My research and teaching interests include international and comparative political economy, armed conflict, interstate alliances and the domestic roots of foreign policy. I am currently the PI on the Microfoundations of Debt Crisis (MIDEBT) project that is funded by an ERC Starting Grant.
Funded by an ERC Starting Grant
This project investigates how the public thinks about public debt and how that influences the accumulation of public debt and the reluctance to reduce it.
Project PageInformation, Uncertainty, & Public Support for Brinkmanship during the 2023 Debt Limit Negotiations
British Journal of Political Science
Ethnic Politics and Sovereign Credit
Review of International Political Economy
How to Finance Green Investments? The Role of Public Debt
Energy Policy
Age and Support for Public Debt Reduction
European Journal of Political Research
Culture & European Attitudes on Public Debt
New Political Economy
The Devil's Haircut: Investor–State Disputes over Debt Restructuring
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Sovereign Credit and Political Survival in Democracies
Business and Politics
The Physical Consequences of Fiscal Flexibility: Sovereign Credit and Physical Integrity Rights
British Journal of Political Science
Borrowed Time: Sovereign Finance, Regime Type, and Leader Survival
Economics & Politics
Sovereign Credit and the Fate of Leaders: Reassessing the Democratic Advantage
International Studies Quarterly
Guns, Butter, and Debt: Sovereign Creditworthiness and Military Expenditure
Journal of Peace Research
Tightening the Belt: Sovereign Debt and Alliance Formation
International Studies Quarterly
Farming then Fighting: the relationship between idle time and social conflict
Political Science Research and Methods
Threats and the Public Constraint on Military Spending
British Journal of Political Science
The Wedding Bells of War: The Influence of Armed Conflict on Child Marriages in West Africa
Journal of Peace Research
U.S. Patronage, State Capacity, and Civil Conflict
Journal of Politics
The Fiscal Autonomy of Deciders: Creditworthiness and Conflict Initiation
Foreign Policy Analysis
Good for the Money? International Finance, State Capacity and Internal Armed Conflict
Journal of Peace Research
Alliances, Signals of Support, and Military Effort
European Journal of International Relations
Arms versus Democratic Allies
British Journal of Political Science
Tightening the Belt: Sovereign Debt and Alliance Formation
International Studies Quarterly
Do Consumers Follow the Flag? Perceptions of Hostility and Consumer Preferences
International Interactions
Economics, Security, and Individual-Level Preferences for Trade Agreements
International Interactions
The New Fiscal Trillema
Information, Party Politics, and Public Support for Central Bank Independence
Bottom-Up Preferences for Public Debt Reduction and Repayment
External Threats and Support for International Cooperation
Putting the Public in Public Debt
Scaling Open-ended Survey Responses Using LLM-Paired Comparisons
Is the IMF a Scapegoat? A survey experiment in Kenya & Ghana
I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on international relations, political economy, and security studies. I have previously taught at Leiden University, University of Mississippi, and Binghamton University.
An introductory lecture on the capabilities and limitations of large language models.
Download Lecture Slides2018-2022
2018-2022
2019
2017
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
2013, 2014
2014
2015
2016
2014
2016
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
mdigiuseppe at gmail dot com
Institute of Political Science
Leiden University