Christian Dippel
Assistant Professor of Economics
About
Christian Dippel’s research interests fall in the intersection of political economy and international trade, often with application to economic history. His main research interests are drawn to political economy questions. He studies the nexus of globalization and business through the lens of government actions and the changing socio-political organization of societies.
Topics
8 Articles
What Makes a Good Front-Line Manager — in Business and in War?
Civil War officers with working-class backgrounds held units together best
Ownership Structure of Tribal Land Exacts a Multibillion-Dollar Penalty
Can’t sell it, can’t borrow against it, can’t develop it
Narrowing a Theory on Why Judges Get Tough before Elections
They do, but only when facing a competitive election contest
Municipal Pension Crisis Made Worse by Democrats in Close Elections
Sixty years of data suggest retirement obligations rise after Democrats scrape into office
An Early Episode of How Corporate Profits Shaped Labor Markets
Caribbean plantation owners, faced with slavery’s end, enacted legal barriers to employment elsewhere
Do Private Prisons Lead to Higher Incarceration Rates?
Researchers take on the difficult job of isolating for-profit prisons from a host of other factors
How the Seemingly Rapid Advance of Democracy Goes Astray
Using voting records from a unique transition in the 19th-century Caribbean, Christian Dippel examines the embrace of self-interest by new legislators
German Rebels Who Helped Lincoln Win the Civil War: A Natural Experiment in Leadership
Leaders of a failed 1848 revolt are followed to towns across the U.S.