Fields of Interest
Political Economy
Programs
People
Abdelal, Rawi E.
- Faculty Associate. Professor of Business Administration, Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit, Harvard Business School.
Abrami, Regina M.
- Faculty Associate. Senior Fellow, Faculty Chair, Immersion Experience Program, Harvard Business School.
Alesina, Alberto
- Faculty Associate (on leave, 2008–2009). Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Alexander, Marcus
- Graduate Student Associate. Ph.D. candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Alfaro, Laura
- Faculty Associate. Associate Professor of Business Administration, Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit, Harvard Business School.
Alt, James
- Faculty Associate (on leave 2008–2009). Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government, and Director, Graduate Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Ardagna, Silvia
- Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Bates, Robert H.
- Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar (on leave 2008–2009). Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Department of Government, and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.
Colton, Timothy J.
- Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, and Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University.
Cooper, Richard N.
- Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Field, Erica M.
- Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Frankel, Jeffrey
- Faculty Associate. James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School.
Frieden, Jeffry
- Faculty Associate. Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Friedman, Benjamin M.
- Faculty Associate; JWE Faculty Committee (on leave fall 2008). William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Goldsmith, Jack L.
- Faculty Associate. Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.
Goodman, Ryan
- Faculty Associate. Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and Director, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School.
Grepin, Karen
- Graduate Student Associate. Ph.D. candidate, Department of Health Policy, Harvard University.
Hall, Peter A.
- Senior Adviser; Faculty Associate. Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Hausmann, Ricardo
- Faculty Associate. Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, and Director, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School.
Helpman, Elhanan
- Faculty Associate. Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Hiscox, Michael
- Faculty Associate. Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Ichino, Nahomi
- Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Iversen, Torben
- Faculty Associate (on leave 2008–2009). Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Iyer, Lakshmi
- Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, Harvard Business School.
Perkins, Dwight H.
- Faculty Associate. Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Porter, Michael E.
- Faculty Associate. Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and Director, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School.
Ramseyer, J. Mark
- Faculty Associate. Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies, Harvard Law School.
Reich, Michael R.
- Faculty Associate. Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health.
Risse, Mathias
- Faculty Associate. Associate Professor of Public Policy and Philosophy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Robinson, James A.
- Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Rogoff, Kenneth S.
- Faculty Associate. Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Sen, Amartya
- Chair, Project on Justice, Welfare, and Economics; Faculty Associate. Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Shepsle, Kenneth A.
- Faculty Associate. George D. Markham Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Simmons, Beth A.
- Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; JWE Faculty Committee. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Subramanian, Ajantha
- Faculty Associate (on leave 2008–2009). Associate Professor of Anthropology and of Social Studies, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.
Research Activities
Seminars
Conferences
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - May 2000, May 20, 2000
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - Nov. 2000, November 4, 2000
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - May 2001, May 19, 2001
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - Nov. 2001, November 17, 2001
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - June 2002, June 1, 2002
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - Dec. 2002, December 14, 2002
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy, May 7, 2005
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy, May 13, 2006
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - Dec. 2006, December 9, 2006
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy, May 19, 2007
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - Dec. 2007, December 1, 2007
- PIEP: Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference - Dec. 2008, December 6, 2008
Weatherhead Initiative
Publications
- African Famine, Made in Europe by Paarlberg, Robert L.
- A Proposal to Anchor Monetary Policy by the Price of the Export Commodity by Frankel, Jeffrey
- A Structural Model of Government Formation
- A Theory of Political Transitions by Robinson, James A.
- Accountability and Political Competition: Theory and Evidence
- Actors and Preferences in International Relations by Frieden, Jeffry
- After the Big Bang? Obstacles to the Emergence of Rule of Law in Post-Communist Societies
- An African Success Story: Botswana by Robinson, James A.
- Banking Crises and the Effect of Political Checks and Balances on Special Interest Influence
- Capital Flows and Capital Goods by Alfaro, Laura
- Chains of Ownership, Tax Competition, and Foreign Direct Investment by Desai, Mihir A.
