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Quantitative and Analytical Political Economy Research Centre
QAPEC provides a framework to coordinate collaborative research in quantitative and analytical political economy within the University of Warwick as well as with the Centre’s UK and international networks and partners (PolEconUK, EPEC, PSPE-LSE, QAPS at Princeton), through the organisation of informal meetings, research seminars and international conferences.
QAPEC provides a context to pursue research excellence in quantitative and analytical political economy combined with impactful and interdisciplinary collaborations. QAPEC is a founding member of the UK consortium of researchers in quantitative and analytical political economy (PolEconUK), of the European Political Economy Consortium (EPEC), and a partner of the Quantitative and Analytical Political Science program at Princeton University (QAPS), and the Political Science and Political Economy group at the London School of Economics.
Specifically. QAPEC aims to:
- Further establish our international reputation for research excellence and impact in quantitative and analytical political economy.
- Engage with the research community in quantitative and analytical political economy within and beyond the university, with the objectives of enhancing exposure and dissemination of research.
- Supporting collaborations with UK and international research networks and partners (PolEconUK, EPEC, QAPS), to engage with research questions and challenges in quantitative and analytical political economy, and to increase chances of raising research income.
- Provide a positive and supportive work ethos, training, environment to promote personal development and opportunity for all members of the centre.
- Organise weekly seminars, regular workshops and conferences in the field of quantitative and analytical political economy – interdisciplinary events which bring together economists, political scientists and academics in related disciplines.
People
QAPEC Director / QAPEC Administration
Francesco Squintani
DirectorBen Lockwood
Management CommitteeHelios Herrera
Management CommitteeMirko Draca
Management CommitteeSharun Mukand
Management CommitteeFetzer Thiemo
Management CommitteeMichela Redoano
Management CommitteeVincenzo Bove
Management CommitteeFrancesco Squintani
Management CommitteeQAPEC Resident Fellows
| Sonia Bhalotra | University of Warwick |
| Ben Lockwood | University of Warwick |
| Helios Herrera | University of Warwick |
| Dan Bernhardt | University of Warwick |
| Mirko Draca | University of Warwick |
| Peter Hammond | University of Warwick |
| Omer Moav | University of Warwick |
| Sharun Mukand | University of Warwick |
| Daniel Sgroi | University of Warwick |
| Thiemo Fetzer | University of Warwick |
| Sinem Hidir | University of Warwick |
| Kirill Pogorelskiy | University of Warwick |
| Michela Redoano | University of Warwick |
| Christopher Roth | University of Warwick |
| Andreas Stegmann | University of Warwick |
| Claudia Rei | University of Warwick |
| Christian Soegaard | University of Warwick |
| Arianna Ornaghi | University of Warwick |
| Vicenzo Bove | University of Warwick |
| Arzu Kibris | University of Warwick |
| Andreas Murr | University of Warwick |
| Jessica Di Salvatore | University of Warwick |
| Andreas Isoni | University of Warwick |
| Andrea Gamba | University of Warwick |
| Abhinay Muthoo | University of Warwick |
QAPEC Associate Fellows
| Prof. Enriqueta Aragones | Institut d'Analisi Economica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
| Prof. Marco Battaglini | Cornell University, Economics Department |
| Prof. Renee Bowen, | UCSD, Economics Department |
| Prof. Alessandra Casella | Columbia University, Economics Department |
| Prof. Oeindrila Dube | University of Chicago, Harris School of Policy |
| Prof. John Duggan | University of Rochester, Political Science Department |
| Prof. Dana Foarta | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
| Prof. Sean Gailmard | Berkeley University, Political Science Department |
| Prof. Paola Giuliano | UCLA, Anderson School of Business |
| Prof. Adam Meirowitz | University of Utah, Eccles School of Business |
| Prof. Massimo Morelli | Universita' Bocconi, Social and Political Science Department |
| Prof. Thomas Palfrey | Caltech, Humanities and Social Sciences Division |
| Prof. Maggie Penn | Emory University, Political Science Department |
| Prof. Maria Petrova | Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Prof. Robert Powell | Berkeley University, Political Science Department |
| Prof. Ronny Razin | London School of Economics, Economics Department |
| Prof. Alessandro Riboni | Ecole Polytechnique, Economics Department |
| Prof. Erik Snowberg | University of British Columbia, Economics Department |
| Prof. Ken Shotts | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
| Prof. Milan Svolik | Yale, Political Science |
| Prof. Peter Buisseret | Harvard University, Government Department |
| Dimitri Migrow | University of Calgary |
| Prof. David Myatt | London Business School |
| Prof. Stephane Wolton | London School of Economics |
| Prof. John Patty | Emory University, Political Science |
| Prof. Shanker Satyanath | New York University, Political Science Department |
| Federica Liberini | University of Bath, Department of Economics |
| Antonio Russo | Loughborough University, School of Business and Economics |
| Federico Trombetta | Catholic University of Milan |
QAPEC Research Fellows
| Apurav Yash Bhatiya | University of Warwick |
| Song Yuan | University of Warwick |
Activities
QAPEC organises the annual CEPR Conference in Political Economy, jointly with the QAPS group of Princeton University and with Eccles School of Business of the University of Utah. The conference, held at the University of Warwick in Venice venue, brings together the top theoretical and empirical economists and political scientists across Europe and North America. The conference builds on the experience of the previous successful meetings organized annually since 2013.
