CURRICULUM VITAE of ALASTAIR SMITH
August 2001
Department of Political Science
Yale University, 124 Prospect St.
New Haven CT 06520
(203) 230 0087 (203) 432 3831
email: alastair.smith@yale.edu

EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University, 01-
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University, 98-01
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Washington University, 96-98
National Fellow, Hoover Institution On War Revolution and Peace, 1997-98.
Lecturer in Political Science and Social Thought and Analysis, Washington University, 95-96.
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center in Political Economy, Washington University 94-95

EDUCATION
1990-94 UNIVERSITY of ROCHESTER, PhD. January 1995.
Dissertation: "A Theory of Alliances" Committee: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Chair; David Austen Smith; Jeffrey Banks. Field exams in Statistical Methodology, International Relations and Positive Political Theory.

1986-90 OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Worcester College, England.
BA Hons Chemistry, with supplementary Molecular Biophysics. Research: High oxidation state manganese complexes with reference to photosystem II.
 

PUBLICATIONS

Books

1) “Election Timing” Manuscript under review

 

2) “The Logic of Political Survival” Co-authored with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Randolph Siverson and James Morrow. Manuscript under review


Journals

  1. “Political Institutions, Policy Choice and the Survival of Leaders” with Bruce Bueno de  Mesquita, James Morrow and Randolph Siverson. Forthcoming in British Journal of  Political Science.
  2. “Honest Threats: The Interaction of Reputation and Political Institutions in International Crises.” With Alexandra Guisinger. Forthcoming in Journal of Conflict Resolution.
  3. "Payment, Protection and Punishment: The Role of Information and Reputation in the Mafia." With Federico Varesse. Forthcoming in Rationality and Society Vol 13. No. 3 August 2001.
  4. “Political Institutions and Incentives to Govern Effectively” written with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, and Randolph M. Siverson. Journal of Democracy. January  2001 12(1): 58-72.
  5. “Trust and Cooperation through Agent Specific Punishments.” Written with Fiona McGillivray. International Organization. 54,4 Autumn 2000, p. 809-824.
  6. “An Institutional Explanation of the Democratic Peace” written with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, and Randolph M. Siverson American Political Science Review. December 1999. December 93(4):791-808.
  7. “Testing Theories of Strategic Choice: The Example of Crisis Escalation.” American Journal of Political Science Vol. 43 No. 4 p. 1254-1283..
  8. “So You Say You Want a Revolution: A Game Theoretic Explanation of Revolution in Repressive Regimes”  Journal of Conflict Resolution June 1999 with John Peter Ginkel
  9. "Policy Failure and Political Survival: the Contribution of Political Institutions" Journal of Conflict Resolution 43 (April 1999) with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, and Randolph M. Siverson.
  10. "International Crises and Domestic Politics" American Political Science Review, September 1998. Vol. 92. No.3. p. 623-638.
  11. "Fighting Battles, Winning Wars." Journal of Conflict Resolution June 1998 Vol. 42, No. 3, pp.301-320.
  12. "A Summary of Political Selection: The Effect of Strategic Choice on the Escalation of International Crises." American Journal of Political Science. Vol. 42, No. 2, p.698-701.
  13. "Deterring Enemies and Reassuring Friends: Extended Deterrence and Alliance Formation" International Interaction. Vol.24, No. 4, pp. 315-343.
  14. "Institutional Determinants of Trade Policy" 1997. Written with Fiona E. S. McGillivray. International Interactions Vol. 23 No. 2. p. 119-143.
  15. "The Shadow of the Polls: Electoral Effects On International Agreements" Written with David Hayes. International Interactions 1997. Vol. 23 No. 1. p.79-108.
  16. "Endogenous Election Timing in Majoritarian Parliamentary Systems" 1996. Economics and Politics Vol.8 No. 2 p. 85-110.
  17. "The Success and Use of Sanctions" 1996. International Interactions Vol. 21, No. 3 p. 229-245.
  18. "To Intervene Or Not To Intervene: A Biased Decision" 1996. Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 40, No. 1, p. 16-40.
  19. "Diversionary Foreign Policy in Democratic Systems" 1996. International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 1, p. 133-153.
  20. "Alliance Formation and War," 1995. International Studies Quarterly Vol. 39, No. 4, p.405-425.

