Andrew B. Hall
The Davies Family Professor of Political Economy
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences
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Bio
Andrew B. Hall is the Davies Family Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Hall’s research team uses large-scale quantitative data to study the intersection of politics, technology, and governance. At the GSB, Hall teaches courses on how organizations can build trust in a divided world, and on the future of democracy and tech governance. Hall serves as an advisor to Meta Platforms, Inc and the a16z crypto research group. He received his BA in Economics and Classics from Stanford University, and his AM in Statistics and PhD in Political Science from Harvard University.
Academic Appointments
- Hoover Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
- Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
- Professor of Political Economy, Stanford GSB, 2022–present
- Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University, 2019–2024
- Associate Professor; Department of Political Science, Stanford University; 2018–19
- Assistant Professor; Department of Political Science, Stanford University; 2015–18
Awards and Honors
- Spence Faculty Fellow, 2023–24
Service to the Profession
- Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Political Science
Research Statement
Andrew Hall studies how to build more effective systems of democratic governance, combining large-scale datasets with econometric and machine-learning tools to quantify and understand how different ways of designing democratic systems affect political and societal outcomes. Specific topics include understanding how to reduce polarization, how to administer elections, how to increase electoral accountability, and the effects of money in politics.
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Executive Education & Other Non-Degree Programs
Anticipate and develop strategies to address critical beyond-market forces, from legislation and regulation to activism and the media.
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