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Professor @HarvardHBS. Affiliate @nberpubs @cepr_org @jpal. Cofounder @Explain_Data. Column @LesEchos. Political economy, democracy, development, tech.

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Vincent Pons
2 years
I am very happy and grateful to receive the 2023 Best Young French Economist Award!! 🥳🍾🥳. Thanks to @lemondefr and @Cercle_eco, and congrats to @CageJulia, co-laureate, as well as @pierrecboyer, Mathias Reynaert & Pauline Rossi!.
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My soccer team has long called me Professor – they are finally right!. I am thrilled to share that I received tenure at @Harvard! 🥳🍾🥳. Thanks to my family, loved ones, friends, colleagues and coauthors for their constant support! I am forever grateful and will try to give.
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We are very happy to publish the new National Elections Database, including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!.with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet.
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Vincent Pons
6 years
Very happy to share that I just got promoted to Associate Professor at @HarvardHBS!🙂.
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3 years
Our paper with Enrico Cantoni was published in the April issue of the American Economic Review!!.Our question: "Does Context Outweigh Individual Characteristics in Driving Voting Behavior?" .Short thread on what we do and find (1/9).
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Vincent Pons
4 years
🎉 Very happy and grateful for being nominated to the 2021 Prize of Best French Young Economist! 👇. 🎉 Très heureux d’avoir été nominé au Prix du Meilleur Jeune Economiste 2021! . Merci @cercle_eco et @lemondefr!.
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Le Cercle des économistes
4 years
👏 Félicitations à @VinPons, 37 ans, nominé au #PMJE 2021 !. Associate Professor à @HarvardHBS, ses travaux portent sur les processus démocratiques face à la défiance envers les dirigeants politiques et face aux dérives populistes. 👉En savoir plus :
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Vincent Pons
11 months
De nombreux candidats se sont désistés, mais 47 troisièmes persistent à se maintenir dans des circonscriptions où le RN peut gagner (source @lemondefr). 28 au centre, 12 à droite, 7 à gauche. Il leur reste 5 heures pour retrouver le droit chemin. #legislatives2024
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Please share: we are looking for a summer RA (master or PhD level) for a project on protests and political attitudes with @amorygethin. The position is paid, with flexible location and start date. Please send me a short email and CV at vpons@hbs.edu if interested! #econtwitter.
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Very honored to join the Board of Editors of the American Economic Review! Thanks to @ErzoLuttmer and the @AEAjournals's executive committee!.
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Erzo F.P. Luttmer
1 year
Congratulations to newly appointed AER Board Members (starting in Jan ‘25): Carola Binder (@cconces), Randi @ProfHjalmarsson, @attilalindner, Rachel Ngai, Vincent Pons (@VinPons), Sonja Settele (@SettSonja), @kevin_stange, and Kaspar Wuthrich. @AEAjournals.
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Our paper with @clpennec was accepted at the #QJE!.“How do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multicountry Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates”.Short thread on what we do and find (1/10).
@QJEHarvard
QJE
2 years
Recently accepted by #QJE, “How Do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multicountry Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates,” by Le Pennec (@clpennec) and Pons (@VinPons):
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Very excited to share our new @nberpubs paper “The Effect of Childhood Environment on Political Behavior” w/ Jake Brown, Enrico Cantoni, @sahilchinoy & Martin Koenen! ⬇️⬇️.We ask how childhood environment shapes political behavior based on young US movers, 1992-2021. A 🧵 (1/10).
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NBER
2 years
Exploring how childhood environment shapes political behavior by comparing outcomes of young voters who moved between the same origin and destination at different ages, from Jacob R. Brown, Enrico Cantoni, Sahil Chinoy, Martin Koenen, and @VinPons
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Vincent Pons
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Please share: we are looking for a part- or full-time RA (master or PhD) for projects on the drivers and effects of national election outcomes with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet. Flexible location and start date. Pls send a short email and CV at vpons@hbs.edu if interested!.
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Forthcoming at the @QJEHarvard: .my paper “Strict ID Laws Don't Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008–2018”, with Enrico Cantoni. ⬇️. In this paper, we measure the effects of U.S. strict ID laws both on participation and on voter fraud. (1/5).
