Gerard Padró i Miquel

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Curriculum Vitae: PDF File

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Current Position: Lecturer in Economics

Major fields: economic development, political economy, conflict, economics of institutions

Other Positions

• Co-Director, Governance, Accountability and Political Economy Research Group at the International Growth Centre
• Research Affiliate, CEPR
• Research Affiliate, BREAD
• Faculty Research Fellow, NBER
• Research Affiliate, IAE

Contact Details

• Tel: 020-7852-3554
• Fax: 020-7955-6951
• Email: g.padro (with extension @lse.ac.uk)
• Room number: R.521
• Secretarial Support: Leila Alberici, Tel: 020-7955-6674
• Postal Address: STICERD, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
• Office Hours: Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00 (by appointment)

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Teaching

• EC-535 Development and Growth for Research Students (Michaelmas)
• EC-455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis (Michaelmas)
• EC-428 Development and Growth for MSc Economics (Michaelmas)

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Publications in International Journals

• "Conflict and Deterrence under Strategic Risk" (with Sylvain Chassang), forthcoming in Quarterly Journal of Economics. (NBER working paper version here)
• "Savings and Predation" (with Sylvain Chassang), forthcoming in Journal of the European Economic Association Papers and Proceedings.
• "Economic Shocks and Civil War" (with Sylvain Chassang), Quarterly Journal of Political Science 4(3): 211-228, October 2009.
• "Defensive Weapons and Defensive Alliances" (with Sylvain Chassang), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 99(2): 282-286, May 2009.
• "The Control of Politicians in Divided Societies: The Politics of Fear", Review of Economic Studies 74(4): 1259-1274, October 2007. (Longer NBER Working Paper version here)
• "Legislative Effectiveness and Legislative Life" (with James M Snyder), Legislative Studies Quarterly 31(3): 347-381, August 2006.

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Working Papers

• "The Political Economy of Indirect Control" (with Pierre Yared)
• "Can Parties Control Politicians?" (with Erik Snowberg)
• "A Political Economy Theory of Partial Decentralization" (with John W Hatfield). NBER working paper # 14628
• "Foreign Influence and Welfare" (with Pol Antràs). NBER working paper # 14129. Revisions requested at Journal of International Economics.
• "Mutual Fears and Civil War" (with Sylvain Chassang). BREAD working paper # 165
• "Strategic Risk, Civil War, and Intervention" (with Sylvain Chassang)
• "Multitasking, Limited Liability and Political Agency" (with John W Hatfield)

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Latest update: 11 February 2010.

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