Simon Hug Working Papers

Papers that are no longer listed here either are forthcoming or already published (check my CV or my books, edited volumes, and publication related material ) or ended up in the omnious file-drawer next to the garbage bin (see also the archive-ouverte of the University of Geneva, ORCID and the SSRN).

• Calling the roll. Roll-call vote requests in the early European Parliaments and their consequences. Paper prepared for presentation at the 12th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union (19-21 June 2024, Universidade NOVA, Lisbon)(with Bjorn Hoyland) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Polygyny and conflict. Paper prepared for presentation at the 57th North American Meeting of the Peace Science Society (International)\\ (Saint Louis, November 9-11, 2023). (with Kristian Skedre Gleditsch and Julian Wucherpfennig). (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Ukraine in parliamentary debates. (with Steven Eichenberger) Paper prepared for presentation at the 5th International Conference on European Studies: Europe in Unchartered Territories (KOF, ETH Zurich, 12-14 June 2023) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• With a little help from my friends? Keeping voting rights in the United Nations General Assembly. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association (Glasgow, June 22-24, 2023) (earlier version prepared for presentation at the 2023 Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (Hannover, March 22-25th, 2023)) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Exposure to violence and social trust in Eurasia. (with Sandra Penic) Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association (Glasgow, June 22-24, 2023) (earlier version prepared for presentation at the the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship conference (Münster, February 23-25th, 2023)) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Election Interventions and Civil Conflict (with Nikolay Marinov). Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Montreal, September 15-18, 2022) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Probing PR: Does proportional representation induce power sharing? (with Nils-Christian Bormann) Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association (Prague, June 23-25, 2022) (earlier version prepared for presentation at the ISA conference (March 28th - April 2nd, 2022, Nashville)) (abstract) (paper) (under review)
• The consequences of one-sided violence on inter-ethnic relations (with Sandra Penic) Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association (Prague, June 23-25, 2022) (earlier version prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, April 7-10, 2020), the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship conference (Münster, February 24-26th, 2022) and the Annual Conference of the Swiss Political Science Association (Lausanne, February 3-4, 2022) (abstract) (paper)
• Candidate Selection and its Behavioral Consequences (with Elena Frech) (abstract) (under review)
• Decision-Making in the United Nations General Assembly: A Comprehensive Database of Resolutions, Decisions, and Votes (formerly known as: What can we learn by collecting more complete UNGA voting records? (with Joshua Fjelstul and Christopher Kilby) Paper prepared for presentation at the Conference on The Political Economy of International Organizations (Oxford, Julty 7-9, 2022) (under revision) (abstract) (paper)
• Burden-shifting, encroaching and shirking. Federalism in a pandemic crisis Paper prepared for presentation at the CefES Concference, Universit\`a degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (June 14-16, 2021) (with Vera Z. Eichenauer, Pascal Sciarini, Jan-Egbert Sturm and Frédéric Varone) (abstract) (under review)
• The role of politicians' perceptual accuracy of voter opinions in their electoral career (formerly known as: Does better knowledge of public opinion make a politician more successful?) Paper prepared for presentation at the SPSA Annual Conference (February 2021) (with Luzia Helfer, Frédéric Varone, Lior Sheffer, Karolin Soontjens, and Stefaan Walgrave) (abstract) (paper under revision)
• Yet another look at vote buying in the UN General Assembly. Paper prepared for presentation at the ISA conference (April 6th - 9th, 2021, Las Vegas) (earlier version prepared for presentation at the Conference on The Political Economy of International Organizations (Vancouver, February 20-22, 2019)) (with Fang-Yi Chiou and Bjorn Hoyland) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Political Accountability with Endogenous Party Formation (with Kurt Annen) Paper prepared for presentation at the ISA conference (April 6th - 9th, 2021, Las Vegas) (earlier version prepared for presentation at the 4th International Conference on the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship, February 27 to 29, 2020, University of Münster) (abstract) (paper)
