My personal research focuses on Chinese politics and economics. I also use social network analysis to explore global trade and financial networks.
Publications
Sklar, Sarah. [Review of the book: Global Perspectives on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity, edited by Florian Schneider]. The China Journal, volume 87, number 1, January 2022.
Rachel D Thrasher, Sarah Sklar, Kevin P Gallagher. “Policy Space for Capital Flow Management: An Empirical Investigation” Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 24, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 779–798, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgab040
Working Papers
Gallagher, K.P., Sklar, S., Thrasher, R. "Quantifying the Policy Space for Regulating Capital Flows in Trade and Investment Treaties." A G-24 Working Paper. April, 2019.
www.g24.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Gallagher_Capital_Flows_and_Treaties.pdf
Internship Quality & Access during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Joint study with Laura Blume (University of Nevada, Reno) and Jordyn Green (University of Nevada, Reno Graduate Student)
Covid Research Form
Research Experience
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Global Development Policy Center at Boston University
Worked on a variety of projects relating to development finance, global financial network analysis, national development banks, and China’s role in the international political economy, 2016-2019
Research Fellow, Boston University, Department of Political Science, 2017
Assisted Professors David Glick, Maxwell Palmer, and Katherine Einstein with research on zoning laws and community development.
Directed teams of research assistants on various projects
B.A. Honors Thesis: Macroeconomics with Chinese Characteristics, Brown University, 2012
Performed content analysis on Chinese economics journals to determine basic economic beliefs held by Chinese economists. Found that Chinese economists largely agree with neoliberal economic policies.
Distributed a survey to Chinese graduate students in economics and interviewed students in Mandarin on their economic beliefs.
Research Assistant, Brown University department of Education, 2009-2015
Assisted Professor Jin Li with research on the differences in cultural perceptions of learning, speaking and parenting in China and America. Duties include survey development, data collection, data entry, and statistical analysis of results using SPSS and Excel in both Mandarin and English. Led content analysis teams on multiple projects to create codes for quantitative survey analysis.
Publications
Sklar, Sarah. [Review of the book: Global Perspectives on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity, edited by Florian Schneider]. The China Journal, volume 87, number 1, January 2022.
Rachel D Thrasher, Sarah Sklar, Kevin P Gallagher. “Policy Space for Capital Flow Management: An Empirical Investigation” Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 24, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 779–798, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgab040
Working Papers
Gallagher, K.P., Sklar, S., Thrasher, R. "Quantifying the Policy Space for Regulating Capital Flows in Trade and Investment Treaties." A G-24 Working Paper. April, 2019.
www.g24.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Gallagher_Capital_Flows_and_Treaties.pdf
Internship Quality & Access during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Joint study with Laura Blume (University of Nevada, Reno) and Jordyn Green (University of Nevada, Reno Graduate Student)
Covid Research Form
Research Experience
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Global Development Policy Center at Boston University
Worked on a variety of projects relating to development finance, global financial network analysis, national development banks, and China’s role in the international political economy, 2016-2019
Research Fellow, Boston University, Department of Political Science, 2017
Assisted Professors David Glick, Maxwell Palmer, and Katherine Einstein with research on zoning laws and community development.
Directed teams of research assistants on various projects
B.A. Honors Thesis: Macroeconomics with Chinese Characteristics, Brown University, 2012
Performed content analysis on Chinese economics journals to determine basic economic beliefs held by Chinese economists. Found that Chinese economists largely agree with neoliberal economic policies.
Distributed a survey to Chinese graduate students in economics and interviewed students in Mandarin on their economic beliefs.
Research Assistant, Brown University department of Education, 2009-2015
Assisted Professor Jin Li with research on the differences in cultural perceptions of learning, speaking and parenting in China and America. Duties include survey development, data collection, data entry, and statistical analysis of results using SPSS and Excel in both Mandarin and English. Led content analysis teams on multiple projects to create codes for quantitative survey analysis.
