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Lisa Dellmuth

Dr. rer. soc.; postdoctoral research fellow

E-mail: lisa.dellmuth@statsvet.su.se

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Lisa Dellmuth is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University. She is affiliated with the Transaccess research project funded by the European Research Council and led by Jonas Tallberg.

Research Interests

(1) International and comparative political economy, in particular the linkages between non-governmental actors and international policies; (2) Global development, particularly the determinants of international development policy-making and development outcomes; (3) Theories of distributional politics and federalism, in particular the determinants of international financial aid allocation and implementation. 

Publications

Articles — peer-reviewed

(forthcoming in 2012): "Distributive politics and intergovernmental transfers: The local allocation of European Union Structural Funds", European Union Politics 13(3), with Michael F. Stoffel.
Abstract:
The European Union budget is conveyed predominantly in the form of intergovernmental grants to sub-state governments, which invest the grants in local projects. Transfers are allocated under the auspices of the European structural funds. This paper assesses the causal links between electoral incentives on the recipient side, European funding goals and local grant allocation. Tobit regressions of the allocation patterns in 419 local districts in Germany for the period between 2000 and 2006 suggest the following: Although recipient sub-state governments enjoy substantial discretion in selecting projects, their distributive choices are largely consonant with European goals. As theoretically predicted, however, there is robust evidence that the local allocation of structural funds is distorted by sub-state governments’ electoral concerns.

(2011) "The cash divide: The allocation of European Union regional grants", Journal of European Public Policy 18(7): 1016-33. Replication data »

Policy papers

(2011) "European structural, agricultural and environmental spending in Germany: Challenges and problems during the allocation and implementation of EU resources". Policy paper, Stockholm University, Department of Political Science.

Conference papers

“Transnational Actor Influence in International Organizations: The Case of the United Nations”, paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Antwerp, April 10-15, 2012, with Jonas Tallberg, Hans Agné and Andreas Duit.

“Political decentralisation and international grants allocation: Evidence from European Union regional development funds”, paper presented at the 19th International Conference of Europeanists, Boston, MA, March 22-24, 2012.

“Targeting spending strategically: Institutions, democracy and the effectiveness of European Union regional development funds”, paper presented at the 19th International Conference of Europeanists, Boston, MA, March 22-24, 2012.

“Civil society participation and public confidence in international organizations: An empirical assessment”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, September 1-4, 2011, with Jonas Tallberg.

“Interest groups in world politics: The influence of non-state actors on policy-making in international organizations”, paper presented at the 6th ECPR General Conference, Reykjavik, August 25-27, 2011, with Jonas Tallberg, Hans Agné and Andreas Duit.

“Why is regional development aid ineffective? The constituency-level allocation of EU structural funds”, paper presented at the 69th MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL, March 31 to April 3, 2011, with Michael F. Stoffel.

“Compliance or pork barrel? The constituency-level allocation of European Union regional development aid”, paper presented at the EUSA Twelfth Biennial International Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 3-5, 2011, with Michael F. Stoffel.

“Regions as pressure groups in the EU. The relative influence of demand-side and supply-side actors on the allocation of European Union regional grants”, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Swedish Political Science Association, Gothenburg, September 30-October 2, 2010. Best Paper Award for Young Scholars 2010 (Statsvetenskapliga förbundets uppsatspris).

“Client politics and the allocation of European Union regional funds”, paper presented at the ECPR Summer School on Analytical Politics in Europe, Torino, September 10-24, 2009. 

“The comparative advantage of methods triangulation in the study of EU politics. Explaining ‘who governs’ EU policy implementation”, paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions, Rennes, April 11-16, 2008.

Teaching

"International political economy", Bachelor’s essay workshop, Stockholm University (Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012)    

"Interactive Methods", Master’s seminar, Stockholm University (Spring 2011, Spring 2012) 

"Quantitative Methods", Master’s seminar, Stockholm University (Spring 2011)

 

Curriculum Vitae

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