#  Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy 

 



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**This seminar is open to the public.**

The Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy (PE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying economic behavior in the political process or political behavior in the marketplace. In general, positive political economy is concerned with showing how observed differences among institutions affect political and economic outcomes in various social, economic, and political systems and how the institutions themselves change and develop in response to individual and collective beliefs, preferences, and strategies. All interested faculty and students are invited to attend.

Note: All seminars are currently in person only. You can sign up to the [email list](https://web.lists.iq.harvard.edu/mailman/lists/ppe_list.lists.iq.harvard.edu/) for more information.

The seminar, cosponsored with IQSS and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is chaired by Pia Raffler, Dani Rodrik, David Yang, Vincent Pons, James Snyder, and Marco Tabellini.



 

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### Contact

**Gabrielle Stone**  
<gstone@iq.harvard.edu>

**Eliza Rakaseder**  
<erakaseder@fas.harvard.edu>



 

 

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 [### Email List

 ](https://web.lists.iq.harvard.edu/mailman/lists/ppe_list.lists.iq.harvard.edu/)Sign up to the email list for more information about the seminar events



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##  Chairs 

 



  [### Pia J. Raffler

 ](/people/pia-j-raffler)Faculty Associate. 

Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

 

 

 Research interests: Comparative politics; political economy of development; accountability and representation; bureaucracy; and African politics . Pronouns: she/her/hers 

 

 

      ![Raffler_Pia](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/wcfia/files/pia-raffler_2017-260x300.jpg?itok=-cMrh1qk) 

 

 

 

   [### Dani Rodrik

 ](/people/dani-rodrik)Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Business and Government. 

Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School.

 

 

**Research interests:** Globalization; economic growth and development; and political economy.



 

 

      ![Dani Rodrik](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/wcfia/files/rodrik_dani_1.jpg?itok=RN9YTm6v) 

 

 

 

   [### David Y. Yang

 ](/david-yang)Faculty Associate. 

Yvonne P. L. Lui Professor of Economics, Department of Economics; Director, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University.

 

 

**Research interests:** Political economy; China; technology; geopolitics; and history.



 

 

      ![Image of David Yang](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/wcfia/files/yang-david.jpg.jpg?itok=H1-Q2UFL) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

### <a>Vincent Pons</a>

**Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.**

### <a>James M. Snyder</a>

**Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Department of Government, Harvard University.**

### <a>Marco Tabellini</a>

**Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.**



 

##  Upcoming Seminars 

 



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 See also:- [ Open Seminars ](/content-types/open-seminars)