Mathieu COUTTENIER is Professor at the University of Lyon-École Normale Supérieure de Lyon-GATE and since 2018, a Research Chair Investissement d’Excellence (IDEX). He is also a CEPR Research Affiliate. 

His research fields are political economy and development economics. He focuses in particular on microeconomic questions in the field of applied political economy. His main research interests are in the understanding of violence and civil wars. He has published many academic papers on the role played by income shocks, natural resources or climate on the diffusion of conflicts over space and time. Some of his present research agenda also studies the political economy aspects of media coverage or of international economics.

Mathieu COUTTENIER will present a paper, joint with Nathalie MONNET and Lavinia PIEMONTESE, at the next PEPES Seminar via Zoom on the theme:

The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Production Network Approach (read Abstract, PDF 73.99 KB)

More about Mathieu COUTTENIER and his research

Date: Thursday, March 11th - 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom