Abstract
Studies in international political economy (IPE) that use survey-response data sets and survey (or field) experiments have grown dramatically in recent years. New developments in survey and experimental methodology have arguably influenced IPE scholars not only to think more deeply about the microfoundations of the preferences, attitudes, and political behavior of key IPE actors but also to use survey or experimental methods to test causal claims and predictions. Yet the reasons for the rapid growth in survey and experimental methods in IPE are more multifaceted. We therefore seek to answer the following three pertinent questions in the introduction. First, what are the main substantive puzzles and issue-areas that IPE scholars analyze via survey and experimental methods in their research? Second, what are the main methodological advantages and drawbacks from using survey and experimental methods in IPE? Third, what are the key substantive theoretical and empirical insights that scholars have learned from recent research in IPE that employs either survey or experimental methods (or both)? In addition to answering these questions here, we also provide a summary of each article included in the special issue. The introduction concludes with a road map for future studies on survey and experimental research in IPE.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 287-304 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | International Interactions |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2014 |
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Introduction : Survey and Experimental Research in International Political Economy. / Jensen, Nathan M.; Mukherjee, Bumba; Bernhard, William T.
In: International Interactions, Vol. 40, No. 3, 05.2014, p. 287-304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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