Emily Elisabeth Ekins
Political Science PhD Graduate Student
Fax: 310-825-0778
E-mail:
emilyekins@ucla.edu
Subfield
Political Economy, American Politics, Comparative Politics, Methods
Research Interests
My research focuses on both political economy and American politics. With the recent 2008 Presidential Election, my research has focused on campaign strategy and spending. My research has also focused on regulatory policies in the US and deregulation in the 1970s allowing for competitive markets. In addition, I am currently analyzing US consumption patterns. Despite recent increases in the income gap over the past 20 years, I’m interested in how the average or median well-being of Americans may have improved over this period as a result of greater competition in the market place. For example, recent innovations in pharmaceuticals and technology in the health care industry has improved the lives of individuals. Through free market competition, prices on these expensive goods and services has decreased over the years. I want to understand how this has occurred and to what extent good governance allowed the market to work.
In conjunction with this, I study public opinion, survey research, and quantitative methods. In addition, I study economic institutions to understand which are most important for economic growth. Specifically I have focused on British, American, Russian, and Eastern European political and economic development to understand how their economic institutions have evolved.
Visit my website: http://emilyekins.bol.ucla.edu/
Publications
McClintock-Ekins, Emily, Dennis Campbell, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, Peter Tufano. 2007. “Central Bank: The ChexSYStems(SM) Qualifile® Decision, Harvard Business School.
Tufano, Peter, Arijit Roy, Emily McClintock-Ekins. 2007. “H&R Block 2006,” Harvard Business School.
Grants and Awards
Institute of Humane Studies Fellowship 2008
Humane Studies Fellowship 2008
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship 2008
Department Summer Quantitative Funding 2008
Conference Presentations
American Political Science Association 2009 "Are Young Republican Voters Deserting? An Analysis of Partisan Alignment Among Young Conservative-Leaning Voters During the George W. Bush Presidency"
Midwest Political Science Association 2009 "The Impact of Electoral Rules on Campaign Strategies:The Case for Momentum"
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