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Emerson S. Niou, Professor

Emerson S. Niou
Contact Info:
Office Location:  140 Science Drive, 273 Gross, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  (919) 660-4300
Email Address:  
Web Page:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W0B3w2SgEvZKu_BQLubUbdBQCeQgtxQt/view?usp=sharing

Teaching (Spring 2023):

  • POLSCI 229.01, INSTITUTIONS & SELF GOVERNANC Synopsis
    LSRC A155, TuTh 01:45 PM-03:00 PM
  • POLSCI 333S.01, DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL CHOICE Synopsis
    Gross Hall 111, TuTh 03:30 PM-04:45 PM
Teaching (Fall 2023):

  • POLSCI 332.01, GAMES AND POLITICS Synopsis
    Allen 326, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
  • POLSCI 536S.01, CHOOSING IN GROUPS Synopsis
    Physics 227, TuTh 04:40 PM-05:55 PM
Office Hours:

by appointment only
Education:

Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1987
BA, National Taiwan University, 1981
Specialties:

Security, Peace, & Conflict
Political Institutions
Methods
Research Interests: International Relations, Political Economy, and Chinese Politics

Current projects: nonseparable preferences in politics, strategic ambiguity, local self-governance, calculus of voting, security stability in the Taiwan Strait

EMERSON M.S. NIOU (Ph.D., U. of Texas at Austin, 1987) is Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is the co-author of The Balance of Power, Cambridge University Press, 1989. His recent publications include: “A Theory of Economic Sanctions and Issue Linkage,” with Dean Lacy, Journal of Politics, 2004; “Term Limits as a Response to Incumbency Advantage,” with Kongpin Chen, Journal of Politics, May 2005; “External Threat and Collective Action,” with Guofu Tan, Economic Inquiry, 2005; “Economic Interdependence and Peace: A Game-Theoretic Analysis,” Journal of East Asian Studies, 2007; “Strategic Voting in Plurality Elections,” with Daniel Kselman, Political Analysis, 2010. His current projects include studies of institutions and governance in China, security balance in the Taiwan Strait, and theories of alliance formation.

Areas of Interest:

China
Taiwan

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Kselman, D; Niou, E; Wang, AHE, Measuring ‘closeness’ in 3-candidate elections: Methodology and an application to strategic voting, Electoral Studies, vol. 68 (December, 2020) [doi]  [abs].
  2. Niou, EMS; Zeigler, SM, External threat, internal rivalry, and alliance formation, Journal of Politics, vol. 81 no. 2 (April, 2019), pp. 571-584 [doi]  [abs].
  3. Lacy, D; Niou, EMS; Paolino, P; Rein, RA, Measuring Preferences for Divided Government: Some Americans Want Divided Government and Vote to Create It, Political Behavior, vol. 41 no. 1 (March, 2019), pp. 79-103, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  4. Hickey, DV; Niou, EMS, Taiwan in 2016: A new era?, Asian Survey, vol. 57 no. 1 (February, 2017), pp. 111-118, University of California Press [doi]  [abs].
  5. Hickey, DV; Niou, E, Taiwan in 2015: A turning point?, Asian Survey, vol. 56 no. 1 (January, 2016), pp. 57-67, University of California Press [doi]  [abs].

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