David Andrew Singer

David Andrew Singer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at MIT. Professor Singer studies international political economy, with a focus on international financial regulation, the influence of global capital flows on government policymaking, international institutions and governance, and the political economy of central banking. He is the author of Regulating Capital: Setting Standards for the International Financial System (Cornell University Press, 2007) as well as articles in (or forthcoming in) International Organization, Journal of Politics, and International Studies Quarterly. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Professor Singer is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in 2004. Before joining the MIT faculty, he was Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame (2004-2006), and also worked in corporate finance and technology venture development.

Subjects

17.125 | syllabus
The Politics of Global Financial Relations
17.424 | syllabus
International Political Economy (Graduate)
17.910 | syllabus
International Political Economy

Publications

Regulating Capital: Setting Standards for the International Financial System
Cornell University Press, 2007.
Financial Regulation, Monetary Policy, and Inflation in the Industrialized World (with Mark Copelovitch)
Forthcoming, Journal of Politics.
Taking Stock Seriously: Equity Market Performance, Government Policy, and Financial Globalization (with Layna Mosley)
Forthcoming, International Studies Quarterly.
Monetary Institutions, Partisanship, and Inflation Targeting (with Bumba Mukherjee)
International Organization 62, Spring 2008, pp. 323-358.
Capital Rules: The Domestic Politics of International Regulatory Harmonization
International Organization 58, Summer 2004, pp. 531–565.

Working Papers

Globalization, Migrant Remittances, and Exchange Rate Regimes.
In preparation for presentation at the second annual meeting of the International Political Economy Society, Nov. 9-10, 2007.