Associate Professor of Business Administration

Ph.D., Strategic Management & Organization, University of Minnesota, 1997
J.D., Law, Harvard University, 1988
M.A., Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Oxford University, 1985
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, History, Carleton College, 1983

Associate Professor of International Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-Present
Associate Professor of International Business, Tufts University, 2002-2005
Assistant Professor of International Business, Tufts University, 1996-2001

Vaaler, P., James, B. , Aguilera, R. Forthcoming. Risk and Capital Structure in Asian Project Finance. Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Aguilera, R. , Flores, R. , Vaaler, P. Forthcoming. Is It All a Matter of Grouping? Examining the Regional Effect in Global Strategy. In Stephen Tallman (Ed.), International Strategic Management: A New Generation. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Vaaler, P. Forthcoming. How Do MNCs Vote in Developing Country Elections? Academy of Management Journal

Vaaler, P., Schrage, B. 2006. How Do Long-Term Project Investors "Vote" in Developing Country Elections?. In K. Mark Weaver (Ed.), Academy of Management Conference Proceedings. Pace University - New York: Academy of Management.

Vaaler, P., Schrage, B. Forthcoming. Home Country Governance Quality and the “Bonding” Hypothesis: Evidence From Industrialized, Emerging-Market and Less-Developed Countries. In Sushil Vachani (Ed.), Transformations in Global Governance: Implications for Multinationals & Other Stakeholders. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Vaaler, P., Schrage, B. Forthcoming. How Do Long-Term Project Investors "Vote" in Developing Country Elections?. In K. Mark Weaver (Ed.), Academy of Management Conference Proceedings. Pace University - New York: Academy of Management.

McKnight, L., Vaaler, P., Katz, R. Forthcoming. Creative Destruction: Business Survival and Success in the Global Internet Economy (Chinese Language Edition), 300. Changsha, China: Central-South University Press (China).

Vaaler, P., Schrage, B., Block, S. 2006. Elections, Opportunism, Partisanship and Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries. Review of Development Economics, 10: 154-170

Vaaler, P., Schrage, B., Block, S. 2005. Counting the Investor Vote: Political Business Cycle Effects on Sovereign Bond Spreads in Developing Countries. Journal of International Business Studies, 36: 62-88

McNamara, G., Aimee, F., Vaaler, P. 2005. Is Performance Driven by Industry- or Firm-Specific Factors? A Response to Hawawini, Subramanian and Verdin. Strategic Management Journal, 26: 1075-1081

Vaaler, P., McNamara, G. 2004. Crisis and Competition in Expert Organizational Decision Making: Credit Rating Agencies and Their Response to Turbulence in Emerging Economies. Organization Science, 15: 687-703

Block, S., Vaaler, P. 2004. The Price of Democracy: Sovereign Risk Ratings, Bond Spreads and Political Business Cycles in Developing Countries. Journal of International Money and Finance, 23: 917-946

Carolyn Dexter Award Finalist (Best International Paper), Academy of Management, present
Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
James L. Paddock Best Teacher Award, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2005
Citation of Excellence in Published Research (Top 50 Articles Published in Management Worldwide), Emerald Management Review, 2003
Research Fellow, Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2002-2003

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Strategic Change Management, Present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Business Studies, 2005-Present