Find seminars on political economy that are open to Stanford GSB faculty and PhD students, or request permission to attend.
Political economy seminars are held on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. Stanford GSB faculty may also schedule a session to meet the speaker individually.
Spring 2024
Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
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Apr 10 12:00-1:15 G101 |
Paolo Piacquadio University of St. Gallen |
joint paper with Kristoffer Berg and Morten Havarstein |
Apr 17 12:00-1:15 G101 |
Tim Besley The London School of Economics and Political Science |
The Political Economy of Neoliberal Narratives joint paper with Adam Brzezinski |
Apr 19 12:00-1:00 E259 |
PETL Seminar Tim Besley London School of Economics and Political Science |
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Apr 24 12:00-1:15 G101 |
Romain Wacziarg University of California, Los Angeles |
Latent Polarization |
May 03 12:00-1:00 E259 |
PETL Seminar Peter Buisseret Department of Government at Harvard University |
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May 08 12:00-1:15 G101 |
Pauline Grosjean University of New South Wales |
Political Trenches: War, Partisanship, and Polarization joint paper with Saumitra Jha, Michael Vlassopoulos and Yves Zenou
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May 10 12:00-1:00 E259 |
PETL Seminar Gregory Martin Stanford Graduate School of Business |
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May 15 12:00-1:15 BC104 |
Mikhail Golosov Yale University |
Political Economy of Sovereign Debt: A Theory of Cycles of Populism and Austerity |
May 17 12:00-1:00 E259 |
PETL Seminar Lindsey Anne Gailmard Stanford Law School |
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May 22 12:00-1:15 G101 |
Matilde Bombardini University of California, Berkeley |
Climate Politics in the United States |
May 24 12:00-1:00 E259 |
PETL Seminar Avidit Acharya Stanford Graduate School of Business |
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May 28 12:00-1:15 Encina Hall West, room 400 |
Anthony Fowler The University of Chicago Joint with American Politics |
Do Primary Elections Exacerbate Congressional Polarization? |
Winter 2024
Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
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Jan 09 12:00-1:20 Encina Hall |
Peter Buisseret Harvard University Joint with American Politics |
Politics Transformed? Electoral Competition under Ranked Choice Voting |
Jan 17 12:00-1:15 E104 |
Stefano DellaVigna UC Berkeley |
Policy Diffusion and Polarization across U.S. States joint paper with Woojin Kim |
Jan 31 12:00-1:15 P106 |
Sam Kapon UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business |
Using Divide and Conquer to Improve Tax Collection |
Feb 14 12:00-1:15 P106 |
Gleason Judd Princeton University |
Electoral Competition into Collective Policymaking with Elite Polarization
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Feb 28 12:00-1:15 P106 |
Tom Palfrey Caltech |
The Dynamics of Collective Action
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Mar 05 12:00-1:20 pm Encina Hall West, room 400 |
Eunji Kim Columbia Political Science Joint with American Politics |
Copaganda: The Entertainment Media Origins of Policing Attitudes |
Mar 13 12:00-1:15 pm M101 |
Anna Denisenko University of Rochester, W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy |
Verifiable Advice to a Biased Policymaker
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Mar 20 12:00-1:15 pm C105 |
Massimo Morelli Bocconi University |
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Fall 2023
Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
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Oct 04 12:00-1:15 pm E102 |
Jo Thori Lind University of Oslo |
Hand in hand we vote. How social interaction in couples affects electoral turnout joint paper with Bernt Bratsberg, Halvor Mehlum and Oddbjørn Raaum |
Oct 11 12:00-1:15 pm P106 |
Peter Bils Vanderbilt University |
Working for the Revolving Door |
Oct 18 12:00-1:15 pm P106 |
Milena Djourelova Cornell University |
Experience, Narratives and Climate Change joint work with Ruben Durante, Elliot Motte, and Eleonora Patacchini ( |
Oct 25 12:00-1:15 pm P106 |
Marco Battaglini Cornell University |
Chaos and Unpredictability with Time Inconsistent Policy Makers |
Nov 08 12:00-1:15 pm P106 |
Daniel Chen Toulouse School of Economics |
Training Altruism Effectively joint paper with Sultan Mehmood and Shaheen Naseer (
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Nov 15 12:00-1:15 pm P106 |
Francesco Trebbi UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business |
The Cost of Regulatory Compliance in the United States joint paper with Miao Ben Zhang and Michael Simkovic |
Nov 29 12:00-1:15 pm P106 |
Axel Niemeyer Caltech |
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Dec 13 12:00-1:15 pm E101 |
Chad Kendall USC Marshall School of Business |
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Seminar Organizers
Gregory Martin
Associate Professor of Political Economy
Bård Harstad
The David S. Lobel Professor in Business and Sustainability and Professor of Political Economy