Ernesto Dal Bó

Harold Furst Associate Professor of Management Philosophy and Values Haas School of Business and Travers Department of Political Science
Director, Berkeley Center for Political Economy

Degrees

PhD, Economics
University of Oxford

Research

• Political economy
• Democratic institutions and collective decision-making
• Influence and corruption
• Coercion
• Conflict

Publication Highlights

• "Political Dynasties," with Pedro Dal Bó and Jason Snyder, Review of Economic Studies, 76, no. 1, January 2009.
• "A Model of Spoils Politics," with Robert Powell, American Journal of Political Science, 53, no. 1, January 2009.
• "Corruption and Inefficiency: Theory and Evidence from Electric Utilities," with M. Rossi, Journal of Public Economics, 2007.
• "Bribing Voters," American Journal of Political Science, 2007.
• "Plata o Plomo?: Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence," with Pedro Dal Bó and Rafael Di Tella, American Political Science Review, February 2006.
• "Committees with Supermajority Voting Yield Commitment with Flexibility," Journal of Public Economics, 2006.
• "Capture by Threat," with Rafael Di Tella. Journal of Political Economy, October 2003.

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