Book Chapters

  1. “The Selectorate Model: A Theory of Political Institutions” Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Randolph M. Siverson and Alastair Smith, forthcoming 2001 in Joseph Berger and Morris Zelditch (ed.) New Directions in Sociological Theory: The Growth of Contemporary Theory.  Lanham, Maryland: Rowan and Littlefield
  2. "Political Survival and International Conflict" Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Randolph M. Siverson and Alastair Smith, in Zeev Maoz and Azar Gat (Editors), War in the Changing World, University of Michigan Press, 2001. p.183-206.
  3. Political Institutions, Political Survival and Policy Success" Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Randolph M. Siverson and Alastair Smith. in Governing for Prosperity (ed.) Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Hilton Root. Forthcoming 1999 New Haven, Ct.: Yale University Press.
  4. "The Effect of Foreign Policy Statements on Foreign Nations and Domestic Electorates." 1998, in Strategic Politicians, Institutions and Foreign Policy, edited by Randy Siverson, Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press. pp. 221-254.
  5. "Political Survival and International Conflict" Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Randolph M. Siverson and Alastair Smith, in Zeev Maoz and Azar Gat (Editors), War in the Changing World, University of Michigan Press, 1999 (Forthcoming)

Other Publications
    “Personalizing Crises” Essays in Public Policy No. 106. Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, 2000.

PRESENTATIONS and WORKING PAPERS
"Cooperating Democrats, Defecting Autocrats" Written with Fiona McGillivray. Paper presented at the Peace Science Society meeting, Rutgers NJ October 1998.

"An Institutional Explanation of the Democratic Peace" written with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, and Randolph M. Siverson.

"Political Survival and International Conflict" written with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, and Randolph M. Siverson.

"Political Institutions, Political Survival and Policy Success" with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, and Randolph M. Siverson.

"The Nature of Warfare: Power, Bargaining, Super Weapons, Elections and the Democratic Peace" Presented at the Western regional meeting of the International Studies Association, Davis CA, October 1997.

"Payment, Protection and Punishment: The Role of Information and Reputation in the Mafia." With Federico Varesse.

"Negotiations and Conflict Resolution in a Markovian Model of War."

"Testing Theories Involving Strategic Choice: The Example of Crisis Escalation." Presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Washington D.C. August 1997.

"A Theory of Domestic Political Institutions and the Issues of International Conflict" with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, and Randolph M. Siverson. Presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Washington D.C. August 1997.

"Domestic Politics During Conflict: Electoral Incentives in a Random Walk Model of War." Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting, April 10-12 1997, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago Il.

"Political Survival and International Conflict." Written with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Randy Siverson.

"A Bayesian Method for the Analysis of Dyadic Crisis Data" Presented at Peace Science Society (International) Annual meeting, Houston, October 1996. .

"Senate voting on NAFTA: The power and limitations of MCMC methods for studying voting across bill and across states" with Fiona E. S. McGillivray. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Political Methodology Society 1996.

"Rational Choice Rallys Around the Flag: How Public Opinion Affects the Course of International Crises" Presented at the Center in Political Economy mini-conference "On War", Washington University, May 1996.

"International Crises and Domestic Politics" Presented at the 1995 American Political Science Association meeting, Chicago Il.

"The Effect of Foreign Policy Statements on Foreign Nations and Domestic Electorates" delivered at the MidWest Political Science Association Meeting 1995 and Strategic Politicians, Institutions and Foreign Policy Conference, UC-Davis 1995.

"Initiation, Retaliation and Intervention" Paper delivered at the Peace Science Society (International) Meeting, Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, October 13-16, 1995.

"The Domestic Origins of Foreign Policy" delivered at the American Politics Group Meeting, January 1994, Durham University, England and the Western Political Science Association Meeting, 1994.

"Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Trade and Fiscal Policy in Plurality Systems," with Fiona E.S. McGillivray, delivered at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C.

"Alliances and the Occurrence of War," delivered at the Public Choice Society Meeting, March 1993, New Orleans.

"Wartime Coalitions and Alliance Formation: A spatial Model," delivered at the NorthEastern Political Science Association Meeting, 1992, Providence, R.I.

AWARDS
Principal Investigator on NSF Grant SBR-99-75352. Election Timing in Parliamentary Democracies.

Editoral Board Award for Excellence in Research, International International 1998 (Vol. 23) for "Institutional Determinants of Trade Policy" (coauthored with Fiona McGillivray)

Principal Investigator on NSF Grant SBR-9631990. Domestic Politics and International Relations

National Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford. 1997-98.

Midwest Political Science Association poster competition winner 1997: "Political Selection: The Effect of Strategic Choice on the Escalation of International Crises."

Worshipful Company of Coopers Award for Academic Excellence 1986.

Worcester College Graduate Fellowship to the University of Rochester 1990.

Rush-Rhees Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1991.

Half blues 1988 and 89 for Oxford vs. Cambridge Lightweight Varsity Boat Race.