Why might female leaders of democratic countries commit more money, equipment, soldiers,
and other resources to interstate conflicts than male leaders? We argue that gender bias in …

How does the experience of being elected alter subsequent leader behavior at the
international level? We argue for the existence of an election effect, through which a …

In politics, power is key. Engaging in competitive political environments and gaining political
power through competition can have significant ramifications on an individual's financial and …

Tension has long existed in the social sciences between quantitative and qualitative
approaches on one hand, and theory-minded and empirical techniques on the other. The …

Abstract All experimentalists in International Relations face a choice over their designs—
including that between between-subjects and within-subjects designs. This manuscript …

To compete for power and resources, people form groups including political parties, special
interest groups, and international coalitions. We use economic experiments to investigate …

In 2013, China adopted the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The program has used more than
a trillion dollars in aid and investment to connect China with Eurasia and Africa with …

Many real-world innovation contests and R&D races have an end goal that might be
infeasible. Participants learn about feasibility from their own experimentation and also from …

Abstract The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been criticized for being influenced by
large shareholder interests, leading to policies that may not align with the needs of recipient …

We introduce a dynamic game of outbidding where two groups use violence to compete for
evolving public support in a tug-of-war fashion. We fit the model to the canonical outbidding …