- Coalition Parties versus Coalitions of Parties: How Electoral Agency Shapes the Political Logic of Costs and Benefits by Bawn, Kathleen; Rosenbluth, Frances
- Community, Class, and Conservation: Development Politics on the Kanyakumari Coast by Subramanian, Ajantha
- Concept-Building in Russian Diplomacy: The Struggle for Identity from 'Economization' to 'Eurasianization' by Komachi, Kyoji
- Constraining Managers without Owners: Governance of the Not-for-Profit Enterprise by Desai, Mihir A.; Yetman, Robert J.
- Contingent Public Policies and Racial Hierarchy: Lessons from Immigration and Census Policies by Hochschild, Jennifer L.; Burch, Traci
- Currency Blocs and Market Integration: Implications for Trade and Business Cycle Correlations by Frankel, Jeffrey
- Currency Unions by Alesina, Alberto
- Democracy, Technology, and Growth by Aghion, Philippe; Alesina, Alberto; Trebbi, Francesco
- Democratization or Repression? by Robinson, James A.
- Deterrence and Regulatory Failure in Emerging Financial Markets: Comparing China and Russia
- Does Democracy Engender Equality?
- Domestic Politics of International Financial Rescues: Congressional Voting on Bailouts in the 1990s by Broz, J. Lawrence
- Dynamic Contractual Enforcement: A Model of Strikes by Robinson, James A.
- Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia by Robinson, James A.; Acemoglu, Daron; Bautista, María Angélica; Querubín, Pablo
- Economic Aspects of the Cold War, 1962-1975 by Cooper, Richard N.
- Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy by Robinson, James A.; Acemoglu, Daron
- Educating Voters
- Ethical Analysis in Public Health by Reich, Michael R.
- Federalism and Democracy: Self-Enforcing Equilibria
- Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India by Cole, Shawn
- Free Politics and Free Markets in Latin America by Domínguez, Jorge I.
- Gender Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores by Alesina, Alberto; Ichino, Andrea; Karabarbounis, Loukas
- Give Us Your Best and Brightest: The Global Hunt for Talent and its Impact on the Developing World by Kapur, Devesh; McHale, John
- Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century by Frieden, Jeffry
- Globalization and the Economic Crisis: The Indonesian Story by Kartasasmita, Ginandjar
- How the US Government Flubbed Its Opportunity to Exercise Global Economic Leadership by Frankel, Jeffrey
- Imagined Economies: The Sources of Russian Regionalism by Herrera, Yoshiko Margaret
- In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth by Rodrik, Dani
- In the Shadow of the Wall: Germany's Eastern Trade Policy After Unification by Wallander, Celeste A.
- Inefficient Redistribution by Robinson, James A.
- Inequality, Social Insurance and Redistribution
- Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth by Robinson, James A.
- Institutional Effects on State Behavior: Typology and Hypotheses by Martin, Lisa L.
- Institutional Theory, Endogeneity, and Delegation by Martin, Lisa L.
- Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe by Desai, Mihir A.
- Institutions, Volatility, and Crises by Robinson, James A.
- International Institutions in the New Global Economy by Martin, Lisa L.
- International Law and State Behavior: Commitment and Compliance in International Monetary Affairs by Simmons, Beth A.
- Is 'Economic Power' a Useful and Operational Concept? by Cooper, Richard N.
- Is Anybody Still a Realist? by Moravcsik, Andrew
- Is Child Labor Inefficient? by Robinson, James A.
- Is Growth in Developing Countries Beneficial to Developed Countries? by Cooper, Richard N.
- Japan's Bubble: Monetary Stability and Structural Economic Reform
- Large-Bank Finance and the Limits of Mass Privatization in Eastern Europe: The Case of the Czech Republic by Desai, Raj M.
