Todd L. Allee is Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He can be reached at tallee@umd.edu.

Axel Dreher is Professor and Chair of International and Development Politics at Heidelberg University, Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics, Heidelberg, Germany. He is also affiliated with the University of Goettingen, CESifo, and IZA, Germany; and the KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Switzerland. He can be reached at mail@axel-dreher.de.

Marc Flandreau is Professor of International Economics and International History at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. He can be reached at marc.flandreau@graduateinstitute.ch.

Juan H. Flores is Assistant Professor of Economic History at the University of Geneva and Research Fellow at the Figuerola Institute, University Carlos III, Madrid. He can be reached at juan.flores@unige.ch.

Benjamin O. Fordham is Professor of Political Science at Binghamton University (SUNY). He can be reached at bfordham@binghamton.edu.

Martin Gassebner is Assistant Professor at the ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute. He is also affiliated with the CESifo, Germany. He can be reached at gassebner@kof.ethz.ch.

Katja B. Kleinberg is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Binghamton University (SUNY). She can be reached at kkleinbe@binghamton.edu.

Paul Poast is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. He can be reached at paul.poast@rutgers.edu.

Jamie E. Scalera is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois. She can be reached at jscaler2@illinois.edu.

Ann E. Towns is Senior Lecturer in the International Programme for Politics and Economics at University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. She can be reached at ann.towns@hv.se.