Jonathan Krieckhaus
Biographic Data
| ID | 4371033 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Krieckhaus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Krieckhaus |
| SIGNATURE | KRIECKHAUS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 244 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Democracy and corruption
A large body of literature argues that democracy influences corruption, though scholars disagree about the form and timing of this relationship. The traditional view holds that democracy exerts a linear short-run constraining effect on corruption, while newer perspectives emphasize long-run effects arising from democratic experience and socialization, curvilinear relationships, and even reverse causation effects from corruption to democracy. We a…
US Trade Policy, President Trump and the Korus FTA
President Trump criticized the KORUS FTA and in 2018 South Korea and the United States renegotiated the KORUS. What explains Trump’s antipathy? Why has he departed so radically from prior US free trade policy? I answer these questions by making four arguments. First, President Trump’s protectionism is a surprising reversal given the range of US interests, institutions, and ideology supporting free trade. Second, while conceding that economic inte…
Latin American democratisation and currency crises (1975–2008)
What Explains South Korean Interest in FTA Partners
This study examines why and when South Korea has pursued free trade agreements. Empirical analysis evaluates Korea’s free trade partners based on (1) market size, (2) levels of economic development, (3) geographic proximity, (4) democratic governance, and (5) trade competition with China and Japan
Economic Inequality and Democratic Support
Globalization and human well-being
Over the past half-century we have witnessed a gradual trend towards increased globalization. This phenomenon includes such diverse processes as the greater mobility of capital, goods, and services, as well as increasing diffusion of ideas, technology, and norms. Given the ubiquitous and multi-faceted nature of globalization, we evaluate the effect of economic, social, and political global integration on a particularly important outcome – human w…
Colonialism, Property Rights and the Modern World Income Distribution
Influential studies by Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson claim that colonial legacies explain the origins of development-promoting property rights and thus account for the modern world income distribution. Specifically, they argue that European colonial powers engineered a global ‘reversal of fortune’, bringing property rights and prosperity to relatively uninhabited colonies while imposing inefficient institutions on locales with less potential for…
Canadian Regional Development
This article assesses the economic development of Canadian provinces in the context provided by the theory of convergence. Two basic questions will be asked and to some extent answered. First, to what degree do the Canadian provinces reveal convergence over time in terms of general economic performance? Second, what are the implications of convergence theory for Canadian provincial policy? These questions combine to give the article a purpose tha…
Turnout around the globe
Dictating Development
Does National Context Influence Democratic Satisfaction? A Multi-Level Analysis
Previous research, using standard regression analyses, suggests that national context affects citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. We note that these standard techniques are inappropriate for examining the interaction between national and individual-level data, and we show empirically that these techniques have in fact led to severely biased findings in past studies. We therefore utilize a multi-level model to reassess existing theoretical clai…
Corruption, Democracy, and Economic Growth
Scholars have long suspected that political processes such as democracy and corruption are important factors in determining economic growth. Studies show, however, that democracy has only indirect effects on growth, while corruption is generally accepted by scholars as having a direct and negative impact on economic performance. We argue that one of democracy's indirect benefits is its ability to mitigate the detrimental effect of corruption on e…
Democracy and Economic Growth
There is ongoing controversy as to whether political democracy inhibits or facilitates national economic growth. It is argued here that the answer to this question depends greatly on the regional political context within which democracy functions. In regions where social groups clamour for redistribution, as in Latin America, democracy may lead to populism and poor economic performance. Similarly, in regions where state elites are generally commi…
The Regime Debate Revisted
Some studies find that democracy inhibits growth while other studies find that democracy facilitates growth. Which conclusion is correct? To help resolve this debate, a variety of sensitivity analyses is conducted to answer two basic questions. First, why has the literature yielded contradictory results? Secondly, how believable are these results? The existing contradictions can be explained by analysts' choice of time period, with democracy havi…
Reconceptualizing the Developmental State
Economic Inequality and Democratic Support
Does National Context Influence Democratic Satisfaction? A Multi-Level Analysis
Previous research, using standard regression analyses, suggests that national context affects citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. We note that these standard techniques are inappropriate for examining the interaction between national and individual-level data, and we show empirically that these techniques have in fact led to severely biased findings in past studies. We therefore utilize a multi-level model to reassess existing theoretical clai…
Turnout around the globe
Corruption, Democracy, and Economic Growth
Scholars have long suspected that political processes such as democracy and corruption are important factors in determining economic growth. Studies show, however, that democracy has only indirect effects on growth, while corruption is generally accepted by scholars as having a direct and negative impact on economic performance. We argue that one of democracy's indirect benefits is its ability to mitigate the detrimental effect of corruption on e…
The Regime Debate Revisted
Some studies find that democracy inhibits growth while other studies find that democracy facilitates growth. Which conclusion is correct? To help resolve this debate, a variety of sensitivity analyses is conducted to answer two basic questions. First, why has the literature yielded contradictory results? Secondly, how believable are these results? The existing contradictions can be explained by analysts' choice of time period, with democracy havi…
Democracy and Economic Growth
There is ongoing controversy as to whether political democracy inhibits or facilitates national economic growth. It is argued here that the answer to this question depends greatly on the regional political context within which democracy functions. In regions where social groups clamour for redistribution, as in Latin America, democracy may lead to populism and poor economic performance. Similarly, in regions where state elites are generally commi…
