Angela O'Mahony
Education
Overview
Biography
Angela O'Mahony is a political scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her research has focused on how countries' international political and economic ties interact with domestic interests and institutions to shape decision making. Her recent articles have been published in the Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and Journal of Conflict Resolution. Prior to joining RAND, O'Mahony was an assistant professor of political science at the University of British Columbia. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego.
Research Focus
Selected Publications
Angela O'Mahony, "Engineering Good Times: Fiscal Manipulation in a Global Economy," British Journal of Political Science, 41(2):315-340, 2011
Susan D. Hyde and Angela O'Mahony, "International Scrutiny and Pre-Electoral Fiscal Manipulation in Developing Countries," Journal of Politics, 72(2):690-704, 2010
Angela O'Mahony, "Escaping the Ties that Bind: Exchange Rate Choice under Central Bank Independence," Comparative Political Studies, 40(7):808-831, 2007
David A. Lake and Angela O'Mahony "Territory and War: State Size and Patterns of Interstate Conflict," in Miles Kahler and Barbara Walter, Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization, Cambridge University Press, 2006
David A. Lake and Angela O'Mahony, "The Incredible Shrinking State: Explaining Change in the Territorial Size of Countries," Journal of Conflict Resolution, 48(5):699-722, 2004
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