- Linkage and Legalism in Institutions: Evidence From Agricultural Trade Negotiations by Davis, Christina
- Majoritarian Electoral Systems and Consumer Power: Price-Level Evidence from the OECD Countries
- Market Reactions to Export Subsidies by Desai, Mihir A.
- Markets: Anthropological Aspects by Bestor, Theodore C.
- Money and the Law: Why Comply with the Public International Law of Money? by Simmons, Beth A.
- Mukkuvar Modernity: Development as a Cultural Identity by Subramanian, Ajantha
- Mutual Recognition Regimes: Towards a Comparative Analysis by Nicolaidis, Kalypso
- National Goals and Positive International Externalities: The Domestic Politics of International Monetary Order by Broz, J. Lawrence
- National Purpose in the World Economy: Post-Soviet States in Comparative Perspective by Abdelal, Rawi E.
- Negotiating Welfare Reforms: Actors and Institutions in Japan by Estévez-Abe, Margarita
- Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race by Alfaro, Laura
- Nominations for Sale by Shepsle, Kenneth A.; Console-Battilana, Silvia
- Odious Debt by Kremer, Michael
- Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia by Frank, Alison
- Old Rules and New Realities: Corporate Tax Policy in a Global Setting by Desai, Mihir A.
- On the Political Economy of Temporary Stabilization Programs by Alfaro, Laura
- On the Welfare Costs of Consumption Uncertainty by Barro, Robert J.
- Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade by Bates, Robert H.
- Paradigm Uncertainty and the Role of Monetary Developments in Monetary Policy Rules
- Paying for the Privilege of Bank of England Charters, 1694-1843 by Broz, J. Lawrence
- Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions by Robinson, James A.; Acemoglu, Daron
- Political Conflict and Power-sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia by Robinson, James A.; Mazzuca, Sebastián
- Political Institutions and Economic Policies: Lessons from Africa by Bates, Robert H.
- Political Losers as Barriers to Economic Development by Robinson, James A.
- Politics and Exchange Rates: A Cross-Country Approach to Latin America by Frieden, Jeffry
- Precautionary Savings and Self-Selection - Evidence from the German Reunification 'Experiment' by Fuchs-Schuendeln, Nicola
- Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities by Alesina, Alberto; La Ferrara, Eliana
- Private Debt Composition and the Political Economy of IMF Lending by Copelovitch, Mark
- Private Politics and Private Policy: A Theory of Boycotts
- Privatization, Institutions and Performance: Telecommunications in Africa
- Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development by Bates, Robert H.
- Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health by Reich, Michael R.
- Real Sources of European Currency Policy: Sectoral Interests and European Monetary Integration by Frieden, Jeffry
- Redistributing Income under Proportional Representation
- Reforming the International Financial System by Cooper, Richard N.
- Religion and Economic Growth
- Rent-Seeking and Municipal Social Spending: Data from America?s Early Urban-Industrial Age by Kaufman, Jason
- Rent-Seeking and the Organization of the Fiscal-Military State: Central Banking in England and the United States, 1694-1834 by Broz, J. Lawrence
- Republican and Democratic Presidents Have Switched Economic Policies by Frankel, Jeffrey
- Reshaping the State from Above, from Within, from Below: Implications for Public Health by Reich, Michael R.
- Restructuring World Politics: The Power of Transnational Social Movements, Networks and Norms by Khagram, Sanjeev; Riker, James V.; Sikkink, Kathryn
- Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution by Robinson, James A.
- Rotten Parents by Robinson, James A.
- Self-Enforcing Federalism
- Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment During the Reform Era by Huang, Yasheng
- Sharing the Spoils: Taxing International Human Capital Flows by Desai, Mihir A.
- Simulating International Cooperation Under Uncertainty: The Effects of Symmetric and Asymmetric Noise by Signorino, Curtis S.
- Sino-European Economic Relations by Cooper, Richard N.
- Social Identity, Inequality, and Conflict by Robinson, James A.
