This article deals with a variety of dynamic issues in the analysis of time-series–cross-
section (TSCS) data. Although the issues raised are general, we focus on applications to …

In this paper, we review the existing empirical literature on price asymmetries in
commodities, providing a way to classify and compare different studies that are highly …

Skills and Inequality studies the political economy of education and training reforms from the
perspective of comparative welfare state research. Highlighting the striking similarities …

Focusing on US nonfinance industries, we examine the connection between financialization
and rising income inequality. We argue that the increasing reliance on earnings realized …

This essay seeks to lay the foundation for an understanding of welfare state retrenchment.
Previous discussions have generally relied, at least implicitly, on a reflexive application of …

A lagged dependent variable in an OLS regression is often used as a means of capturing
dynamic effects in political processes and as a method for ridding the model of …

The usual model of electoral reaction to economic conditions assumes the “retrospective”
economic voter who bases expectations solely on recent economic performance or personal …

Dramatic world change has stimulated interest in research questions about the dynamics of
politics. We have seen increases in the number of time series data sets and the length of …

Regimes respond to domestic threats with political repression. The precise nature of the
domestic threat itself, however, is subject to discussion. State repression is a function of …

This article presents an analysis of the postindustrial economy from a political economy
perspective. It identifies a set of specific distributional trade-offs associated with the new role …