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Great to have this paper w/ Daniel & P. Thurner published in PEIO/RIO ! We study the role of international rivalries in the Arms trade, focusing on arms transfers of the Interwar period. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

China's overseas financing may have fallen, but it has not gone away - China committed to almost $80 billion of loans and grants in 2021, according to new AidData numbers. It has changed though, with rescue loans now dominant. reuters.com/world/china/ch… Story with Clare Baldwin

#OpenAccess - Threats and the Public Constraint on Military Spending - cup.org/3SrihrX - Олеся Дегальцова, @AlessiaAspide & Jordan Becker #FirstView

🧵1/Proud of this new British Jnl Poli Sci article with Олеся Дегальцова & @AlessiaAspide! doi.org/10.1017/S00071… Department of Social Sciences at West Point West Point Dean Rob Person 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Scott Limbocker Mike Rosol Michael Kofoed Paul Poast CSDS Kyle Greenberg

🌟 Age & support for #PublicDebt reduction 💰 Using data from Eurobarometer between 2010 & 2019, @AlessiaAspide, Kathleen (Katie) Brown, Олеся Дегальцова & Xander Slaski theorise that the relationship between age & debt preferences is non-linear 📊 👉 bit.ly/3PkEHHS #OA #FiscalPolitics

So honored to receive the 2023 Rudolf Wildenmann Prize for "IMF survival instincts: risk exposure and the design of loan programs"! Working paper here: drive.google.com/file/d/1RGRPp3… Many thanks to Mirko Heinzel and Svanhildur Thorvaldsdottir for the nomination & support🙏

The World Bank's international debt statistics highlight a fact that is both well known, and gets insufficient attention -- worldbank.org/en/programs/de… Financial flows to low income countries (and Africa) have dried up 1/x

Paper /w Andreas Kern Patrick Shea in the Journal of Conflict Resolution showing China loans boost the survival of political leaders. Building off excellent research Axel Dreher Anna Gelpern Austin Strange Christoph Trebesch @AlexaZeitz on China's official finance. doi.org/10.1177/002200…

Implication: More transparency is needed - reiterating Kathleen (Katie) Brown Ben Cormier. @IMF_News programs could be an entry point for more fiscal accountability. Side effect: corrupt leaders who use China loans are thrown out of office earlier. doi.org/10.1007/s11127… Public Choice