Work in Progress:

(1)  "Capital, Trade and the Political Economies of Reform" (with Marcus Kurtz).  PDF.

(2)  "Globalization and Pension Reform in Latin America" PDF.


 Published and Forthcoming papers:

Forthcoming. "When Does Diffusion Matter? Explaining the Spread of Structural Pension Reforms across Nations" The Journal of Politics. PDF

2005. "Interdependent and Domestic Foundations of Policy Change: The diffusion of pension privatization around the world"  International Studies Quarterly. PDF

2004. “Explaining Capital Account Liberalization in Latin America: A Transitional Cost Approach”  World Politics, Vol. 56, 3. (April) 389-430. PDF

2002. June. “Social Protection and Economic Integration: the Politics of Pension Reform in an Era of Capital Mobility.” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 35, 5: 491-525. PDF file.



Chapters in Edited volumes:

2006.  " Lashed to the Mast: The Politics of NDC Pension Reform" in R. Holzmann and E. Palmer, Eds. Non-Financial Defined Contribution (NDC) Pension Schemes: Concept, Issues, Implementation, Prospects (With R. Kent Weaver).  PDF.

2004. “International Financial Institutions and the Diffusion of Foreign Models of Social Security Reform in Latin America” in Kurt Weyland, Ed. Learning from Foreign Models in Latin American Policy Reform. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, and Johns Hopkins University Press. PDF file.