Syllabus/achievement requirements

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Books

Box-Steffensmeier, Janet and Bradford S). Jones (2004). Event History Modeling: A Guide for Social Scientists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 1,2,3,4,6 (approx. 78 p)

Long, J. Scott (1997) Regression models for categorical and limited dependent variables. London: Sage. Chapters 2-6.

To be found in an article compilation which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus

Stock, James H and Mark M. Watson (2012) Introduction to Econometrics. Essex: Pearson. Chapters 1 (47-55), 10, 14.1-14.5, 15 (approx 129 pages)

Downloadable articles, books and other texts

You can search the articles and e-books in the e-journal database available at the University of Oslo Library. This requires having access to and being logged onto the UiO system. Contact the Reference Services at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library if you have problems finding the literature.

Beck, Nathaniel and Jonathan N. Katz. (1995). “What to Do (and Not to Do) with Time-Series Cross-Section Data." American Political Science Review 89(3): 634–647.

Beck, Nathaniel and Jonathan N. Katz. (2001). “Throwing out the Baby with the Bath Water: A Comment on Green, Kim, and Yoon.” International Organization 2(2):487–495.

Brambor, T., Clark, W. R., and Golder, M. (2006). Understanding interaction models: Improving empirical analyses. Political Analysis, 14(1):63 – 82

Buhaug Halvard. (2010) "Climate not to blame for African civil wars." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107:16477-16482.

Chiozza, Giacomo and H.E. Goemans. 2004. “International Conflict and the Tenure of Leaders: Is War Still Ex Post Inefficient?”   American Journal of Political Science, 48(3): 604-619.

Gates, Scott;  Murshed, S. Mansoob (2005) "Spatial–Horizontal Inequality and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal" , Review of Development Economics 9(1): 121–134.

Green, Donald P., Soo Yeon Kim and David H. Yoon (2001) “Dirty Pool”. International Organization 55 (2): 441‒468.

King, Gary, Michael Tomz, and Jason Wittenberg (2000) ”Making the Most of Statistical Analysis: Improving Interpretation and Presentation. American Journal of Political Science, 44(2): 341-55.

Martin, Larry W. and Georg Vanberg (2004) “Policing the Bargain: Coalition Government and Parliamentary Scrutiny”. American Journal of Political Science 48(1): 13-27

Martin, Larry W. and Georg Vanberg (2005) “Coalition policymaking and legislative review”. American Political Science Review 99(1): 93-106.

Treisman, Daniel (2014). Income, Democracy, and Leader Turnover. American Journal of Political Science. EarlyView: 1‒16.

Recommended reading

Mood C. (2010) "Logistic regression: why we cannot do what we think we can do, and what we can do about it." European Sociological Review 2010;26:67-82.

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