Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: International Organizations and the Resolution of Trade Disputes

这个博士论文支持调查研究国家解决贸易争端的方式和国际机构，如世界贸易组织，在解决这些争端中发挥的作用。调查员简要列出了大多数贸易争端的共同阶段，并提供证据来强调WTO贸易争端的罕见性。本论文的大部分内容涉及两个主要任务：a）解释为什么各国只将少数争端提交国际争端解决机构，以及B）评估国际争端解决机构如何促进争端的解决，无论是在成员国向国际机构提出的争端期间，还是在“庭外”解决的争端期间。“为了测试这些研究问题，调查人员收集了一个新的贸易争端数据集，其中包括在世贸组织和北美自由贸易协定之前提出的争端信息，以及在没有国际组织参与的情况下解决的争端信息。 一系列统计分析和案例研究证据审查了哪些争端提交国际组织，以及国际司法机构的存在如何影响国际合作。

This Doctoral Dissertation Support investigation examines the way states resolve trade disputes and the role international institutions, such as the World Trade Organization, play in resolving these disputes. The investigator briefly lays out the stages common to most trade disputes and provide evidence to highlight the rarity of WTO trade disputes. The bulk of the dissertation involves two primary tasks: a) to explain the reasons why states refer only a handful of their disputes to international dispute resolution bodies, and b) to assess how an international dispute resolution body facilitates the settlement of disputes, both during those disputes member states take before the international body and those disputes they settle "out of court."To test these research questions the investigator assembles a new dataset on trade disputes, which includes information on disputes taken before the WTO and NAFTA, as well as information on disputes settled without the involvement of an international organization. A series of statistical analyses and case study evidence examines which disputes go before international organizations and how the existence of an international judicial body affects international cooperation.