of institutions and the ways in which institutions enable and constrain actors; the role of non-state actors in international politics; and the potential for synergies from the combined use of qualitative and quantitative methods.  Some of this work has been published in the American Political Science Review, World Politics, and the journal Governance.

Areas of Interest:

non-tariff barriers to trade
foreign direct investment
European Integration
politics of standards and regulations
non-state actors in world politics
democracy & civil society
research design & methods

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Tim Büthe and Helen V. Milner, Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Invest: A Political Analysis, in The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Double Taxation Treaties, and Investment Flows, edited by Karl P. Sauvant and Lisa E. Sachs (2009), pp. 171-224, Oxford University Press .
2. Tim Büthe, 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, vol. 71 no. 1 (Winter, 2008), pp. 219-255  [abs].
3. Tim Büthe and Walter Mattli, Assessing the IASB: Results of a Business Survey about International Financial Reporting Standards and IASB's Operations, Accountability, and Responsiveness to Stakeholders (November, 2008), Duke University Center for International Studies and Oxford University Global Economic Governance Programme [standards]  [abs] [author's comments].
4. Tim Büthe and Helen V. Milner, The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment into Developing Countries: Increasing FDI through Trade Agreements?, American Journal of Political Science, vol. 52 no. 4 (October, 2008), pp. 741-762  [abs].
5. Tim Büthe, Politics and Institutions in the Regulation of Global Capital, Review of International Organizations, vol. 3 no. 2 (June, 2008), pp. 207-220  [abs].