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QJE
4 years
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Strict ID Laws Don't Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008–2018,” by Cantoni and Pons (@VinPons):
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Vincent Pons
11 months
Entre 285 et 315 triangulaires: le principal facteur déterminant la composition de l'AN sera le nombre de désistements. Le centre doit suivre le NFP et appeler ses candidats arrivés en 3e position à se désister. Le ni ni serait une faute morale impardonnable. #legislative2024
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Vincent Pons
7 months
Our paper on "Electoral Turnovers" with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet is now forthcoming at @RevEconStudies !.Full thread on what we do and find here:
@RevEconStudies
The Review of Economic Studies
7 months
Electoral turnovers improve countries' performance and foster accountability. Their effects are investigated in a new paper by @benjaminmarx, @VinPons, and @vincent_rollet, who built a database of all presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945. (1/2)
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Vincent Pons
1 year
Very excited to share our new @nberpubs paper “Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States” w/ @amorygethin! ⬇️⬇️.We provide systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes. A 🧵 (1/9).
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NBER
1 year
The effects of 14 social movements since 2017 in the US on online interest, policy views and vote intentions: most effects are precise null, except for the Black Lives Matter protests, from @amorygethin and @VinPons
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Very excited to share our new @nberpubs paper “Keep your Enemies Closer” w/ Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti & @clpennec ! ⬇️⬇️.We test the key mechanism behind the Median Voter Theorem: strategic platform adjustments by politicians. A 🧵 (1/11).
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NBER
2 years
Candidates in French and US elections adjust the ideology and complexity of their platforms to each other, thus converging to the center as in the median voter theorem, from Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti, @clpennec, and @VinPons
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Very happy to share our paper on Electoral turnovers with @benjaminmarx & @vincent_rollet ! ⬇️.We built a dataset of national election results since 1945 to estimate the effects of turnovers on economic performance, trade, human development, conflict, and democracy (1/9).
@nberpubs
NBER
3 years
Using the universe of presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 and close-elections regression discontinuity design yields positive estimated effects of electoral turnovers on country performance, from @benjaminmarx, @VinPons, and @vincent_rollet
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Excited to have been selected among @PoetsAndQuants Best 40Under40 MBA professors!.Thanks to all @HarvardHBS for your support over the past 7 years!.
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Vincent Pons
11 months
Les candidats arrivés en 3e position qui, par intérêt personnel et calcul médiocre, refusent de se désister, sont individuellement responsables d'une possible victoire RN. Electeurs, il faudra être stratégiques et voter pour le candidat non-RN le mieux placé. #legislatives2024
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Le Grand Continent
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Le Rassemblement National aurait la majorité absolue au deuxième tour sans désistement généralisé ou front républicain. Projection exclusive @BLUE_GEG_org.
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Vincent Pons
11 months
La France rejette l'extrême-droite!!! #legislatives2024
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Vincent Pons
1 month
Proud of my university for doing the right thing: standing up for freedom of speech and academic freedom.
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Harvard University
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“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Very excited to see our paper “How do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice?" with @clpennec in print in the May issue of the @QJEHarvard !. Link to the paper and to a brief thread below ⬇️.
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QJE
2 years
#QJE May 2023 #2, “How Do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multicountry Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates,” by Le Pennec (@clpennec) and Pons (@VinPons):
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Vincent Pons
11 months
"Voter avec la tête, pour s'épargner les regrets".Appel au vote stratégique au centre et à gauche pour endiguer le RN, dans ma chronique pour @LesEchos (1/n) @IPPinfo
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Just wrapped up my course IMaGE ("Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy") at @HarvardHBS. Thanks to my #HBS second-year students and to the cross-registrants from #HKS and beyond for great case discussions and an amazing semester! #harvardbusinessschool #mba
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Vincent Pons
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Les données le montrent : s’abstenir dimanche, ce serait choisir l’extrême droite. Mon entretien avec le @Grand_Continent et @GillesGressani #legislatives2024 👇👇👇.Substantifique moelle ci-dessous (1/n).
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Le Grand Continent
11 months
«Les données le montrent—s’abstenir, c’est en réalité choisir l’extrême droite.». Entretien avec @VinPons, professeur @HarvardHBS, l’un des spécialistes mondialement reconnus de la mobilisation électorale. À lire absolument.
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Vincent Pons
7 months
Very happy to share our paper “Government Performance and Democracy,” just published @The_JOP!.We ask whether government performance during crises shapes people’s attitudes about democracy. Paper here: Our blog post below 👇.And a quick 🧵 (1/n).
