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2023

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Overview

Helen V. Milner is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with 36 publications. Within this field, they focus particularly on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Development, and Demography.

The researcher's work covers a range of topics including:

  • International Development and Aid
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Helen V. Milner has published several recent papers, notably:

  • "Voting for Populism in Europe: Globalization, Technological Change, and the Extreme Right," 2021, Comparative Political Studies
  • "The dynamics of political polarization," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (co-authored by Simon A. Levin)
  • "The Globalization Backlash: Exploring New Perspectives," 2021, Comparative Political Studies (co-authored by Edward D. Mansfield)
  • "From Text to Political Positions on Foreign Aid: Analysis of Aid Mentions in Party Manifestos from 1960 to 2015," 2020, International Studies Quarterly (co-authored by Simone Dietrich)
  • "Technological Change and the International System," 2021, World Politics

Their research has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • International Organization
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Comparative Political Studies
  • International Studies Quarterly

Helen V. Milner has collaborated regularly with colleagues such as Nita Rudra, David Stasavage, Jessica Weeks, Judith Goldstein, and Susan Hyde.

The researcher is also the author of the book Resisting Protectionism, published in 2021 by Princeton University Press.

Best Publications

  • Interests, Institutions, and Information: Domestic Politics and International Relations

    Helen V. Milner

  • Historical Institutionalism in Contemporary Political Science

    Ira Katznelson;Helen V. Milner;Theda Skocpol;Paul Pierson

  • Resisting Protectionism: Global Industries and the Politics of International Trade

    Helen V. Milner

  • The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment into Developing Countries: Increasing FDI through International Trade Agreements?

    Tim Büthe;Helen V. Milner

  • Why Democracies Cooperate More: Electoral Control and International Trade Agreements

    Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner;B. Peter Rosendorff

  • The New Wave of Regionalism

    Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner

  • Internationalization and domestic politics

    Robert O. Keohane;Helen V. Milner

  • International Theories of Cooperation Among Nations: Strengths and Weaknesses

    Helen Milner

  • Why the Move to Free Trade? Democracy and Trade Policy in the Developing Countries

    Helen V. Milner;Keiko Kubota

  • The assumption of anarchy in international relations theory: a critique*

    Helen Milner

  • Free to Trade: Democracies, Autocracies, and International Trade

    Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner;B. Peter Rosendorff

  • The Optimal Design of International Trade Institutions: Uncertainty and Escape

    B. Peter Rosendorff;Helen V. Milner

  • The Digital Divide: The Role of Political Institutions in Technology Diffusion

    Helen V. Milner

  • THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

    Helen V. Milner

  • Democratic politics and international trade negotiations: Elections and divided government as constraints on trade liberalization

    Helen V. Milner;B. Peter Rosendorff

  • Partisanship, Trade Policy, and Globalization: Is There a Left–Right Divide on Trade Policy?

    Helen V. Milner;Benjamin Judkins

  • Rationalizing Politics: The Emerging Synthesis of International, American, and Comparative Politics

    Helen V. Milner

  • Between free trade and protectionism: strategic trade policy and a theory of corporate trade demands

    Helen V. Milner;David B. Yoffie

  • Who supports global economic engagement? The sources of preferences in American foreign economic policy

    Helen V. Milner;Dustin H. Tingley

  • Votes, Vetoes, and the Political Economy of International Trade Agreements

    Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner

  • Why Multilateralism? Foreign Aid and Domestic Principal-Agent Problems

    Helen V. Milner

  • Democratization and Economic Globalization

    Helen V. Milner;Bumba Mukherjee

  • Political science : the state of the discipline

    Ira Katznelson;Helen V. Milner

  • Free to Trade: Democracies, Autocracies and International Trade Negotiations

    Edward D. Mansfield;Edward D. Mansfield;Helen V. Milner;Bryan Peter Rosendorff

  • The Rational Design of International Institutions: The Optimal Design of International Trade Institutions: Uncertainty and Escape

    B. Peter Rosendorff;Helen V. Milner

Frequent Co-Authors

Dustin Tingley
Dustin Tingley Harvard University
Edward D. Mansfield
Edward D. Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
B. Peter Rosendorff
B. Peter Rosendorff New York University
Daniel L. Nielson
Daniel L. Nielson Brigham Young University
Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane Princeton University
Michael G. Findley
Michael G. Findley The University of Texas at Austin
Gabriele Spilker
Gabriele Spilker University of Konstanz
Jon C. Pevehouse
Jon C. Pevehouse University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen Knack
Stephen Knack World Bank

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