Helen V. Milner

Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ 08544-1021

United States

Princeton University - Department of Political Science

Professor of Politics and International Affairs

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Princeton, NJ 08544-1013

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Which Devil in Development? A Randomized Study of Citizen Actions Supporting Foreign Aid in Uganda

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 14 May 2013
Helen V. Milner, Daniel L. Nielson and Michael Findley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science
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foreign aid, development, international institutions, multilateralism, clientelism

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Foreign Direct Investment and Institutional Diversity in Trade Agreements: Credibility, Commitment, and Economic Flows in the Developing World, 1971-2007

Forthcoming in World Politics vol.66 no.1 (January 2014), Revised APSA 2011 Annual Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2013
Tim Buthe and Helen V. Milner
Technische Universität München (TUM) - School of Governance - Hochschule für Politik and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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foreign direct investment, trade agreements, GATT, WTO, international institutions, credibility, commitments, governance, PTAs

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The Economic and Political Influences on Different Dimensions of United States Immigration Policy

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Nov 2012
Helen V. Milner and Dustin H. Tingley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Department of Government
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immigration policy, United States, political economy, public opinion, Congress

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The Choice for Multilateralism: Foreign Aid and American Foreign Policy

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The Choice for Multilateralism: Foreign Aid and American Foreign Policy

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2011
Helen V. Milner and Dustin H. Tingley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Department of Government
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The Choice for Multilateralism: Foreign Aid and American Foreign Policy

International Political Economy Society 2010 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2010
Helen V. Milner and Dustin Tingley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Princeton University - Department of Political Science
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multilateralism, foreign policy, foreign aid, principal-agent

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The Interaction of International and Domestic Institutions: Preferential Trade Agreements, Democracy, and Foreign Direct Investment

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2013
Tim Buthe and Helen V. Milner
Technische Universität München (TUM) - School of Governance - Hochschule für Politik and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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foreign direct investment, institutions institutional interaction, trade agreements, PTAs, democracy, MNCs, political risk, credible commitment

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Economic and Cultural Sources of Preferences for Globalization in Egypt

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Aug 2013
Amaney Jamal and Helen V. Milner
Princeton University - Department of Political Science and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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public opinion, globalization, Islam, Egypt

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The Political Economy of Inward FDI: Opposition to Chinese Mergers & Acquisitions

Chinese Journal of International Politics, vol. 8, no.1, p. 27-57, 2015
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2015
Dustin H. Tingley, Christopher Xu, Adam Chilton and Helen V. Milner
Harvard University - Department of Government, Princeton University, University of Chicago - Law School and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Public Opinion and Foreign Aid: A Review Essay

International Interactions, Volume 39, Number 3, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Apr 2013
Helen V. Milner and Dustin H. Tingley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Department of Government
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foreign aid, public opinion, international relations, international cooperation

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Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Global Warming

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 26 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023
Alexander F. Gazmararian and Helen V. Milner
Princeton University and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Climate Change, International Political Economy, Open Economy Politics

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Reciprocity and Public Opposition to Foreign Direct Investment

British Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 808
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 07 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2017
Adam Chilton, Helen V. Milner and Dustin H. Tingley
University of Chicago - Law School, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Department of Government
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International Political Economy; Foreign Direct Investment; Mergers & Acquisitions; Reciprocity; Public Opinion; Survey Experiments

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International Systems and Domestic Politics: Linking Complex Theories with Empirical Models in International Relations

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2013
Stephen Chaudoin, Xun Pang and Helen V. Milner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Princeton University and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Who Supports Global Economic Engagement? The Sources of Preferences in American Foreign Economic Policy

International Organization, 2010
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Feb 2010
Helen V. Milner and Dustin Tingley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Princeton University - Department of Political Science
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foreign aid, trade, congress, policy substitution, domestic politics, President

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The Global Spread of the Internet: The Role of International Diffusion Pressures in Technology Adoption

Presented at the 2nd Conference on Interdependence, Diffusion, and Sovereignty, UCLA, California, March 2003
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Nov 2012
Helen V. Milner
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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internet, diffusion, domestic policy, leadership

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Deep Roots: On the Persistence of American Populism

Number of pages: 124 Posted: 02 Aug 2023
Ze Han, Helen V. Milner and Kris James Mitchener
Princeton University - Department of Politics, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business - Economics Department
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Populism, globalization, “People’s Party,” Trump

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Democracy and Trade Policy in Developing Countries: Particularism and Domestic Politics with a Case Study of India

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Nov 2012
Helen V. Milner and Bumba Mukherjee
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Pennsylvania State University
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trade policy, liberalization, international trade, particularism, protectionism, India, labor mobility, median voter

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The Center Still Holds: The Potential for Liberal Internationalism Survives

International Security, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Feb 2010
Stephen Chaudoin, Helen V. Milner and Dustin Tingley
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Princeton University - Department of Political Science
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liberal internationalism, bipartisanship, Congress, roll call voting

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Presidential Influence Versus Congressional Control in Action (Chapter 4)

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 29 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2013
Helen V. Milner and Dustin H. Tingley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Department of Government
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President, Congress, Foreign Policy, Two Presidencies, National Security

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The Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Aid: American Legislators and the Domestic Politics of Aid

Economics and Politics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Feb 2010
Helen V. Milner and Dustin Tingley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Princeton University - Department of Political Science
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foreign aid, domestic politics, Stolper-Samuelson, Congress

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Trade Policy, Economic Interests and Party Politics in a Developing Country: The Political Economy of CAFTA

International Studies Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 29 Nov 2012
Raymond Hicks, Helen V. Milner and Dustin H. Tingley
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Department of Government
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CAFTA, Costa Rica, trade policy, political economy, trade liberalization, regionalism, referendum, public opinion

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Democracy and the Skill-Bias in Trade Policy in Developing Countries

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Nov 2012
Helen V. Milner and Bumba Mukherjee
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Pennsylvania State University
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trade policy, trade liberalization, median voter, skill bias

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Taxation Without Representation? Experimental Evidence from Ghana and Uganda on Citizen Action Toward Taxes, Oil, and Aid

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8137
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Jul 2017
Brandon de la Cuesta, Helen V. Milner, Daniel L. Nielson and Stephen Knack
Stanford University, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Brigham Young University and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction, Macro-Fiscal Policy, Public Sector Economics, Global Environment, Economic Adjustment and Lending, Non Governmental Organizations, Taxation & Subsidies, Economics and Institutions, Public Sector Management and Reform

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The Charmed Life of Superstar Exporters: Survey Evidence on Firms and Trade Policy

Journal of Politics: 10. DOI: 10.1086/687207
Posted: 30 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2017
Iain Osgood, Dustin H. Tingley, Thomas Bernauer, In Song Kim, Helen V. Milner and Gabriele Spilker
Harvard University, Harvard University - Department of Government, ETH Zurich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and ETH Zurich - Center for Comparative and International Studies

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firms, trade, preferences, firm heterogeneity, lobbying

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Democratization and Economic Globalization

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Democratization and Economic Globalization

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 12, June 2009
Posted: 08 Aug 2009
Helen V. Milner and Bumba Mukherjee
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Pennsylvania State University

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democratic transition, trade liberalization and openess, capital accoutn and financial liberation, Stolper-Samuelson theorem, skill premium

Democratization and Economic Globalization

Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Helen V. Milner and Bumba Mukherjee
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Pennsylvania State University

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