Baccini, Leonardo


Dr Leonardo Baccini  

Department

Position held

Department of International Relations

Lecturer

Experience keywords:

media and politics; international organization; trade agreement; trade; environment; foreign direct investment; international political economy; energy

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My research interests are 1) international political economy with a focus on trade agreements, trade liberalization, and foreign direct investment; 2) international cooperation with a focus on the design of international organizations; 3) energy and environmental policy; 4) labour rights and discrimination; 5) media and political behaviour; 6) economic history; and 7) spatial econometrics.

With Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg) and Manfred Elsig (WTI Bern) I completed data collection on about 600 trade agreements signed from 1950 to the present day. Using manual content analysis and statistical techniques to check coders' reliability, the dataset includes measures on flexibility, coverage, commitments, trade integration, and delegation features. More information is available at http://www.nccr-trade.org/wps/wp2/21/.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

ConsultancyCreative Industries and CultureEnergyEnvironmentInformation TechnologyLawMedia Technology and New MediaPolicy and Regulatory BodiesPublic AdministrationRisk ManagementTelecommunications

Languages:

Italian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream press

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 020 7955 6525

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2013

Baccini, Leonardo and Urpelainen, Johannes (2013) Before ratification: understanding the timing of international treaty effects on domestic policies. International studies quarterly, ISSN 0020-8833

2012

Baccini, Leonardo and Kim, Soo Yeon (2012) Preventing protectionism: international institutions and trade policy. The review of international organizations, 7 (4). pp. 369-398. ISSN 1559-7431

Baccini, Leonardo and Urpelainen, Johannes (2012) Strategic side payments: preferential trading agreements, economic reform, and foreign aid. Journal of politics, 74 (4). pp. 932-949. ISSN 1468-2508

Baccini, Leonardo (2012) Democratization and trade policy: an empirical analysis of developing countries. European journal of international relations, 18 (3). pp. 455-479. ISSN 1460-3713

Baccini, Leonardo (2012) Cheap talk: transaction costs, quality of institutions, and trade agreements. European journal of international relations, Online pp. 1-38. ISSN 1460-3713

Baccini, Leonardo and Urpelainen, Johannes (2012) Legislative fractionalization and partisan shifts to the left increase the volatility of public energy R&D expenditures. Energy policy, 46 pp. 49-57. ISSN 0301-4215

Baccini, Leonardo and Urpelainen, Johannes (2012) Preferential trading agreements and economic reforms in developing countries. Institute for International Relations (IMO), Zagreb, Croatia

Baccini, Leonardo and Urpelainen, Johannes (2012) It's not all about trade: preferential trading agreements induce economic reforms in developing countries. Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), Bangkok, Thailand

Baccini, Leonardo and Dür, Andreas (2012) The new regionalism and policy interdependence. British journal of political science, 42 (1). pp. 57-79. ISSN 0007-1234

2011

Baccini, Leonardo and Dür, Andreas and Elsig, Manfred and Milewicz, Karolina (2011) The design of preferential trade agreements: a new dataset in the making. Staff working paper, ERSD-2011-10. World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

2010

Baccini, Leonardo (2010) Explaining formation and design of EU trade agreements: the role of transparency and flexibility. European Union politics, 11 (2). pp. 195-217. ISSN 1465-1165

Baccini, Leonardo and Kim, Soo Yeon (2010) Globalization and economic crisis: does information really matter? In: Lagoarde-Segot, Thomas, (ed.) Financial crisis: thinking otherwise. NOVA editions, New York, USA.

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