ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE: INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS

Redesigning space for interdisciplinary connections: the Puget Sound Science Center.

Mindful design of learning spaces can provide an avenue for supporting student engagement in STEM subjects. Thoughtful planning and wide participation in the design process were key in shaping new and renovated spaces for the STEM community at the University of Puget Sound. The finished project incorporated Puget Sound's mission and goals as well as attention to pedagogical principles, and led ...

Economics Imperialism and Solution Concepts in Political Science

Political science and economic science … make use of the same language, the same mode of abstraction, the same instruments of thought and the same method of reasoning (Black 1998, p. 354). Economics imperialism refers to the application of (mainstream) economic methods to the study of phenomena outside the traditional domain of economics. Uskali Mäki (forthcoming) has recently presented a typol...

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is well-equipped to deal with conflicting objectives when evaluating strategic options. Scenario Planning provides a framework for confronting uncertainty which MCDA lacks. Integration of these methods offers various advantages, yet its effective application in evaluating strategic options would benefit from scenarios that reflect a larger number of wide-...

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Political Connections and Related-Party Transactions: Evidence from Iranian Firms

The present study aims to investigate the association between political connections and related-party transactions for the firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). Sample includes the 485 firm-year observations from companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2013 to 2017 and research hypothesis was tested using multivariate regression model based on panel data.We fin...