2026 James D. Morrow: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	37	600	548	328	287	91	29124

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Overview

James D. Morrow is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, as well as development.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Political Conflict and Governance
International Development and Aid
Policy Transfer and Learning
Global Peace and Security Dynamics

James D. Morrow has published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics, with at least one paper titled "The limits of information revelation in multilateral negotiations: A theory of treatymaking" published in 2021.

They have co-authored research with several collaborators, most frequently with:

Jeffery Daigrepont
Kevin L. Cope

Morrow has also contributed to academic literature through book publications. Notably, they authored "Game Theory for Political Scientists," published by Princeton University Press in 2020, which has received citations.

Best Publications

The Logic of Political Survival

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith;Randolph M. Siverson;James D. Morrow;James D. Morrow;James D. Morrow

11841
Citations
The Logic of Political Survival

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Alastair Smith;Randolph M. Siverson;James D. Morrow;James D. Morrow;James D. Morrow

5652
Citations
An institutional explanation of the democratic peace

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;James D. Morrow;Randolph M. Siverson;Alastair Smith

1773
Citations
Game Theory for Political Scientists

James D. Morrow

1471
Citations
Alliances and Asymmetry: An Alternative to the Capability Aggregation Model of Alliances

James D. Morrow

1040
Citations
Capabilities, Uncertainty, and Resolve: A Limited Information Model of Crisis Bargaining

James D. Morrow

556
Citations
The Political Determinants of International Trade: The Major Powers, 1907–1990

James D. Morrow;Randolph M. Siverson;Tressa E. Tabares

550
Citations
Political institutions, policy choice and the survival of leaders

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;James D. Morrow;Randolph M. Siverson;Alastair Smith

448
Citations
Arms versus allies: trade-offs in the search for security

James D. Morrow

436
Citations
Modeling the forms of international cooperation: distribution versus information

James D. Morrow

426
Citations
Alliances: Why Write Them Down?

James D. Morrow

408
Citations
Alliances, Credibility, and Peacetime Costs

James D. Morrow

395
Citations
How Could Trade Affect Conflict

James D. Morrow

330
Citations
Policy Failure and Political Survival: The Contribution of Political Institutions

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;James D. Morrow;Randolph M. Siverson;Alastair Smith

269
Citations
When Do States Follow the Laws of War

James D. Morrow

266
Citations
Testing novel implications from the selectorate theory of war

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;James D. Morrow;Randolph M. Siverson;Alastair Smith

248
Citations
Capabilities, Perception, and Escalation

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;James D. Morrow;Ethan R. Zorick

231
Citations
When Do Power Shifts Lead to War

Woosang Kim;James D. Morrow

210
Citations
Political Competition and Economic Growth

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;James D. Morrow;James D. Morrow;James D. Morrow;Randolph M. Siverson;Alastair Smith

181
Citations
When Do “Relative Gains” Impede Trade?:

James D. Morrow

143
Citations
Retesting Selectorate Theory: Separating the Effects of W from Other Elements of Democracy

James D. Morrow;Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;Randolph M. Siverson;Alastair Smith

141
Citations
The Rational Design of International Institutions: Frontmatter

Barbara Koremenos;Charles Lipson;Duncan Snidal

133
Citations
Order within Anarchy: The Laws of War as an International Institution

James D. Morrow

130
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita New York University

Randolph M. Siverson University of California, Davis

Alastair Smith New York University

Paul F. Diehl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell University of Iowa

Michael Brecher McGill University

External Links

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