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Krogh Seminar – Research Presentation

Krogh Seminar – Research Presentation. Zach Kay, Matthew Quallen. Foreign aid as a retaliatory mechanism?. Research Question. Retaliation in the Literature (Davis, Bermeo ) 15-20% of Cases “Power Hypothesis” (Guzman, Simmons) Strong states muscle out weaker ones. Background.

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Krogh Seminar – Research Presentation

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  1. Krogh Seminar – Research Presentation Zach Kay, Matthew Quallen

  2. Foreign aid as a retaliatory mechanism? Research Question

  3. Retaliation in the Literature (Davis, Bermeo) 15-20% of Cases • “Power Hypothesis” (Guzman, Simmons) Strong states muscle out weaker ones Background

  4. We hypothesize states will use aid to control WTO outcomes, filings Hypothesis

  5. Our Data – -dichotomous indicators -Vreeland et. Al • Independent variable Lagging and leading versions • Dependent variable Odadis_USA, Ln? Delta? • Controls Baseline from Vreeland et. al; Population? Ln? Methodology

  6. Natural Log Raw Data Oadis_USA, to Ln or not to Ln? *What effect will this have on our results?

  7. The effects of methodological choices on out outcomes -Population, ln? -Odadis_USA, ln? -Odadis_USA, delta? -Leading and lagging effects? Results

  8. Results Summary

  9. Methodology affects both significance and sign • Evaluating our hypothesis? Conclusions

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