QAPEC runs a weekly seminar series at the University of Warwick main campus, jointly organized with the PSPE group at the London School of Economics. QAPEC participates in the organization of the bi-weekly PolEconUK webinar series. In these seminar series, international speakers present their work in quantitative and analytical political economy, and interact with the QAPEC group of academics.
Mon 11 May, '26- |
Econometrics Seminar - Wendun Wang (EUR)S2.79Title: Recovering latent time-varying network in panel models |
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Tue 12 May, '26- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Johannes Brinkmann (PGR)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 12 May, '26- |
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Kelsey Jack (UC Berkeley)S2.79Title: Health Insurance for Seasonal Savings: Evidence from Rural Côte d'Ivoire Authors: Günther Fink, B. Kelsey Jack, Renate Strobl, Dao Daouda Abstract: Households in low-income agricultural economies face large seasonal fluctuations in income and limited access to financial tools for smoothing consumption. In such settings, health insurance can serve not only as risk protection, but also as a state-contingent savings technology, transferring resources from high-income harvest periods to low-income lean periods. We study the rollout of Côte d'Ivoire's national health insurance scheme in a context with high morbidity, substantial out-of-pocket expenditures, and pronounced income seasonality---conditions under which the potential welfare gains from insurance are particularly large. Using a randomized subsidy design among 2,468 cocoa-farming households, we show that insurance demand is highly responsive to both price and cash-on-hand liquidity. Despite strong demand and actuarially favorable pricing, we find limited effects on health spending or consumption. We show that this disconnect arises from frictions in accessing benefits, including weak verification and reimbursement environments that limit providers' willingness to honor coverage without immediate proof. Our results highlight the importance of implementation, trust, and contract enforceability in determining the welfare impacts of social insurance. |
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Wed 13 May, '26- |
CRETA Theory Seminar - Marilyn Pease (Indiana University)Title: Follow the Leader? Coordination Motives in Sequential Information Acquisition (joint with Mark Whitmeyer) |
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Thu 14 May, '26- |
Political Economy & Public Economics Seminar - Francesco Trebbi (UoCalifornia, Berkeley)S2.79Title: Decoupling Taste-Based versus Statistical Discrimination in ElectionsLink opens in a new window (with Amanda de Albuquerque, Fred Finan, Anubhav Jha, and Laura Karpuska) |
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Thu 14 May, '26- |
MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) - Maryam Saeedi (Carnegie Mellon)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 14 May, '26- |
Macro/International Seminar - Olivia Bordeu (Berkeley)S2.79Title: Bank Branches and the Allocation of Capital across Cities (with Gustavo Gonzalez, Marcos Sora). |
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Mon 18 May, '26- |
Econometrics Seminar - Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua)S0.13Title to be advised. |
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Tue 19 May, '26- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Daniel Jaar (EUI)S0.08Daniel Jaar is visiting the department for one week. Title to be advised. |
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Tue 19 May, '26- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Desmond Fairall (PGR)S0.08Title to be advised. |
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Tue 19 May, '26- |
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - David Lagakos (BU)S0.13Title: Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development? (joint with Martin Shu and Jonathan Colmer) |
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Wed 20 May, '26- |
CRETA Theory Seminar - Dilip Abreu (New York)S0.13Title: Revisiting Shapley-Shubik (1971) via Nash (1953) . This work is joint with Mihai Manea. Abstract: The set of stable payoffs in assignment games is often large. We seek to refine this set in the spirit of the Nash (1953) program, where an idealized (or “cooperative”) solution is also supported by a non-cooperative mechanism whose Nash equilibria (possibly refined as in Nash (1953)) yield outcomes that exactly mirror the idealized solution. These dual perspectives jointly reinforce and validate one another. |
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Thu 21 May, '26- |
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Leonardo Bursztyn (Chicago)S0.20Title to be advised. |
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Thu 21 May, '26- |
AMRG (Applied Microeconomics Reading Group)S1.50 |
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Thu 21 May, '26- |
EBER Seminar - Andis Sofianos (Durham)WBS2.007Title to be advised. |
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Tue 26 May, '26- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Lily Shevchenko (PGR)S0.08Title to be advised. |
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Tue 26 May, '26- |
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Guy Pincus (Harvard)S0.13Title to be advised. |
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Wed 27 May, '26- |
Econometrics Seminar - Federico Ciliberto (Virgina)S0.13Title to be advised. |
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Wed 27 May, '26- |
CRETA Seminar - Rohit Lamba (Cornell)S2.79Title to be advsied |
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Thu 28 May, '26- |
Political Economy Seminar - Chris Roth (Cologne)S0.13Title to be advised. |
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Thu 28 May, '26- |
MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) WorkshopS2.79To be advised |
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Tue 2 Jun, '26- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - to be advisedS0.08To be advised |
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Tue 2 Jun, '26- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Devesh Rustagi (Warwick)S0.08Title to be advised. |
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Wed 3 Jun, '26- |
MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress)S0.08To be advised |
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Thu 4 Jun, '26- |
MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress)S0.08To be advised. |
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Thu 4 Jun, '26- |
AMRG (Applied Microeconomics Reading Group)S1.50 |
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Mon 8 Jun, '26- |
Economic History Seminar - Ferdinand Rauch (St Gallen)S0.18Title to be advised. |
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Tue 9 Jun, '26- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop)S0.08To be advised |
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Tue 9 Jun, '26- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Carole Gao (PGR)S0.08Title to be advised. |
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Thu 11 Jun, '26- |
MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress)S0.18To be advised |
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