Dr. Christian W. Martin
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
List of Publications
Articles in peer reviewed journals
2009:"Interdependenz und ideologische Position: Die konditionale Diffusion der Zigarettenbesteuerung in den US-amerikanischen Bundesstaaten 1971-2006", ("Interdependence and ideological position: The conditional diffusion of cigarette taxation in the US states 1971-2006"), Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 50(2), forthcoming.
"Towards an explanation of electoral rules change", CEU Political Science Journal, 4(2), 169-191.
2008:"Shocks and Endogenous Institutions: An Agent-based Model of Labor Market Performance in Turbulent Times", Computational Economics, 33(1), 31-46 (With Michael Neugart).
"Multi-Party Competition. A Computational Model with Abstention and Memory", Electoral Studies, forthcoming. (With Thomas Plümper).
2007:"Pfadabhängigkeit, Konvergenz oder regulativer Wettbewerb: Determinanten der Außenwirtschaftsliberalisierung, 1978-2002" ("Path Dependence, Convergence or Regulatory Competition: Determinants of Foreign Economic Liberalization, 1978-2002"), Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Special issue 'Transfer, Diffusion und Konvergenz von Politiken', 38, 449-469. (With Gerald Schneider)
2005:"Number of Parties, Endogenous Partisan Preferences, and Electoral Turnout Rates: A Stochastic Equilibrium Analysis", Social Science Computer Review, 23, 347-59. (With Thomas Plümper).
2004:"Demokratie, Autokratie und die regulative Gestaltung der Außenwirtschaftsbeziehungen in Entwicklungsländern" ("Democracy, Autocracy, and the Regulation of International Trade in Developing Countries"), Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 45(1), 32-54.
"Government Spending and Taxation in Democracies and Autocracies", Constitutional Political Economy, 15, 239–259. (With Kjell Hausken and Thomas Plümper).
"Stammwähler und die opportunistische Wahl parteipolitischer Programme" ("Biased Voters and the Opportunistic Choice of Partisan Positions"), Swiss Political Science Review, 10(2), 1-31. (With Thomas Plümper).
2003:"Democracy, Government Spending, and Economic Growth: A Political-Economic Explanation of the Barro-Effect", Public Choice, 117, 27-50. (With Thomas Plümper).
2001:"Regimetyp und Wirtschaftswachstum. Ein Kommentar (nicht nur) zu Herbert Obinger" ("Regime Type and Economic Growth. A Comment (not only) on Herbert Obinger"), Swiss Political Science Review, 7(3), 45-66. (With Thomas Plümper).
Articles in edited volumes and other publications
2010:"Interdependence and political ideology: The conditional diffusion of cigarette taxation in the US states“, World Political Science Review, 5(4), i.E.
2009:"Theoretische Modellbildung" ("Theoretical Modeling"). In: Susanne Pickel/Gert Pickel/Hans-Joachim Lauth/Detlef Jahn (eds.): Methoden der vergleichenden Politik- und Sozialwissenschaft - Neue Entwicklungen und Anwendungen (Methods of Comparative Political and Social Science - New Developments and Applications), Wiesbaden, VS-Verlag, 37-52.
"The world in crisis - a temptation to re-invent Fortress Europe?", Eyes on Europe, 10.
"'Ready to lead once more' - American-German relations under President Obama", Hamburg Review of Social Sciences, 1-9.
2006:"Rational Choice". In: Sven-Uwe Schmitz/Klaus Schubert (eds.): Einführung in die Politische Theorie und Methodenlehre (Introduction to Political Theory and Methods), Opladen, Verlag Barbara Budrich, 273-288.
"Instabilität von parteipolitischen Programmen: Der Einfluss der Zahl der Parteien" ("Instability of Partisan Platforms: The Influence of the Number of Parties"), Jahrbuch des Arbeitskreises Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie der DVPW, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag. (With Thomas Plümper).
2004:"Der (konditionale) Einfluss Internationaler Finanzinstitutionen auf die Reform der Außenhandelspolitik in Entwicklungsländern" ("The (conditional) Influence of International Financial Institutions on the Reform of Trade Policies in Developing Countries"), Jahrbuch des Arbeitskreises Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie der DVPW, Wiesbaden, VS-Verlag, , 125-154.
2003:"Außenwirtschaft und Weltwirtschaft" ("Foreign Economic Relations and the Global Economy"). In: Uwe Wagschal/Herbert Obinger/ Bernhard Kittel (eds.): Politische Ökonomie. Leistungsprofile im internationalen Vergleich (Political Economy: Performance Profiles in International Comparison) , Opladen, Leske+Budrich, 227-58.
2002:"Participação Política e Desenvolvimento Econômico" ("Political Participation and Economic Development"), in: Petersen, Nicolai/ Gonzaga de Souza, Draiton (eds.): Globalização e Justiçia (Globalization and Justice), Porto Alegre, EDIPUCRS, 151-65. (With Thomas Plümper).
Books
2005:Die doppelte Transformation: Demokratie und Außenwirtschaftsliberalisierung in Entwicklungsländern ('Double Transformation: Democracy and Foreign Economic Liberalization in Developing Countries'), Wiesbaden, VS-Verlag.