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
Ghazala Azmat
Fellow, Organizational EconomicsTim Besley
Fellow, Development EconomicsChristopher Blattman
RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for PeaceDavide Cantoni
Fellow, Economic HistoryMathieu Couttenier
RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for PeaceQuoc-Anh Do
RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for PeaceOeindrila Dube
Fellow, Development EconomicsLuigi Guiso
Fellow, Macroeconomics and GrowthRuixue Jia
Affiliate, Economic HistoryKai A. Konrad
Fellow, Public EconomicsEliana La Ferrara
Fellow, Development EconomicsMassimo Morelli
Fellow, Political EconomyHannes Mueller
RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for PeaceElias Papaioannou
Fellow, Macroeconomics and GrowthLuboš Pástor
Fellow, Political EconomyEnrico Perotti
Fellow, Banking and Corporate FinanceMaria Petrova
RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for PeacePaolo Pinotti
RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for PeaceGiacomo Ponzetto
Affiliate, Macroeconomics and GrowthNancy Qian
Fellow, Development EconomicsMoritz Schularick
Fellow, Economic HistoryAndrea Tesei
RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for PeaceMathias Thoenig
Fellow, International Trade and Regional EconomicsOliver Vanden Eynde
Fellow, Political EconomyHans-Joachim Voth
Fellow, Economic HistoryDavid Yanagizawa-Drott
Fellow, Development EconomicsEkaterina Zhuravskaya
Fellow, Development EconomicsFabrizio Zilibotti
Fellow, Development EconomicsResearch Affiliates
Past 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