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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Todd L. Allee

Todd L. Allee

Assistant Professor
235 Computing Applications Bldg
605 E. Springfield
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 244-1822
tallee@illinois.edu


University of Michigan, Ph.D, 2003.

London School of Economics, MSc, 1996.

University of Missouri, BA, 1994.

research interests:

  • Dispute settlement through the World Trade Organization
  • Non-tariff barriers to trade, particularly antidumping duties, countervailing duties, and safeguards
  • Impact of international institutions (ICSID, BITs, WTO) on state behavior (investment flows, trade policy)
  • Foreign direct investment and the settlement of investment disputes
  • Political economy of U.S. trade policy
  • Domestic political explanations for the escalation and resolution of militarized disputes
  • Quantitative tests in international relations research

for more information:
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/tallee/www/index.html

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

  • The Democratic Peace and Territorial Conflict in the Twentieth Century. (with Paul K. Huth). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • Going to Geneva? Trade Protection and Dispute Resolution Under the World Trade Organization. Manuscript.

Books Edited or Co-Edited (Original Editions)

  • The Management of Territorial Conflict, special issue of Conflict Management and Peace Science, co-edited with Paul F. Diehl, Derrick Frazier, and Shannon O'Lear. 23,4 (Winter, 2006).
  • Theme Issue on Territorial Conflict, special issue of Geojournal, co-edited with Paul F. Diehl, Derrick V. Frazier, and Shannon O'Lear. 64, 4 (December 2005).

Chapters in Books

  • The International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes:  A Multilateral Organization Enhancing a Bilateral Treaty Regime.” (with Clint Peinhardt) In International Trade Law: Issues and Perspectives.  Hyderabad:  ICFAI University Press, 2008.

  • "Divided Government and the Resolution of Territorial Disputes." (with Paul K. Huth) in Democratic Foreign Policy Making: Problems of Divided Government and International Cooperation, ed. Robert Pahre. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006. pp. 151-174.
  • "When Are Governments Able to Reach Negotiated Settlement Agreements? An Analysis of Dispute Resolution in Territorial Disputes, 1919-95." (with Paul K. Huth) in Approaches, Levels and Methods of Analysis in International Politics, ed. Harvey Starr. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006. pp. 13-32.

  • "Testing Theories of International Conflict: Questions of Research Design for Statistical Analyses." (with Paul K. Huth) in The Analysis of International Relations, eds. Detlef Sprinz and Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004. pp. 193-225.

Journal Articles

  • "Legitimizing Dispute Settlement: International Adjudication as Domestic Political Cover." (with Paul K. Huth). American Political Science Review 100, 2 (May 2006): 219-234.
  • "The Pursuit of Legal Settlements to Territorial Disputes." (With Paul K. Huth). Conflict Management and Peace Science, 23,4 (Winter 2006): 285-307
  • "Divided Government and the Resolution of Territorial Disputes." (with Paul K. Huth) in Democratic Foreign Policy Making: Problems of Divided Government and International Cooperation, ed. Robert Pahre. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006. pp. 151-174.
  • "When Are Governments Able to Reach Negotiated Settlement Agreements? An Analysis of Dispute Resolution in Territorial Disputes, 1919-95." (with Paul K. Huth) in Approaches, Levels and Methods of Analysis in International Politics, ed. Harvey Starr. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006. pp. 13-32.
  • "Domestic Political Accountability and the Escalation and Settlement of Territorial Disputes." (with Paul K. Huth) Journal of Conflict Resolution 46, 6 (December 2002): 771-807.
  • "Questions of Research Design in Developing New Tests of the Democratic Peace." (with Paul K. Huth) International Interactions 28, 1 (January-March 2002): 31-57.

Pending Articles

  • “The Least BIT Rational: An Empirical Test of the ‘Rational Design’ of Investment Treaties.” (with Clint Peinhardt) Revise and Resubmit.
  • “Delegating Differences: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Patterns of Dispute Resolution Design.” (with Clint Peinhardt) Revise and Resubmit.
  • “Legal Incentives and Domestic Rewards: A Litigation Model of GATT/WTO Dispute Resolution.” Under Review.
  • "Contingent Credibility: The Reputational Effects of Investment Treaty Disputes on Foreign Direct Investment." (with Clint Peinhardt) Under Review.
  • “The Distinctiveness of Developing Country Trade Dispute Initiation.”
  • “Deterring Illegitimate Protection: Trade Policymaking in the Shadow of WTO Law.”
  • "Informed Imports: How Information Prevents U.S. Protectionism."
  • “Protecting your Constituents: Congressional Testimony at the International Trade Commission.” (with Kris Miler)
  • “Investment Treaties, Ratification Costs, and U.S. Foreign Direct Investment.” (with Clint Peinhardt)
  • “Getting there is Half the Fun: The Impact of WTO Accession on Trade.” (with Jamie Scalera)
  • “Back to the Future: The Reputational Effects of Past Rulings on WTO Dispute Initiation.”
  • “The Multiple Non-Effects of Bilateral Investment Treaties.” (with Clint Peinhardt)
  • “The Triumph of Bilateral and Regional Approaches to the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment.”