Karen E. Schnietz

Associate Professor of Strategy
Graziado School of Business & Management
Pepperdine University

Ph.D. 1994 Berkeley × MBA 1991 Berkeley × AB 1982 Bryn Mawr

(310) 568-2311 × karen.schnietz@pepperdine.edu

Dissertation

"To Delegate or Not to Delegate: Congressional Institutional Choices in the Regulation of Foreign Trade"
Chaired by David Mowery

Research Interests

Trade policies, politics and institutions. Business political strategies. Business-government relations. Political economy.

Publications

"Determinants of Foreign Trade Mission Participation: An Analysis of Corporate Political and Trade Activities" with Douglas Schuler and L. Scott Baggett × Business & Society (2001).

"Measuring the Cost of Environmental and Labor Protests to Globalization: An Event Study of the Failed 1999 Seattle WTO Talks" with Marc Epstein × International Trade Journal (forthcoming).

"Globalization Derailed? Multinational Investors' Response to the 1997 Demise of Fast-Track Trade Authority" with Joanne Oxley × Journal of International Business Studies 32, 479-496 (2001).

"The Institutional Foundations of U.S. Trade Policy: Revisiting Explanations for the 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act" × Journal of Policy History 12: 417-444 (2000).

"Much Ado About Nothing? The Economic Impact of U.S. Foreign Trade Mission Participation" with Douglas Schuler × Business and Politics 1 (1999).

"Politics Matter: The 1997 Derailment of Fast-Track Negotiating Authority" with Timothy Nieman × Business and Politics 1 (1999).

"Democrats' 1916 Tariff Commission: Responding to Dumping Fears and Illustrating the Consumer Costs of Protectionism" × Business History Review 72 (1998).

"To Delegate or Not to Delegate: Congressional Institutional Choices in the Regulation of Foreign Trade, 1916-1934" × Business and Society 35 (1996).

Work Experience

Public Finance Analyst, PaineWebber 1995-96

Planner, New York City Parks Dept.> 1994-95

Legal Assistant, Davis Polk & Wardwell 1992-94