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Albert Alesina Seminar on Political Economy

This seminar is open to the public.

The Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy (PE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying economic behavior in the political process or political behavior in the marketplace. In general, positive political economy is concerned with showing how observed differences among institutions affect political and economic outcomes in various social, economic, and political systems and how the institutions themselves change and develop in response to individual and collective beliefs, preferences, and strategies. All interested faculty and students are invited to attend.

Note: All seminars are currently in person only. You can sign up to the email list for more information.

The seminar, cosponsored with IQSS and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is chaired by Jeffry Frieden, Pia Raffler, Dani Rodrik, David Yang, Vincent Pons, James Snyder, and Marco Tabellini. 

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Chairs

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    Jeffry A. Frieden

    Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Business and Government. Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University.

    Research interests: Politics of international monetary and financial relations.

    Personal website
    1737 Cambridge Street, room K211
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    f: (617) 496-2386
    jfrieden@harvard.edu
    p: (617) 496-2386
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    Pia J. Raffler

    Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.
    Research interests: Comparative politics; political economy of development; accountability and representation; bureaucracy; and African politics.
    Pronouns: she/her/hers
    Personal website
    1737 Cambridge Street
    K209
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    praffler@gov.harvard.edu
    p: (617) 495-4765
  • Dani Rodrik

    Dani Rodrik

    Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Business and Government. Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School.
    Research interests: Globalization; economic growth and development; and political economy.
    Personal website
    79 J.F. Kennedy Street
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    dani_rodrik@harvard.edu
    p: (617) 495-9454
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    David Y. Yang

    Faculty Associate. Professor, Department of Economics; Director, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University.

    Research interests: Understanding the forces of stability and forces of changes in modern authoritarian regimes, particularly in China.

    Personal website
    1805 Cambridge Street 
    Littauer Center M-31
    Cambridge, MA 02138 
    davidyang@fas.harvard.edu

Vincent Pons

Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.

 

James M. Snyder

Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Department of Government, Harvard University.

 

Marco Tabellini

Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.