QAPEC
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
Director
Ben 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
| Dan Bernhardt | University of Warwick |
| Sonia Bhalotra | University of Warwick |
| Vincenzo Bove | University of Warwick |
| Jessica Di Salvatore | University of Warwick |
| Mirko Draca | University of Warwick |
| Thiemo Fetzer | University of Warwick |
| Andrea Gamba | University of Warwick |
| Peter Hammond | University of Warwick |
| Helios Herrera | University of Warwick |
| Sinem Hidir | University of Warwick |
| Andrea Isoni | University of Warwick |
| Arzu Kibris | University of Warwick |
| Ben Lockwood | University of Warwick |
| Omer Moav | University of Warwick |
| Sharun Mukand | University of Warwick |
| Andreas Murr | University of Warwick |
| Kirill Pogorelskiy | University of Warwick |
| Debraj Ray | University of Warwick |
| Michela Redoano | University of Warwick |
| Claudia Rei | University of Warwick |
| Daniel Sgroi | University of Warwick |
| David Skeie | University of Warwick |
| Andreas Stegmann | University of Warwick |
| Christian Soegaard | University of Warwick |
QAPEC Associate Fellows
| Enriqueta Aragones | Institut d'Analisi Economica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona | |
| Marco Battaglini | Cornell University, Economics Department | |
| Renee Bowen, | UCSD, Economics Department | |
| Alessandra Casella | Columbia University, Economics Department | |
| Torun Dewan | London School of Economics, Department of Government | |
| Oeindrila Dube | University of Chicago, Harris School of Policy | |
| John Duggan | University of Rochester, Political Science Department | |
| Dana Foarta | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business | |
| Sean Gailmard | Berkeley University, Political Science Department | |
| Paola Giuliano | UCLA, Anderson School of Business | |
| Nathaniel Lane | University of Oxford | |
| Adam Meirowitz | Yale University, Political Science Department | |
| Massimo Morelli | Universita' Bocconi, Social and Political Science Department | |
| David Myatt | London Business School | |
| Monika Nalepa | University of Chicago | |
| Thomas Palfrey | Caltech, Humanities and Social Sciences Division | |
| John Patty | Emory University, Political Science Department | |
| Maggie Penn | Emory University, Political Science Department | |
| Maria Petrova | Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | |
| Andrea Prat | Columbia University Business School | |
| Ronny Razin | London School of Economics, Economics Department | |
| Alessandro Riboni | Ecole Polytechnique, Economics Department | |
| Shanker Satyanath | New York University, Political Science Department | |
| Ken Shotts | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business | |
| Erik Snowberg | University of Utah, Eccles School of Business | |
| Milan Svolik | Yale, Political Science Department | |
| Stephane Wolton | London School of Economics, Department of Government |
QAPEC Junior Research Fellows
| Eleanora Alabrese | University of Bath |
| Margot Belguise | University of Warwick |
| Christopher Burnitt | University of Warwick |
| Gianni Marciante | University of Warwick |
| Sushil Mathew | Imperial college |
| Hyungmin Park | University of Warwick |
| Ivan Yotzov | University of Warwick |
QAPEC Research Fellows
| Apurav Yash Bhatiya | University of Birmingham |
| Peter Buisseret | Harvard University, Government Department |
| Paola Conconi | University of Oxford |
| Amrita Dhillon | Kings College, London |
| Niall Hughes | King's College London |
| Federica Liberini | Queen Mary University of London |
| Konstantinos Matakos | King's College London |
| Sushil Mathew | Imperial College London |
| Dimitri Migrow | University of Edinburgh |
| Arianna Ornaghi | Hertie School, Berlin |
| Christopher Roth | University of Cologne |
| Antonio Russo | Loughborough University, School of Business and Economics |
| Antonio Schiavone | University of Bologna |
| Federico Trombetta | Catholic University of Milan |
| Song Yuan | Zhejiang University |
Upcoming & Past Visitors
| Visitor | Institution | Date |
|---|---|---|
Upcoming Visitors | ||
| Giovanna Iannantuoni | University of Milano-Bicocca | 18th Nov 2024 |
| Tim Besley | LSE | Dates TBA |
| David Levine | Royal Holloway | Dates TBA |
| Massimo Morelli | Bocconi University | 25th -27th Feb 2025 |
| Leonard Wantchekon | Princeton University | 29-30 April 2025 |
| Monika Nalepa | University of Chicago | 6th-8th May 2025 |
Past Visitors | ||
| Paola Profeta | Bocconi University | 23rd - 25th Oct 2024 |
| Jon X. Eguia | Michigan State University. | 28 April - 7 May 2024 |
| Paola Conconi | University of Oxford | 10th - 12th Oct 2023 |
| Francesco Trebbi | University of California | 23rd - 24th May 2023 |
| Maria Titova | Vanderbilt University | 15th - 20th May 2023 |
| Santiago Oliveros | University of Bristol | 6th - 10th March 2023 |
| Anja Prummer | Queen Mary University London | 5th - 7th June 2022 |
| Valeria Rueda | University of Nottingham | 23rd - 27th May 2022 |
| Arjadha Bardhi | Duke University | 18th - 20th May 2022 |
| Shaoting Pi | University of Utah | 16th - 20th May 2022 |
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.
PEPE Seminar (Political Economy and Public Economics) Seminar - Luca Braghieri (Bocconi)
Title: Article-Level Slant and Polarization of News Consumption on Social Media
Abstract: There is widespread concern that the online news ecosystem produces polarized content and that extreme content gets further amplified through social media distribution channels. Methodological limitations in estimating content-based slant at the article level have made evaluating these claims difficult. We use data on the near universe (circa 1 million) of hard news articles published online by the top 100 U.S. news outlets in 2019, together with recent advances in natural language processing, to obtain a content-based measure of slant at the article level. Our main finding is that the degree of polarization in news consumption on social media is arguably high. Specifically, the mean slant difference between articles consumed by conservative and liberal users is 1.5 times the ideological distance between the average New York Times and Foxnews.com article. We also show that: i) the majority 65% of the variance in slant across articles arises within outlets, rather than across outlets, thus highlighting the importance of measuring slant at the article rather than the outlet level. ii) Most news produced is centrist, but the tails of the slant distribution are thick and there is substantial variation in slant across news type and topic. iii) Extreme content is much more likely to be shared widely on Facebook than moderate content. iv) There is substantial pro-attitudinal news consumption on Facebook even within the same outlet. v) Polarization in news exposure can account for the majority of polarization in news consumption on Facebook. vi) Echo chambers play an important role in driving polarized news consumption on Facebook.