@The_JOP
Journal of Politics @[email protected]
8 months
❓When deaths rise or the economy collapses, do people blame democracy? Michael Becher, @NLonguetMarx, @VinPons et al. conducted a survey experiment with 22,500 respondents in 12 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic to shed light on this question.🌍⬇️
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Vincent Pons
3 months
Very happy to share our paper on the “Causes and Extent of Increasing Partisan Segregation in the U.S.” with J. Brown, E. Cantoni, @RyanDEnos and @EmilieSartre ! 👇👇.Quick thread on what we do and find (1/10).
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NBER
4 months
Residential segregation between Democrats and Republicans has steadily increased at all geographic levels since 2008. Decomposing this trend into different sources, from Jacob R. Brown, Enrico Cantoni, Ryan Enos, @VinPons, and Emilie Sartre
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Very happy to receive the 2021 JEEA Excellence in Refereeing Award from @EEANews, in the company of many good friends 🙂 ⬇️.
@EEANews
EEA
3 years
Warmest congratulations to the recipients of 2021 JEEA Excellence in Refereeing Award @Angelucci_Ch @michelacarlana Wolfgang Dauth, Paul L. E. Grieco, @WillemienKets @kateorkin @AntonioPenta @VinPons Christopher Sleet, @edoardoteso & @pengpeng_xiao.
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Vincent Pons
5 years
For Europeans waking up, some of the key updates on the US presidential election: 1/ race much tighter than expected, polls were (again) way off, by ~3 points on avg; 2/ race is now down to a few states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan; 3/ very high turnout.
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Vincent Pons
11 months
Glucksmann dit ce qui devrait être une évidence: « lorsque l’extrême droite est aux portes du pouvoir, hiérarchiser les périls devient une obligation ». Mettre le NFP (ou Renaissance) sur le même pied que le RN est une aberration. Réveillons-nous!
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Last day of hybrid teaching at @HarvardHBS today!. Half of the students on zoom, half in person - and both groups will be equally missed :)
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Vincent Pons
11 months
Ma tribune pour @lemondefr appelant à une réforme du mode de scrutin des législatives en texte intégral 👇
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Vincent Pons
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"Le désastre évité, réformons notre mode de scrutin".Ma tribune pour @lemondefr sur les enseignements à tirer des #legislatives2024 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Vincent Pons
8 months
Very excited to share our new @nberpubs paper "Voting Rules, Turnout, and Economic Policies" w/ E. Cantoni and J. Schäfer! ⬇️⬇️.We survey the literature on voting procedures and rules and their effects on voter turnout, as well as the impact of turnout on economic policies.
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NBER
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Surveying the recent evidence on institutional determinants and effects of voter turnout and highlighting questions for future research, from Enrico Cantoni, @VinPons, and Jérôme Schäfer
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Vincent Pons
2 years
@lemondefr @Cercle_eco @CageJulia @pierrecboyer Je suis très heureux et reconnaissant d’avoir reçu le Prix du Meilleur Jeune Economiste 2023 ! 🍾🍾🍾. Merci à ma famille, à qui je dois tout, et à mes coauteurs, étudiants et assistants de recherche, sans qui ma recherche n’existerait pas ! 🙏.
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Vincent Pons
1 year
Bittersweet feelings after wrapping up my course IMaGE (Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy) at @HarvardHBS. Thanks to all students in both sections for an amazing semester!
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Vincent Pons
11 months
La participation historiquement élevée annonce un nombre de triangulaires record. On espère que les candidats de gauche et du centre ont préparé leurs déclarations de désistement et appels à voter contre le RN au second tour. #legislative2024.
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Martial Foucault
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Avec un tel taux de participation à 12h00 #legislative2024 , on s'achemine sans doute vers un score dépassant les 65% de participation à 20h00. Attendons 17h00 mais la mobilisation est forte quand un enjeu domine.
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Incumbents generally have the upper hand when they run for reelection. In multiparty systems, coordination failures on the losing side further compound this advantage. ⬇️ Check our new @VoxEU column! With K. Dano, @FFerlenga, @vingalasso, @clpennec and @VestalMcIntyre.
