{"id":9471,"date":"2020-07-03T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/cogito\/home\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2020-07-07T08:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T06:04:38","slug":"when-economists-study-politics-in-developing-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/cogito\/home\/when-economists-study-politics-in-developing-countries\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"When Economists Study Politics in Developing Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HE Uhuru Kenyatta, President, Republic of Kenya \u00a9 Chatham HouseCC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/p><\/div>\n

Better understanding the state of political systems \u2013 particularly in developing countries \u2013 via methods used by economists does not appear to be commonplace. However, it is an increasingly popular approach that provides results complementing those obtained by political scientists. Benjamin Marx<\/a>, a researcher in the Department of Economics, has demonstrated their relevance in research he has conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and Indonesia.<\/span><\/p>\n

You study political economy questions<\/span> in developing countries with an economist’s approach. Why this choice? What does economics bring to the analysis of phenomena that are usually the focus of political scientists<\/span>?<\/h5>\n

Benjamin Marx\u00a0 – I am convinced that an interdisciplinary approach brings immense value to the study of political phenomena. Several of my projects are collaborations between economists and political scientists: this is the case of a n experiment I conducted on vote buying in Uganda(1)<\/sup><\/a>Eat Widely, Vote Wisely? Lessons from a Campaign Against Vote Buying in Uganda<\/a> Benjamin Marx, Chris Blattman, Horacio Larreguy and Otis Reid, NBER Working Paper<\/em>, September 2019.<\/span><\/span>