Research
Thus far, my research has consisted primarily of applying quantitative statistical methods to understand countries’ foreign economic policies, including their regulation of both trade and investment. My initial work in graduate school concerned popular support for free trade, and the ability of countries to manipulate that support. In my dissertation and first round of research, I applied time series and instrumental variables methods to the study of capital account policy. My research since then has focused more on the regulation of direct investment (when firms from one state establish production in another state) through investment treaties.
Research Areas
BITs/International Investment Arbitration
- Evaluating Three Competing Explanations for Variation in Bilateral Investment Treaties. The Politics of Trade Agreements: Theory, Measurement, and Empirical Analysis. Revise and resubmit at World Politics
- Peinhardt, Clint, and Todd Allee. 2011. Devil in the Details? The Investment Effects of Dispute Settlement Variation in BITs. In Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy, edited by Karl P. Sauvant. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Allee, Todd, and Clint Peinhardt. 2011. Contingent Credibility: The Impact of Investment Treaty Violations on Foreign Direct Investment. International Organization 65 (3):401-32.
- Allee, Todd, and Clint Peinhardt. 2010. Delegating Differences: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Bargaining Over Dispute Resolution Provisions. International Studies Quarterly 54 (1):1-26.
- The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes: A Multilateral Organization Enhancing a Bilateral Treaty Regime (with Todd Allee). December 2007. In International Trade Law: Issues and Perspectives. Hyderabad: ICFAI University Press.
- Latin American Noncompliance in International Investment Arbitration (with Bonnie Latreille). Presented at the University of Notre Dame in September 2010. Under review.
- The Least BIT Rational: An Empirical Test of the 'Rational Design' of Investment Treaties (with Todd Allee). Presented at the Political Economy of International Organizations Conference in Monte Verità, Switzerland, in February, 2008.
Foreign Direct Investment
- Peinhardt, Clint, and Todd Allee. 2012. Failure to Deliver: The Investment Effects of US Preferential Economic Agreements. The World Economy 35 (6):757-83.
- Peinhardt, Clint, and Todd Allee. 2011. Devil in the Details? The Investment Effects of Dispute Settlement Variation in BITs. In Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy, edited by Karl P. Sauvant. New York: Oxford University Press.
Public Support for Globalization
- Globalization in the Study of Comparative and International Political Economy (with Jude Hays and Sean Ehrlich). International Organization 59:2 (Spring 2005). Pages 473-494. Reprinted in John Ruggie, ed. (2008). Embedding Global Markets: An Enduring Challenge. Burlington, VT: Ashgate
Capital Account Liberalization
- Peinhardt, Clint. 2010. International Finance. In World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook, 146-64. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
- Geographical Limitations on the Utility of Investment Liberalization. (with Jude C. Hays). International Political Economy Society. April 2010.
- When Does Openness Matter? A Cross-country Study of FDI Policy & Flows. Presented at 2004 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Revised into Geographical Limitations on the Utility of Investment Liberalization. (with Jude Hays) International Studies Association. New York. Feb. 15-18, 2009, and Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago March 2009.
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