der artikel untersucht die innenpolitischen beweggründe und interessenlagen eines landes, das ein internationales abkommen unterzeichnet und sich damit den regeln und bestimmungen dieses abkommens unterwirft. insbesondere wird der frage nachgegangen, warum ein land wie die vereinigten staaten...

That the anarchic system generates incentives for states to balance each other's power is conventional wisdom in international relations. As such, the contemporary unipolar system is an anomaly. The existing literature explains its persistence in various ways, including the benevolence of U.S....

This paper investigates the historical impact of party and constituency preferences on tariff votes from the U.S. Senate over the period 1883 to 1930. We find that the estimated effect of party grows during periods in which legislative institutions favored strong parties. We conclude that party...