• Competing Logics of Roll Call Request in the European Parliament (with Bjorn Hoyland). Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Washington D.C., August 29-September 1, 2019) (earlier versions prepared for presentation at the EPSA Annual Conference (Belfast, June 20-22, 2019)) (abstract) (paper)
• Party pressure in roll call votes. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Washington D.C., August 29-September 1, 2019) (earlier versions prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Washington D.C., August 28-31, 2014), the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, (Chicago, April 4 - 6) and the Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association (Edinburgh, June 16-18,2014)) (with Reto Wuest) (abstract) (paper)
• Changing Places in Parliament. (with Stefanie Bailer and Sarah Bütikofer). Paper prepared for presentation at the the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Political Science Association (Lucerne, Feburary 3-4, 2020 (earlier versions prepared for presentation at the EPSA Annual Conference (Belfast, June 20-22, 2019)) (abstract) (paper)
• Perception des inégalités économiques et politiques parmi les jeunes en Afrique (with Fabien Cottier) Papier préparé pour présentation à la 5ème édition du colloque international pluridisciplinaire du LAASSE, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny - Campus de Bingerville (21-22 mars 2019) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Sponsoring resolutions on civil wars in the UNSC. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association (Vienna, June 21-23, 2018) (earlier version were presented at the 11th Annual Conference on The Political Economy of International Organizations (Madison, February 8-10, 2018), and the ISA Annual Convention, 2018 (San Francisco, April 4-7, 2018)) (with Fang-Yi Chiou and Bjorn Hoyland) (abstract) (paper)
• Strategic roll call vote requests. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (San Francisco, August 31-September 3, 2017) (with Fang-Yi Chiou and Bjorn Hoyland) (earlier versions were prepared for presentation at the General Conference of the European Political Science Association (Vienna, June 2015) and the General Conference of the European Political Science Association (Milano, June 22-24, 2017) ) (abstract) (paper)
• Perceived and objective inequalities in conflict-prone societies. Paper prepared for presentation at the ISA Annual Convention, 2017 (Baltimore, February 22-25, 2017)) (with Hamid Ali, Mesfin Gebremichael and Madhushree Sekher ) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Ethnic winning coalitions and the political economy of aid. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, April 5-8, 2017) (earlier versions prepared for presentation at the 10th Annual Conference on The Political Economy of International Organizations, Bern, January 12-14, 2016) (with Nils-Christian Bormann and Vera Z. Eichenauer) (abstract) (paper) (under revision)
• An error grave of consequence. Empirical models to study propensities to vote for parties . Paper prepared for presentation at the General Conference of the European Political Science Association (Brussels June, 2016) (with Nathalie Giger) (abstract) (paper) (under revision)
• Civilian Victimization and Forced Recruitment. Paper prepared for presentation at the General Conference of the European Political Science Association (Brussels June, 2016) (earlier versions prepared for presentation at the ISA Annual Convention, 2016 (Atlanta, March 16-19, 2016)) (with Livia Schubiger) (abstract) (paper soon to come)
• Autonomy, secession and conflict: a strategic model. Paper prepared for presentation at the ENCoRe Conference Barelona (October 1-2, 2015) (earlier versions prepared for presentation at the Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (San Francisco, September 1-4, 2015) (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Julian Wucherpfennig) (abstract) (paper) (under revision)
• Targets and Perpetrators: Resolutions and Voting in the UNCHR and UNHRC. Paper prepared for presentation at the 8th Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations. (Berlin, February 12-14, 2015) (earlier versions prepared for presentation at the Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, (Edinburgh, June 19-21, 2014) and the ISA Annual Convention, 2014, Toronto, March 26-29, 2014) (abstract) (paper) (under revision)
• Roll call votes in the European parliament. Paper prepared for presentation at the Sixth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics (University of Tampere, Finland, September 13-15, 2012) (abstract) (paper)
• What's in a vote? Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, (New Orleans, August 30- September 2, 2012) (abstract) (paper)
