The Contributors

Edward Miguel is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a faculty research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research aims to apply credible econometric identification methods to central economic development questions and focuses primarily on (1) the political economy of development, with an emphasis on the role of social divisions in development and the causes and consequences of violence,and (2) estimating causal links between health, education, and labor productivity in less developed countries. He has conducted fieldwork in Kenya and Tanzania since 1997.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a professor of politics at New York University and a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. His books include The Logic of Political Survival (with Alastair Smith, Randolph M. Siverson, and James D. Morrow, 2003), Principles of International Politics: People's Power, Preferences, and Perceptions (2000, 2003); Predicting Politics (2002), The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge (2001), Governing for Prosperity (edited with Hilton Root, 2000), Red Flag over Hong Kong (with David Newman and Alvin Rabushka, 1996), European Community Decision Making: Models, Applications, and Comparisons (edited with Frans Stokman, 1994), and War and Reason (with David Lalman, 1992). He also has two books forthcoming, The Strategy of Campaigning: Lessons from Ronald Reagan to Boris Yeltsin (with Kiron Skinner, Serhiy Kudhelia and Condoleezza Rice) and Dissolving Boundaries (edited with Suzanne Werner and David Davis). His current research includes studies with George Downs of how institutional change and foreign intervention influences human rights, democratization, health care, and economic growth; and studies with Alastair Smith on how institutions shape who gets and who gives foreign aid.

James D. Morrow is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan. His books include The Logic of Political Survival (with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, and Randolph M. Siverson, 2003) and Game Theory for Political Scientists (1994). He is currently working on a book about when during times of war the laws of war are observed or violated.

Randolph M. Siverson is a professor of political science and director of the International Relations Program at the University of California, Davis. His books include Change in the International System (edited with Ole R. Holsti and Alexander George, 1980), The Diffusion of War: A Study of Opportunity and Willingness (with Harvey Star, 1991), Strategic Politicians, Institutions and Foreign Policy (edited, 1998), and The Logic of Political Survival (with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, and James D. Morrow, 2003). He is currently studying the effect purges on the foreign policy behavior of authoritarian states.

Alastair Smith is an associate professor of politics at New York University. His books include The Logic of Political Survival (with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Randolph M. Siverson, and James D. Morrow, 2003) and Election Timing (2004). His current research focuses on leader-specific punishment strategies and their implications for foreign aid giving, trade, and interest rates. Together with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, he is also working on corporate governance and securities fraud.

Sarah M. Brooks is an assistant professor of political science at Ohio State University. She is completing a book manuscript on the politics of pension reform in Latin America.

Charles King is the chair of the faculty and Ion Ratin associate professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government. His most recent book is The Black Sea: A History (2004).

Ben Ross Schneider is a professor of political science and chair of the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is the author of Business Politics and the State in Twentieth-Century Latin America (2004) and coeditor (with Blanca Heredia) of Reinventing Leviathan: The Politics of Administrative Reform in Developing Countries (2003).