Eleventh Annual

International Relations Workshop Retreat

Friday, May 23, 2014 (8:30 – 15:45)

Martin Johnson House, SIO

 

Program

08:30 – 09:00

Arrival and breakfast

09:00 – 10:00

David Lindsey

Blame Shifting in Political Bargaining

Discussants: Brandon Merrell, Christina Schneider

10:00 – 11:00

Elaine Denny

Two-Level Dynamics of NGO Activism

Discussants: Heidi Hall, Miles Kahler

11:00 – 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 12:15

Paul Zachary (with Bertel Teifeldt Hansen and Volker Nitsch)

Death of a Statesman: The Effect of Leadership Visits on Bilateral Trade

Discussants: Jack Zhang, Branislav Slantchev

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:30

Weiyi Shi

Politics at Home and Risk-Taking Abroad: Evidence from Emerging Multinational Corporations

Discussants: Adi Ranganath, Lawrence Broz

14:30 – 15:30

Jason Kuo

Crafting Preferences: The National Food Safety Regulatory Agency and the Mass Politics of International Trade

Discussants: Abigail Vaughn, David Victor

15:30 – 15:45

Wrap-up and departure