Working papers

All papers that are not online are currently under revision and available upon request. Please email me at thomas.sattler@unige.ch.

Nguyen, Quynh, Thomas Sattler and Tanja Schweinberger. 2022. "Power Transitions and International Economic Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from Parallel Surveys in China and the U.S." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Nashville, March 28-April 2. 'Revise & Resubmit', European Journal of Political Research.

Ardanaz, Martin, Evelyne Hübscher, Philip Keefer and Thomas Sattler. 2024. "Voter Responses to Fiscal Crisis: New Evidence on Preferences for Fiscal Adjustment in Emerging Markets." IDB Working Paper No. 1545. Under Review

Ardanaz, Martin, Evelyne Hübscher, Philip Keefer and Thomas Sattler. 2023. "Why do Voters Support Procyclical Fiscal Policies? Experimental Evidence from Latin America." IDB Working Paper No. 1455. Under Review

Ardanaz, Martin, Evelyne Hübscher, Philip Keefer and Thomas Sattler. 2022. "Policy Misperceptions, Information, and the Demand for Redistributive Tax Reform: Experimental Evidence from Latin America." IDB Working Paper No. 1385. Under Review

Elkink, Johan, Sarah Parlane and Thomas Sattler. 2018. “When One Side Stays Home: A Rationale for Political Disengagement.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), Vienna, June 21–23. Under Review.

Hübscher, Evelyne and Thomas Sattler. N.d. "Fiscal Austerity and Populism." In preparation for the Annual Review of Political Science.

Alexiadou, Despina and Thomas Sattler. N.d. "EU Enlargement, Global Competition and Brexit." In Progress.

Evelyne Hübscher, Thomas Sattler and Colin Walder. N.d. "Austerity: How do Voters Reason about Alternatives and Consequences?" In Progress.

Research grants

My research has been funded, for instance, by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) and the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS).

  • Cooperation and Conflict in Chinese-U.S. Economic Relations, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) project no. 182371 (CHF 519'579)
  • Estimating the Popular Constraint in Debt Crisis Management, Thyssen Foundation research project (Euro 160'000, co-coordinator) - finished
  • How to design politically sustainable responses to fiscal pressure, Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) research project (CHF 262'611, co-coordinator) - finished
  • Contingent Signals: The political preconditions for successful economic stablization, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) project no. 165480 (CHF 517'511) - finished




Thomas Sattler
Professor of International Relations