- Stalled Democracy: Capital, Labor, and the Paradox of State-Sponsored Development by Bellin, Eva
- State Failure and the Clash of Civilizations: An Examination of the Magnitude and Extent of Domestic Civilisational Conflict from 1950 to 1996
- State-Society Partnership in Japan: A Case Study of Social Welfare Provision by Estévez-Abe, Margarita
- States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay by Robinson, James A.
- Tau-b or Not Tau-b: Measuring the Similarity of Alliances and Interests by Signorino, Curtis S.
- Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities by Desai, Mihir A.; Dharmapala, Dhammika
- The Collapse of the Mexican Peso: What Have We Learned? by Velasco, Andrés; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Tornell, Aaron
- The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation by Robinson, James A.
- The Contested Governance of GM Foods: Implications for U.S.-EU Trade and the Developing World by Paarlberg, Robert L.
- The Currency Game: Exchange Rate Politics in Latin America by Frieden, Jeffry; Stein, Ernesto
- The Fiscal Impact of High Skilled Emigration: Flows of Indians to the U.S. by Desai, Mihir A.
- The German Skills Machine: Sustaining Comparative Advantage in a Global Economy by Culpepper, Pepper; Finegold, David
- The Global Governance of Trade -- As If Development Really Mattered
(a UNDP Background Paper) by Rodrik, Dani - The Globalization of Liberalization: Policy Diffusion in the International Political Economy by Simmons, Beth A.
- The Institutional Determinants of Economic Policy Outcomes
- The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy: A Transactions Approach with Application to Argentina
- The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850-1896 by Beckert, Sven
- The Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa by Bates, Robert H.; Block, Steven
- The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960–2000 by Bates, Robert H.; Ndulu, Benno J.; Fosu, Augustin K.
- The Political Economy of Equality and Growth in Mexico: Lessons from the History of the United States by Robinson, James A.
- The Political Economy of Nontariff Barriers: A Cross-National Analysis by Busch, Marc L.
- The Political Economy of The Euro as an International Currency by Frieden, Jeffry
- The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve by Robinson, James A.
- The Political Origin of Finance: The Case of Federal Bankruptcy Law in the United States
- The Politics of Reforming Health Policies by Reich, Michael R.
- The Role of Industrial Country Policies in Emerging Market Crises by Frankel, Jeffrey
- The Role of Monetary Analysis in Monetary Policy Making
- The Size of Nations by Alesina, Alberto; Spolaore, Enrico
- The State in a Changing World: A Critique of the 1997 World Development Report by Kapur, Devesh
- Theft and Taxes by Desai, Mihir A.
- Theories of Bad Policy by Robinson, James A.
- Trade and Capital Flows: A Financial Frictions Perspective by Antràs, Pol; Caballero, Ricardo J.
- Two Cheers for Clinton's Foreign Policy
(from Foreign Affairs: March/April 2000; v.79, no. 2) by Walt, Stephen M. - What about austerity? by Domínguez, Jorge I.; Enriquez, Juan
- What Can an Economic Adviser Do When He Disagrees with the President? by Frankel, Jeffrey
- What Does the European Union Do? by Alesina, Alberto
- What Drives Deregulation? Economics and Politics of the Relaxation of Bank Branching Restrictions
- What the Future Holds: Insights from Social Science by Cooper, Richard N.; Layard, Richard
- When Do Special Interests Run Rampant? Disentangling the Role of Elections, Incomplete Information and Checks and Balances in Banking Crises
- When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia's 'La Violencia' by Robinson, James A.; Chacón, Mario; Torvik, Ragnar
- White Elephants by Robinson, James A.
- Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Growth, Inequality and Democracy in Historical Perspective by Robinson, James A.
- Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation by Alfaro, Laura
- Why Doesn't the United States Have a European-Style Welfare State? by Alesina, Alberto; Glaeser, Edward; Sacerdote, Bruce
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