This chapter reviews the dominant theories of government innovation in the public policy
literature. It shows that these theories borrow heavily from others developed to explain …

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 …

Climate mitigation scenarios envision considerable growth of wind and solar power, but
scholars disagree on how this growth compares with historical trends. Here we fit growth …

Only for ergodic processes will inferences based on group-level data generalize to
individual experience or behavior. Because human social and psychological processes …

There is widespread agreement that status or standing in the international system is a critical
element in world politics. The desire for status is recognized as a key factor in nuclear …

An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study research
Multimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to …

United Nations (UN) General Assembly votes have become the standard data source for
measures of states preferences over foreign policy. Most papers use dyadic indicators of …

Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more
frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be …

This article updates and describes a widely used data set on democracy. Covering 1800–
2007 and 219 countries, it represents the most comprehensive dichotomous measure of …

Understanding the causes of interstate conflict continues to be a primary goal of the field of
international relations. To that end, scholars continue to rely on large datasets of conflict in …