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We thank Jeff Frieden, Fernando Martel, Marc Meredith, Michael Morse, Soccoro Puy Segura, Pablo Querubín, Ken Shepsle, Enrico Spolaore, Matthew Stephenson, Dustin Tingley, and participants at the University of Virginia American Politics Seminar, Vanderbilt CSDI Seminar, LSE Political Economy Seminar, University of Malaga Department of Economics Seminar and the EPSA 2013 Meeting for their helpful comments. We thank Abuchi Agu, Stacey Hall, Kendall Hope Tucker, and Adam Zelizer for their excellent research assistance. This paper is part of ongoing projects supported by National Science Foundation grants SES-0617556 and SES-0959200. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this manuscript do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.