Jonathan A. Rodden

Jonathan A. Rodden

Curriculum Vitae

Last Update: February 5, 2002

Assistant Professor

Political Science Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

E53-433

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139

E-mail:

Phone: (617) 253-6261

Fax: (617) 258-6164

Education

Ph.D. Political Science: Yale University, 2000.
Dissertation: Federalism and Soft Budget Constraints, nominated for APSA Organized Section Dissertation Award in Political Economy.
Dissertation Committee: Geoffrey Garrett (Chair), Susan Rose-Ackerman, and Frances Rosenbluth.

Ph.D. Examination Fields:
Political Economy (Distinction)
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Fulbright Fellow, University of Leipzig, Germany, 1993-1994.
B.A. Political Science with Highest Honors and Phi Beta Kappa, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 1993.

Books

Fiscal Decentralization and the Challenge of Soft Budget Constraints, lead editor with Gunnar Eskeland and Jennie Litvack, forthcoming Fall 2002, MIT Press.
“Introduction” (with Gunnar Eskeland and Jennie Litvack)
“Conclusion” (with Gunnar Eskeland)
“Soft Budget Constraints and German Federalism”
“Federalism and Bailouts in Brazil”
The Promise and Peril of Federalism (manuscript in progress).

Journal Articles

“The Dilemma of Fiscal Federalism: Grants and Fiscal Performance Around the World,” American Journal of Political Science 46:3 (forthcoming July 2002).
“Strength in Numbers: Representation and Redistribution in the European Union,” European Union Politics (forthcoming March 2002).
“Federalismo y Mercado,” Quórum 8:6 (September-October 1999), with Susan Rose-Ackerman.
"Does Federalism Preserve Markets? Virginia Law Review 83:7 (October, 1997), with Susan Rose-Ackerman.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

“Globalization and Fiscal Decentralization?” (with Geoffrey Garrett), in Miles Kahler and David Lake, eds., Globalization and Governance, under review.

The Government of Money, by Peter Johnson, Comparative Political Studies 32: 7 (October 1999), 897-900.

“Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints,” PREM Note 41, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2001 (
“Decentralization and Hard Budget Constraints,” APSA-CP (Newsletter of the Organized Section in Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association) 11:1 (Winter 2000), co-authored with Jennie Litvack. (

“Reviving Leviathan: Fiscal Federalism and the Growth of Government,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., Sept., 2000 (currently under review).
“Breaking the Golden Rule: Fiscal Behavior with Rational Bailout Expectations in the German States,” presented at the European Workshop on Fiscal Federalism and Financing, Brescia, Italy, October 2000.
"Creating a More Perfect Union: Political Parties and the Reform of Federal Systems,” presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1999 (currently under review).
"When and Where do Economic Conditions Affect Elections? Evidence from the U.S. States" (with Michael Ebeid), presented at the 2000 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 26-28, 2000.
“And the Last Shall be First: The Political Economy of Federalism and Deficits in Germany,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2001
“Federalism and Macroeconomic Management” (with Erik Wibbels), presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2001 (currently under review).
“Legislative Bargaining and Distributive Politics in Brazil: An Empirical Approach,” paper prepared for presentation at CEBRAP, São Paulo, November 2001.
“Federalism and Decentralization: On Meaning and Measurement” (currently under review).

“A Comparative Theory of Economics and Elections in Federal Systems: Evidence from the United States and Germany,” with Michael Ebeid.
“Federalism and Distributive Politics in India” (with Steven I. Wilkinson).
“Politics and Debt in the Canadian Provinces” (with Ronald Kneebone).

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, MIT:
“Introduction to Comparative Politics” (undergraduate), with Chappell Lawson, fall 2000.
“Federalism and Decentralization” (graduate), fall 2000.
“Politics, Economics and Democracy” (undergraduate), spring 2000, 2001, 2002.
“The Political Economy of Institutions” (graduate), spring 2000, 2001, 2002.
Instructor, Yale University:
“Economic Approaches to the Study of Political Institutions” (senior seminar), fall 1997.
“The Political Economy of Federalism and Decentralization” (undergraduate), spring 1999.
Instructor, School of Management, Yale University:
“The Strategic Environment of Management,” fall 1997.

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

Funding from DAAD and Harvard EU Center to organize the conference, “European Fiscal Federalism in Comparative Perspective,” held at Harvard University, November 4, 2000.

Prize Teaching Fellowship, Yale University, 1998-1999.
John F. Enders Dissertation Fellowship, Summer 1998.
Henry Hart Rice Research Fellowship, Yale Center for International and Area Studies, 1997-98, for field research in Germany.
John F. Enders Collaborative Research Grant, Summer 1997.
Canadian Studies Graduate Student Fellowship, 1996-1997, for field research in Canada.
Graduate Student Fellowship, Yale University, 1994-1998.
Sterling Prize, Yale University, 1994-1996 (awarded to one student in each incoming class).
Fulbright Grant, University of Leipzig, 1993-1994.
Michigan Association of Governing Boards, “most outstanding student” in graduating class of 1993 at the University of Michigan.
William Jennings Bryan Prize, top graduating student in the Political Science Department, University of Michigan, 1993.

Current Research and Teaching Fields

Other Professional Experience

Consultant, World Bank (Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit), 1998-present.
Workshop organizer, Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
“European Fiscal Federalism in Comparative Perspective,” November 4, 2000.

Chair, Study Group on European and Comparative Federalism, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Fall 1999-present.
Invited lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, April 24, 2000.
Delivered lecture on comparative federalism to a delegation from the Russian Duma.

Invited speaker at conferences and workshops including:
Harvard, University of Minnesota, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, University of California San Diego, Texas A&M, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, Free University Berlin, Austral University Buenos Aires, University of São Paulo, CEBRAP São Paulo, European Central Bank, Center for European Integration Research Bonn.

Ancillary Skills