Globalization and human well-being
Over the past half-century we have witnessed a gradual trend towards increased globalization. This phenomenon includes such diverse processes as the greater mobility of capital, goods, and services, as well as increasing diffusion of ideas, technology, and norms. Given the ubiquitous and multi-faceted nature of globalization, we evaluate the effect of economic, social, and political global integration on a particularly important outcome – human w…
Colonialism, Property Rights and the Modern World Income Distribution
Influential studies by Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson claim that colonial legacies explain the origins of development-promoting property rights and thus account for the modern world income distribution. Specifically, they argue that European colonial powers engineered a global ‘reversal of fortune’, bringing property rights and prosperity to relatively uninhabited colonies while imposing inefficient institutions on locales with less potential for…
Reconceptualizing the Developmental State
What Explains South Korean Interest in FTA Partners
This study examines why and when South Korea has pursued free trade agreements. Empirical analysis evaluates Korea’s free trade partners based on (1) market size, (2) levels of economic development, (3) geographic proximity, (4) democratic governance, and (5) trade competition with China and Japan
Canadian Regional Development
This article assesses the economic development of Canadian provinces in the context provided by the theory of convergence. Two basic questions will be asked and to some extent answered. First, to what degree do the Canadian provinces reveal convergence over time in terms of general economic performance? Second, what are the implications of convergence theory for Canadian provincial policy? These questions combine to give the article a purpose tha…
Reconceptualizing the Developmental State
The Regime Debate Revisted
Some studies find that democracy inhibits growth while other studies find that democracy facilitates growth. Which conclusion is correct? To help resolve this debate, a variety of sensitivity analyses is conducted to answer two basic questions. First, why has the literature yielded contradictory results? Secondly, how believable are these results? The existing contradictions can be explained by analysts' choice of time period, with democracy havi…
Dictating Development
Does National Context Influence Democratic Satisfaction? A Multi-Level Analysis
Previous research, using standard regression analyses, suggests that national context affects citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. We note that these standard techniques are inappropriate for examining the interaction between national and individual-level data, and we show empirically that these techniques have in fact led to severely biased findings in past studies. We therefore utilize a multi-level model to reassess existing theoretical clai…
Corruption, Democracy, and Economic Growth
Scholars have long suspected that political processes such as democracy and corruption are important factors in determining economic growth. Studies show, however, that democracy has only indirect effects on growth, while corruption is generally accepted by scholars as having a direct and negative impact on economic performance. We argue that one of democracy's indirect benefits is its ability to mitigate the detrimental effect of corruption on e…
Democracy and Economic Growth
There is ongoing controversy as to whether political democracy inhibits or facilitates national economic growth. It is argued here that the answer to this question depends greatly on the regional political context within which democracy functions. In regions where social groups clamour for redistribution, as in Latin America, democracy may lead to populism and poor economic performance. Similarly, in regions where state elites are generally commi…
Canadian Regional Development
This article assesses the economic development of Canadian provinces in the context provided by the theory of convergence. Two basic questions will be asked and to some extent answered. First, to what degree do the Canadian provinces reveal convergence over time in terms of general economic performance? Second, what are the implications of convergence theory for Canadian provincial policy? These questions combine to give the article a purpose tha…
Turnout around the globe
Colonialism, Property Rights and the Modern World Income Distribution
Influential studies by Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson claim that colonial legacies explain the origins of development-promoting property rights and thus account for the modern world income distribution. Specifically, they argue that European colonial powers engineered a global ‘reversal of fortune’, bringing property rights and prosperity to relatively uninhabited colonies while imposing inefficient institutions on locales with less potential for…
Globalization and human well-being
Over the past half-century we have witnessed a gradual trend towards increased globalization. This phenomenon includes such diverse processes as the greater mobility of capital, goods, and services, as well as increasing diffusion of ideas, technology, and norms. Given the ubiquitous and multi-faceted nature of globalization, we evaluate the effect of economic, social, and political global integration on a particularly important outcome – human w…
Economic Inequality and Democratic Support
Latin American democratisation and currency crises (1975–2008)
What Explains South Korean Interest in FTA Partners
This study examines why and when South Korea has pursued free trade agreements. Empirical analysis evaluates Korea’s free trade partners based on (1) market size, (2) levels of economic development, (3) geographic proximity, (4) democratic governance, and (5) trade competition with China and Japan
US Trade Policy, President Trump and the Korus FTA
President Trump criticized the KORUS FTA and in 2018 South Korea and the United States renegotiated the KORUS. What explains Trump’s antipathy? Why has he departed so radically from prior US free trade policy? I answer these questions by making four arguments. First, President Trump’s protectionism is a surprising reversal given the range of US interests, institutions, and ideology supporting free trade. Second, while conceding that economic inte…
Democracy and corruption
A large body of literature argues that democracy influences corruption, though scholars disagree about the form and timing of this relationship. The traditional view holds that democracy exerts a linear short-run constraining effect on corruption, while newer perspectives emphasize long-run effects arising from democratic experience and socialization, curvilinear relationships, and even reverse causation effects from corruption to democracy. We a…
Economics (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Democracy (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works)