Katherine Casey

Professor of Political Economy
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
The Katherine and David deWilde Faculty Fellow for 2024–2025
Academic Area:
Political Economy
Personal Website
Stanford King Center on Global Development
Katherine Casey

Bio

Katherine Casey is a professor of political economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her research explores the interactions between economic and political forces in developing countries, with particular interest in the role of information in enhancing political accountability and the influence of foreign aid on economic development. Her work has appeared in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, and Quarterly Journal of Economics, among others. She teaches a course in the MBA program focused on firm strategy vis a vis government in emerging markets.

Administrative Titles

Faculty Director, King Center on Global Development

Sites & Social

Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Stanford GSB, 2023–present
  • Associate Professor, Stanford GSB, 2016–23
  • Assistant Professor, Stanford GSB, 2012–16

Awards and Honors

  • The Katherine and David deWilde Faculty Scholar, 2022–23
  • The Katherine and David deWilde Faculty Scholar, 2021–22
  • The Peiros Family Faculty Fellow, Stanford King Center on Global Development, 2020–21
  • Kevin J. O’Donohue Family Faculty Scholar, 2020–21

Journal Articles

Long-Run Effects of Aid: Forecasts and Evidence from Sierra Leone
Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster, Edward Miguel, Maarten Voors
The Economic Journal
 May 2023 Vol. 133 Issue 652 Pages 1348–1370
Skill versus Voice in Local Development
Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster, Edward Miguel, Maarten Voors
Review of Economics and Statistics
 March 2023 Vol. 105 Issue 2 Pages 311–326
Snap Judgments: Predicting Politician Competence from Photos
Katherine Casey
The Journal of Politics
 2022
An Experiment in Candidate Selection
Katherine Casey, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccolo Meriggi
American Economic Review
 May 2021 Vol. 111 Issue 5 Pages 1575-1612
Debates: Voting and Expenditure Responses to Political Communication
Kelly Bidwell, Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster
Journal of Political Economy
 August 2020 Vol. 128 Issue 8 Pages 2880-2924
Radical Decentralization: Does community driven development work?
Katherine Casey
Annual Review of Economics
 2018 Vol. 10 Pages 139-165
Reconciliation in Sierra Leone
Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster
Science
 May 13, 2016 Vol. 352 Issue 6287 Pages 766-767
Crossing Party Lines: The Effects of Information on Redistributive Politics
Katherine Casey
American Economic Review
 August 2015 Vol. 105 Issue 8 Pages 2410-2448
Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research
Katherine Casey, Guido W. Imbens, E. Miguel, C. Camerer, J. Cohen, K.M. Esterling, A. Gerber, R. Glennerster, D.P. Green, D. Laitin, L. Neslon, B.A. Nosek, M. Petersen, R. Sedlmayr, J.P. Simmons, U. Simonsohn, M. Van der Laan
Science
 January 3, 2014 Vol. 343 Issue 6166 Pages 30-31
Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan
Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster, Edward Miguel
Quarterly Journal of Economics
 2012 Vol. 127 Issue 4 Pages 1755-1812
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Working Papers

The Incentives to (Not) Debate in Low-Information Races
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Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster August 2024

Degree Courses

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Executive Education & Other Non-Degree Programs

Executive Program in Strategy and Organization
Effectively diagnose and solve problems using proven frameworks for executing change in this multidisciplinary strategic management course.

Cases

P103
The Political Economy of Ethanol Policy in the U.S. and Brazil
Katherine Casey, Christy Johnson
2020
P102
U. S. Health Care Reform
Katherine Casey, Kenneth Shotts, Christy Johnson
2020
P90 (A)
Repsol and YPF (A): A Perfect Marriage?
Katherine Casey, Ken Shotts, Sheila Melvin
2017
P90 (B)
Repsol and YPF (B): Considering Options
Katherine Casey, Ken Shotts, Sheila Melvin
2017
P90 (C)
Repsol and YPF (C): Recovering Value
Katherine Casey, Ken Shotts, Sheila Melvin
2017
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Insights by Stanford Business

A Low-Tech, Inexpensive Way to Convince Politicians to Debate Each Other
June 26, 2024
An experiment in Sierra Leone finds that if you build a debate platform, candidates will come.
How to Tap Skilled Managers in Villages Where Chiefs Still Rule
September 25, 2018
Identifying and promoting talented technocrats outside traditional hierarchies can catalyze local economic development.
Everything That Can Go Wrong in a Field Experiment (and What to Do About It)
January 16, 2015
Four Stanford scholars share the most important lessons they’ve learned in the field.
Katherine Casey: The Role of Information in Developing-World Politics
October 22, 2013
Research in Sierra Leone offers insights into how to help voters elect better leaders, dampen ethnic rivalries, and strengthen democracy.

School News

Back to Class: Managing Risk and Reputation in a Complex World
September 27, 2024
How to navigate bad publicity, corrupt governments — and the water cup of shame.
How Stanford Students Mobilized to Help Ukraine and Promote Dialogue About the Crisis
March 17, 2022
The Russian invasion prompted a flurry of humanitarian initiatives organized from a Stanford GSB residence.
Spring Quarter, Reimagined
April 14, 2020
Students are taking advantage of new class offerings and preparing to lead in a transformed world.
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