Explore the range of faculty engagement with world regions and global issues by browsing the Faculty Database System or by searching for particular keywords (major world area, country, research topic, etc).

While the Duke International website strives to provide a comprehensive listing of Duke faculty with international research interests, you may also find additional information by exploring school-specific faculty listings

Tim Büthe, Assistant Professor, Political Science

Please note: Tim has left the "Duke International" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	309 Perkins Library
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.duke.edu/~buthe

Education:

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

Specialties:

Political Institutions
Political Economy
Methods
Security, Peace, & Conflict

Research Interests:

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:

international & comparative political economy
non-tariff barriers to trade
foreign direct investment
politics of standards and regulations
European Integration
non-state actors in world politics
democracy & civil society

Keywords:

international political economy • non-tariff barriers to trade • foreign direct investment • politics of standards and regulations • non-state actors • European integration • EU • Europe • democracy & civil society

Curriculum Vitae

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• McKenzie Johnson  
• Cindy Cheng  
• Shana Starobin  
• Danielle Lupton  
• Lindsay Cohn  
• Mark Axelrod  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. 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, vol. 66 no. 1 (January, 2014), pp. 88-122  [abs]
2. 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, vol. 68 (2014 (forthcoming))  [abs]
3. Büthe, T, Review of Randall W. Stone, Controlling Institutions: International Organizations and the Global Economy, Perspectives on Politics, vol. 11 no. 1 (March, 2013), pp. 282-284
4. Büthe, T, Institutionalization and Its Consequences: The Transnational Legal Order for Food Safety, in Transnational Legal Orders, edited by Halliday, T; Shaffer, G (2014 (forthcoming)), New York: Cambridge University Press  [abs]
5. Büthe, T; Cheng, C, Private Transnational Governance of Economic Development: International Development Aid, in Handbook of Global Economic Governance, edited by Moschella, M; Weaver, C (2013), pp. 322-341, London: Routledge  [abs]