• International organizations, their employees and volunteers and their values Paper prepared for presentation at the IPSA Conference (Madrid, July, 2012) (with Ursula Häfliger) (abstract) (paper)
• Ideological positions of party switchers. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, (Chicago, April 12 - 15, 2012) (with Reto Wuest) (abstract) (paper)
• Political Parties, Elections and Civil Wars. Paper prepared for presentation at the CSCW Workshop "Political Parties and Civil Peace" (PRIO, Oslo, August 23-24, 2010) (abstract) (paper )
• Sophisticated Voting in Bicameralism. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meething of the Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, April, 2010) (abstract) (paper )
• Modelling the strategic interactions in representative democracies with referendums. (with Lucas Leemann). Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meething of the Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, April, 2010) (abstract) (paper)
• Cross-Validating Measurement Techniques of Party Positioning. (with Christine Arnold and Tobias Schulz) Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meething of the American Political Science Association (Toronto, September 3-6, 2009) (abstract) (paper)
• Mean Well to Do Good? Volunteer Motivation Re-Examined. (with Ursula Häfliger). Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meething of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago (April 2-5, 2009) (abstract) (paper)
• Voting at the surface. Roll call votes in the European Parliament (with Clifford Carrubba and Matthew Gabel) Paper prepared for presentation at the 2nd Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations January 29-31, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland (abstract) (paper)
• Bargaining, Delegation and Enforcement in International Organizations, Paper prepared for presentation at the 1st Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations January 29-31, 2008 in Ascona, Switzerland (abstract) (paper)
• Preferences, party discipline and constituency pressure in Swiss parliamentary decisions. (with Stefanie Bailer, Sarah Bütikofer, and Tobias Schulz) Paper prepared for presentation at the ECPR General Conference in Pisa (September 6-8, 2007). (abstract)
• A cross-national comparative study of the policy effects of referendums (with Karin Gilland Lutz) Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Philadelphia, August 31 - September 3, 2006 (abstract)
• Political Institutions and Ethnic Conflict Resolution: Dealing with the Endogenous Nature of Institutions (with Thomas Christin) Paper prepared for presentation at the ISA conference in San Diego, March 21-25, 2006.(abstract)(paper)
• Multilateral Bargaining and Referendums on the European Constitution. Paper prepared for presentation at the ECPR General Conference, Budapest September 2005 (abstract)(paper)
• Institutions and Conflict Resolution: Dealing with Endogeneity, Paper prepared for presentation at the TAICON Conference, September 16-17, 2005, Zürich (abstract)
• The Effect of Referendums on Social Policy in Switzerland (with Ladina Caluori, Ursula Häfliger Musgrove, and Tobias Schulz, Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Political Science Association, November 18-19, 2004, Balstahl (abstract, paper)
• Models of Multilateral Negotiations and Ratification (abstract) (paper) Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Chicago September, 2004
• Methodological Issues in Studies of Conflict Processes. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Chicago September, 2004 (with Thomas Christin) (paper)
• Corrections for Missing Data in Value Questions. Comparing Methods and Question Formats ( Paper prepared for presentation at the Workshop on "Item Non-response and Data Quality in Large Social Surveys'' (with Thomas Christin) Basel, October 9-12, 2003
• Federalism and Conflict Resolution: Considering Selection Biases (with Thomas Christin)
• Referendums and Ratification. A Research Design. (with Tobias Schulz) ) Paper prepared for the inaugurating conference of the EU-project Domestic Structures and European Integration. A multi-stage two-level analysis of the constitution building in the European Union, Konstanz: University of Konstanz, February 13-16, 2003
• Direct and Indirect Initiatives. Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association San Francisco, August 30 - September 2, 2001 (paper)
• Minority Rights and Direct Legislation. Theory, Methods, and Evidence (with Elisabeth R. Gerber) (paper)
• A Federal Solution to Conflict? (with Elisabetta Pugliese and Jean-Charles Brotons) Paper prepared for presentation at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Warwick, March 23-28, 1998
• Are High Barriers the Answer? A Game-theoretic Analysis of the Requirements for a Stable Party System
• EEE et EEE: Essai sur l'erreur écologique et vote sur l'Espace éonomique européen (paper)