International Finance and Democracy

关于全球金融市场的崛起对社会是有益还是有害，政治学文献中存在很多争论。在这场辩论中没有注意到的是国际金融交易可能对民主体制产生的影响。例如，国际金融流动是否会阻止公民通过选举改变财政和货币政策的内容，尤其是其效果？本研究调查通过评估全球金融体系的运作如何影响选举机构的具体特征以及如何受其影响来解决这个问题。研究者将通过构建和分析金融开放民主制度的理论基础、数学和统计模型来解决这个问题。该项目应通过采用比以往更系统、更合理的方法来研究这一主题，加强我们对新兴全球金融体系的理解。

There is much debate in political science literature about whether the rise of global financial markets is socially beneficial or harmful. Unnoticed in this debate is the impact which international financial transactions may have on democratic institutions. For example, do international financial flows prevent citizens from altering the content and especially the effects of fiscal and monetary policies through elections? This research investigation addresses this question by assessing how the workings of the global financial system affects and is affected by specific features of electoral institutions. The investigator will attend to this question through the construction and analysis of theoretically grounded, mathematical and statistical models of financially open democratic systems. This project should enhance our understanding of the emerging global financial system by employing a more systematic and sound approach to the topic than has previously existed.