Very happy to see this in “print” 📰

That market power IS power does not simply mean that large firms can get their way. It means that free-market capitalism and democracy work well together only when competition disciplines firms, keeping them focused on economic efficiency rather than political goals.

In equilibrium, as this paper shows, de facto power tracks standard measures of market power, survives bans, taxes, and technocratic delegation, and can skew innovation toward regulation-resistant technologies. By @grattonecon & @bartonelee2 at @ETH_en buff.ly/fkYG29M

We have an opening for a PhD position in economics at my Chair. Our research & teaching focus on public economics in its broadest sense. Good language skills in French are required for this position. Further information in the link below: unifr.ch/webnews/content/10/…

It's been a pleasure to host the @RevEconStudies European tour this week at @econ_uzh, for the first time in almost 20 years! econ.uzh.ch/en/eventsandsemi…

So why is market power *power*? In Market Power IS Power, @bartonelee2 and I argue that firms can shape democratic political outcomes if and only if they possess market power. 1/.

So happy to have co-organized the 4th @IEuniversity-@UofR (CLARE) Workshop in Political Economy with Daniel Kselman!!! (and @clarepeskuric of course) Great presentations by excellent scholars in the wonderful location of Granada Spain!! Program: drive.google.com/file/d/1qMv…

Newly updated working paper out on this topic, using exogenous C-SPAN channel positioning for identification. (with the peerless @gloriagennaro)

Here is a new paper on zero-sum thinking. We show that greater zero-sumness increases contributions to public goods while reducing social connectedness. See: ucf81a6039f8bd853692e600a0b2…

👉@lehanzhang_ (@eth_cle) presents joint work with @grattonecon (@UNSWEcon) and Hasin Yousaf (UNSW) and Pauline Grosjean (UNSW & @cepr_org): "Adding fuel to the (gun)fire: how politicians polarize the public debate" 🔥 #WISE2026

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Very important paper!

This looks super interesting from @grattonecon and @bartonelee2

MARKET POWER IS POWER New working paper with @bartonelee2 Thread below! 1/5 gratton.org/papers/MarketPow…

The @EJ_RES Editorial Board and @RoyalEconSoc are delighted to welcome three new Editors this spring: Esteban M. Aucejo, Pauline Grosjean, and Marta Serra-Garcia. @WPCareySchool @UNSWEcon @UCSDEcon 👉bit.ly/4daRPwv

I am happy to share two pieces of news: For the 2026-2027 academic year. I will join the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement @KelloggSchool as a postdoc working with @EliJFinkel and Nour Kteily. Then, in Fall 2027, I will join @LSEGovernment as an Assistant Professor. I am incredibly excited about both positions and grateful to friends, family, mentors and co-authors who have helped me along the way. I am excited to be doing more work on strategic voting, democratic norms, field experiments and many other topics. So please reach out if you are Evanston or London (or anywhere else I suppose).

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! Submit your research for the 2026 Stigler Center-CEPR Political Economy of Finance Conference. 📍 Chicago | 🗓️ Nov 6-7, 2026 🔎 Theme: Crony Capitalism in the 21st Century. How does concentrated wealth reshape political power and democracy today? ⏰ Deadline: June 1, 2026 Submit here: chicagobooth.edu/research/st… #EconTwitter #PolSci #Finance

More laws, more growth. Economists at ETH Zurich tracked every US state statute from 1965–2012 using machine learning and found that states passing more legislation grew faster — but only because of one specific feature buried in legal text. [@ellliottt and co-authors, JPE 2025]

@briangknight and I are excited to announce the 3rd Northeast Political Economy Conference (NPEC), Oct 2, 2026 @BrownUniversity. Interdisciplinary (Econ Poli Sci), 8 presentations, with keynotes by @RDancygier and Jesse Shapiro. Please submit by June 5 forms.gle/8awQHipn9PdSPxUf6