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
Tue 22 Apr, '25- |
Applied Economics, Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Libertad Gonzalez (UPF)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 24 Apr, '25- |
PEPE Seminar (Political Economy and Public Economics) Seminar - to be advised.S2.79 |
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Thu 24 Apr, '25- |
EBER Seminar - Jon de Quidt (QMUL)tbaTitle to be advised. |
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Tue 29 Apr, '25- |
CRETA Seminar - Larry Samuelson (Yale)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Wed 30 Apr, '25- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Mathilde Peron (York)S0.08Title: Embedding careers in the curriculum |
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Thu 1 May, '25- |
PEPE Seminar (Political Economy and Public Economics) Seminar - Pedro Vicente (Nova SBE)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 1 May, '25- |
Macro/International Seminar - Ethan Ilzetski (LSE)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 1 May, '25- |
EBER (DR@W) Seminar - Daniel BenjaminTBATitle to be advised. |
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Thu 1 May, '25- |
Econometrics Seminar - Yushi Peng (Tilburg)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 6 May, '25- |
Applied Economics, Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Mushfiq Mubarak (Yale)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Wed 7 May, '25- |
Econometrics Seminar - Max FarrellS2.79Title to be advised. |
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Wed 7 May, '25- |
CRETA Seminar - Roberto Corrao (Stanford)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 8 May, '25- |
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Ro'ee Levy (TelAviv)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 8 May, '25- |
Macro/International Seminar - Rachel Ngai (LSE)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 12 May, '25- |
Economic History Seminar - Andreas Ferrara (Pitt)S2.79Title: The U.S. Civil War’s Impact on Women’s Work and Political Participation. This is joint work with Madison Arnsbarger (Weber State) and Paige Montrose (Pittsburgh) |
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Mon 12 May, '25- |
Econometrics Seminar - Francesca Molinari (Cornell)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 13 May, '25- |
Applied Economics, Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Elias Papaiannou (LBS)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Wed 14 May, '25- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Anthi Chondrogianni (Bristol)S0.10Title: Search for work during students' higher education journey Authors: Anthi Chondrogianni and Ahmed Pirzada |
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Wed 14 May, '25- |
CRETA Seminar - Drew Fudenberg (MIT)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 15 May, '25- |
Macro/International Seminar - Keith Head (UBC)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 19 May, '25- |
Economic History Seminar - Stephan Heblich (Toronto)S2.79Title: The Distributional Consequences of Trade: Evidence from the Repeal of the Corn Laws (with S. Redding and Y. Zylberberg) Abstract: We examine the distributional consequences of trade using the Repeal of the Corn Laws and the Grain Invasion during the 19th-century. We use a newly-created dataset on population, employment by sector, property values, and poor law transfers for over 10,000 parishes in England andWales from 1801–1901. In response to this trade shock, we show that locations with high-wheat suitability experience population decline, rural-urban migration, structural transformation away from agriculture, increases in welfare transfers, and declines in property values, relative to locations with low-wheat suitability. We develop a quantitative spatial model to evaluate the aggregate economic implications of these findings. Undertaking counterfactuals for the Grain Invasion, we show that geography is an important dimension along which the distributional effects of trade occur. |
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Mon 19 May, '25- |
Econometrics Seminar - Matias Cattaneo (Princeton)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Wed 21 May, '25- |
CRETA Seminar - Agathe Pernoud (Chicago)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 22 May, '25- |
PEPE Seminar (Political Economy and Public Economics) Seminar - Juan S Morales (Lazaridis SB)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 22 May, '25- |
Macro/International Seminar - Elisa Keller (Essex)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 22 May, '25- |
EBER (DR@W) Seminar - Ernst FehrS2.77 Cowling RoomTitle to be advised. |
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Tue 27 May, '25- |
Applied Economics, Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Jessie Handbury (UPenn)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Wed 28 May, '25- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Cloda Jenkins (Imperial College Business School)S0.08Title: Designing Assessments in an AI World |
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Wed 28 May, '25- |
CRETA Seminar - Yannai Gonczarowski (Harvard)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Thu 29 May, '25- |
PEPE Seminar (Political Economy and Public Economics) Seminar - Michela Carlana (Harvard)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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