The Political Economy (POE) programme caters to an increasing demand for political economy research in economics and political science. The world is facing radical political transformations and a public backlash against globalization, immigration, and inequality, which have ignited extreme policy positions in many countries, both developed and developing. Altogether, these topics call for more discussion in the scientific community on the interaction between politics and economics.
The POE programme aims to foster a lively intellectual debate on these issues, as well as the broader perennial political problems associated with political economy research, spread research findings to a broader audience, and offer policymakers valuable recommendations for the design of novel and ambitious policies.
Key areas covered are:-
- influence of political frictions on economic policies
- link between political failures and market failures, including protests and conflicts
- effects of media, lobbying and corruption on political and economic outcomes
- political institutions design, voting systems/behaviour and cultural economics
Programme Directors
Research Fellows
Yann Algan
Fellow, Labour EconomicsGhazala Azmat
Fellow, Organizational EconomicsSascha O. Becker
Fellow, Economic HistoryDavide Cantoni
Fellow, Economic HistoryDavid Dorn
Fellow, International Trade and Regional EconomicsRuben Durante
RPN Member, Media PluralityLuigi Guiso
Fellow, Macroeconomics and GrowthSergei Guriev
Fellow, Development EconomicsAlexey Makarin
RPN Member, GeoeconomicsAnna Maria Mayda
Fellow, International Trade and Regional EconomicsMassimo Morelli
Fellow, Political EconomyElias Papaioannou
Fellow, Macroeconomics and GrowthMaria Petrova
RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for PeaceNancy Qian
Fellow, Development EconomicsDani Rodrik
Fellow, Development EconomicsGilles Saint-Paul
Fellow, Macroeconomics and GrowthStefanie Stantcheva
Fellow, Public EconomicsMathias Thoenig
Fellow, International Trade and Regional EconomicsChristoph Trebesch
Fellow, Political EconomyEkaterina Zhuravskaya
Fellow, Development EconomicsPast events
CEPR Paris Symposium 2023
- Central Bank Communication
- Climate Change
- Competition Policy
- European Economic Policy
- European Financial Architecture
- Fintech and Digital Currencies
- Geoeconomics
- Household Finance
- Inequality and the Role of Firms
- International Lending and Sovereign Debt
- Media Plurality
- Preventing Conflict: Policies for Peace
- Spatial Disparities and Policy
- Sustainable Finance
- Asset Pricing
- Banking and Corporate Finance
- International Macroeconomics and Finance
- International Trade and Regional Economics
- Monetary Economics and Fluctuations
- Macroeconomics and Growth
- Labour Economics
- Political Economy
- Public Economics
- Economic History
- Industrial Organization
- Organizational Economics
- Development Economics