Political Economy and Public Economics

Political Economy and Public Economics
The Department of Economics at the University of Warwick has an active Political Economy and Public Economics (PEPE) Research Group. These two disciplines have natural complementarities. Political Economy focuses more on the political feasibility of certain policies by looking at which policies are more likely to enjoy public support and thus succeed in an electoral contest. Public economics looks more at determining which policies are optimal in every environment, but is less concerned about their political approval or feasibility.
Recent world events such as the public backlash against globalization and inequality have raised awareness for the need for more integration between these two approaches as political resistance to the adoption of potentially beneficial policies has become ever more salient. Hence by their very nature these two disciplines transcend traditional field divisions such as micro and macroeconomics: they use theoretical, empirical and experimental methods to obtain conclusions, thus generating synergies with various other groups in our department from development to experimental to history to macroeconomics to economic theory.
Our activities
PEPE Research Group Seminar
Thursday: 11.15am-12.30pm
A weekly seminar is organised that brings top economists and political scientist speakers every week for a double-feature seminar in coordination with the LSE.
For a detailed scheduled of speakers please follow the link below:
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/seminars/seminars/political-economy
Organisers: Michela Redoano and Mateusz Stalinski
PEPE Research Group Annual Conference
In collaboration with colleagues from Princeton and Yale, and with the support of CEPR, the PEPE Research Group organises an annual conference which has become a central meeting of political economists in Europe. Having taken place in previous years in Venice and Rome, it attracts over 70 delegates attending from leading institutions in the US, EU and the UK. Every year, several of our PhD students get to participate in a fully funded conference with an opportunity to engage with leading scholars.
Find out more about this year's conference which will take place 26-27 April 2024 in Rome.
Organisers: Helios Herrera, Mateusz Stalinski
People
Academics
Academics associated with the Reseach Group Name research group are:
Research Students
Events
Thu 9 Oct, '25- |
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Livio Di Lonardo (Bocconi)S0.10Title to be advised. |
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Mon 13 Oct, '25- |
Economic History Seminar - Chenzi Xu (Berkeley)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 13 Oct, '25- |
PhD Job Market Practice Talk - NicoleS2.81aTitle to be advised. |
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Tue 14 Oct, '25- |
CWIP Workshop - Carolina KansikasS2.79Carolina will present job market paper |
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Tue 14 Oct, '25- |
PhD Job Market Practice Talk - Yuchen Lin (Warwick PGR)S2.81aTitle to be advised. |
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Thu 16 Oct, '25- |
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Michael Thaler (UCL)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 16 Oct, '25- |
PhD Job Market Practice TalkS2.81aTitle to be advised. |
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Mon 20 Oct, '25- |
Special Development SeminarS2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 20 Oct, '25- |
Econometrics Seminar - Dennis Kristensen (UCL)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 21 Oct, '25- |
PhD Job Market Practice Talk - Priyama Majumdar (Warwick PGR)S2.81aTitle to be advised. |
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Tue 21 Oct, '25- |
CWIP Workshop - Yang Xun (PGR)S2.79Yang Xun will present job market paper |
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Wed 22 Oct, '25- |
CRETA Theory Seminar - Eva TardosS2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 23 Oct, '25- |
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (PSE)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 23 Oct, '25- |
Macro/International Seminar - Marta Garcia (Bank of Spain)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 27 Oct, '25- |
Economic History Seminar - Dora Costa (UCLA)S2.79 |
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Mon 27 Oct, '25- |
Econometrics Seminar - Yonghong An (Texas A&M)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 28 Oct, '25- |
CWIP Workshop - Ludovica GazzeS2.79Title to be advised |
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Tue 28 Oct, '25- |
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Sara Lowes (UCSD)S2.79Title: Age Sets, Accountability, and the Balance of Power: Evidence from Villages in Rural Congo (with Eduardo Montero, Nathan Nunn, and James A. Robinson) |
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Wed 29 Oct, '25- |
CRETA Theory Seminar - Elis SartoriS2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 30 Oct, '25- |
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Monika Nalepa (Chicago)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 3 Nov, '25- |
Econometrics Seminar - Junnan He (Sciences Po)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 4 Nov, '25- |
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Nicolas Ajzenman (McGill)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 4 Nov, '25- |
CWIP Workshop - Yang ZhouS2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 4 Nov, '25- |
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Erzo Luttmer (Dartmouth)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Wed 5 Nov, '25- |
CRETA Theory Seminar - Francisco PoggiS2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 10 Nov, '25- |
Economic History Seminar - David de la Croix (Louvain)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 10 Nov, '25- |
Econometrics Seminar - Ulrich Muller (Princeton)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 11 Nov, '25- |
CWIP Workshop - Peter LambertS2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 11 Nov, '25- |
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Daniel Crisostomo Wainstock (Oxford)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Wed 12 Nov, '25- |
CRETA Theory Seminar - Johannes HornerS2.79Title to be advised. |