MembersOlga Shvetsova
Professional Preparation
| M.A. | 1989 | Moscow State University, USSR | Political Economy |
| M.S. | 1993 | California Institute of Technology | Social Sciences |
| Ph.D. | 1995 | California Institute of Technology | Social Sciences |
Appointments
| 2003-date | Fellow, Microincentives Research Center, Duke University. |
| 1994-2003 | Assistant Professor of Political Science, Washington University, St. Louis. |
| 1995-2003 | Research Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Washington University, St. Louis. |
| 1996-1997 | Visiting Assistant Researcher in Social Science, Department of Politics and Society, University of California, Irvine. |
Publications: directly related
"Gaining Legislative Control through Strategic District Nomination: The Case of the Russian Left in 1995," Legislative Studies Quarterly. XXVII: 635-57, 2002.
"Institutions and Coalition-Building in Post-Communist Transitions," in A. Reynolds, ed., The Architecture of Democracy: Constitutional Design, Conflict Management, and Democracy. Oxford University Press, pp. 55-78, 2002.
"A Survey of Post-Communist Electoral Institutions: 1990-1998," Electoral Studies, 18(3): 397-409, 1999.
"Asymmetric Bi-Lateral Bargaining in the New Russian Federation: A Path-Dependence Explanation," with Mikhail Filippov, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 31(1): 61-76, 1999.
"Party Fragmentation and Presidential Elections in Post-Communist Democracies," with Mikhail Filippov and Peter Ordeshook, Constitutional Political Economy, 10: 1-24,1999.
Publications: other significant
Designing Federalism: A Theory of Self-Sustainable Federal Institutions with Mikhail Filippov and Peter Ordeshook. Cambridge University Press (forthcoming in 2003).
"Endogenous Selection of Institutions and Their Exogenous Effects," Constitutional Political Economy. 14(3), 2003.
"Resolving the Problem of Pre-Election Coordination: The 1999 Parliamentary Election as Elite Presidential 'Primary,'" in V. Hesli and W. Reisinger, eds., Elections, Parties and the Future of Russia. Cambridge University Press (forthcoming in 2003).
"The Role of Constitutional Courts in the Establishment and Maintenance
of Democratic Systems of Government," with Lee Epstein and Jack Knight,
Law and Society Review, 35(1): 117-64, 2001.
"Ethnic Heterogeneity, District Magnitude, and the Number of Parties," with
Peter Ordeshook, American Journal of Political Science, 38(1):
100-23, 1994.
Synergistic Activities
July 24, 2001: Interview (1 hour), KTRS Radio - St. Louis (Presidents Bush and Putin Strike an Agreement in Genoa).
New York, November 1999: Presented "Formal Indicators of Political Institutionalization and Their East European Dynamics" report at the 'Virtual Democracy' roundtable, Social Science Research Council.
March 30, 1998: Interview (1 hour) to Nation al Public Radio - Washington, D.C. (Implications of the Russian Cabinet Dismissal).
September 6, 1998: Interview (1 hour) KTRS Radio - St. Louis (Politics and Economics of the Russian Crisis).
Washington, DC, September 1996: Attended the International Forum for Democratic Studies and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Conference "Five Years into the Transition: Where Is Russia Headed?"
Collaborators & Other Affiliations
Collaborators and Co-Editors
Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis
Mikhail Filippov, Washington University in St. Louis
Barbara Kinsey, University of Central Florida
Jack Knight, Washington University in St. Louis
Peter Ordeshook, California Institute of Technology
Thomas Remington, Emory University
Steven Smith, Washington University in St. Louis
Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors
Elisabeth Gerber, University of Michigan
D. Roderick Kiewiet, California Institute of Technology
Peter Ordeshook, California Institute of Technology
Scott Page, University of Michigan
Thesis advisor to:
John Ginkel, State Department
Elisabeth Wilner, Washington University