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VoxEU
2 years
Incumbents have the upper hand in elections – coordination failures give them a further advantage: Evidence from #France.Dano @UCBerkeley, Ferlenga @PSTC_Brown, @vingalasso @Unibocconi, @clpennec @HEC_Montreal, @VinPons @HarvardHBS @VestalMcIntyre @YaleEGC.
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Vincent Pons
11 months
Two questions tonight: .1/ What explains the Democrats' collective failure to produce another presidential candidate?.2/ Is there still time for Biden to step down from the race?.
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Does public funding of campaign expenditures improve electoral outcomes? Our new working paper with @nikolaj_broberg and @ClemenceTricaud addresses this question in French elections, using an RDD around a population threshold (1/n).⬇️.
@nberpubs
NBER
3 years
Public reimbursement of campaign spending increases competitiveness and decreases incumbents’ chances of victory in French plurality rule elections, from Nikolaj Broberg, @VinPons, and @ClemenceTricaud
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Our paper "Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization" with @benjaminmarx and @SuriTavneet was just published in the @JPubEcon . Summary in their thread⬇️.
@JPubEcon
Journal of Public Economics
4 years
Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization".Vol 197 (May 2021). by Benjamin Marx (@benjaminmarx ) , Vincent Pons (@VinPons ), & Tavneet Suri (@SuriTavneet ).
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Vincent Pons
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Do demographic trends help predict the outcomes of US elections? We checked in our new @nberpubs paper "Pitfalls of Demographic Forecasts of US Elections" with Richard Calvo and Jesse Shapiro. A 🧵on what we do and find #EconTwitter #PoliSciTwitter. (1/n).
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NBER
8 months
Demographic trends do not help predict the outcomes of US elections, from Richard Calvo, @VinPons, and Jesse M. Shapiro
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Vincent Pons
3 months
Our paper "Coordination and Incumbency Advantage in Multi-Party Systems—Evidence from French Elections" is now forthcoming @JEEA_News!! 👇👇.Short 🧵on what we do and find, with K. Dano, @FFerlenga, @vingalasso and @clpennec (1/10).
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JEEA
3 months
Forthcoming article by Kevin Dano @FFerlenga @vingalasso @clpennec and @VinPons "Coordination and Incumbency Advantage in Multi-Party Systems - Evidence from French Elections" @EEANews @OUPAcademic.
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Vincent Pons
5 years
Many voters choose which candidate to vote for based on campaign information, but TV debates' contribution to this process is negligible: see my new @nberpubs wp with @clpennec, based on 201k observations from 61 elections and 9 countries:
@nberpubs
NBER
5 years
Repeated survey data from 61 elections and 9 OECD countries since 1952 show that many voters form their vote choice during the campaign, but TV debates’ contribution to this process is negligible, from @clpennec and @VinPons
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In a new @nberpubs wp, we find that women see #COVID19 as a more serious problem than men. Women also agree and comply more with related public health rules. With @vingalasso, @Paola_Profeta, Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard, and @MartialFoucault 1/N .
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NBER
5 years
Evidence that women see COVID-19 as a more serious problem than men, and agree and comply more with related public health rules, from @vingalasso, @VinPons, @paola_profeta, Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard, and @MartialFoucault
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Our new @nberpubs wp on the impact of #COVID19 on attitudes about democracy is out! ⬇️ (1/n).
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NBER
3 years
The impact of COVID-19 on attitudes about democracy and support for different types of regimes, from Michael Becher, Nicolas Longuet Marx, @VinPons, Sylvain Brouard, @MartialFoucault, @vingalasso, Eric Kerrouche, Sandra León Alfonso, and Daniel Stegmueller
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Do parties and voters coordinate better on the losing or winning side, at the next election? Short answer: the latter. ⬇️ Check our new @nberpubs paper using evidence from French multi-party elections, with K. Dano, @FFerlenga, @vingalasso & @clpennec!.
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NBER
3 years
Research on French elections shows that coordination issues on the losing side make the incumbency advantage particularly strong in multi-party settings, from Kevin Dano, Francesco Ferlenga, @vingalasso, @clpennec, and @VinPons
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"Le désastre évité, réformons notre mode de scrutin".Ma tribune pour @lemondefr sur les enseignements à tirer des #legislatives2024 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Thanks to the @AEAjournals for featuring our new #AER paper with Enrico Cantoni as chart of the week! ⬇️.See tweet below for a full thread on what we do and find in "Does Context Outweigh Individual Characteristics in Driving Voting Behavior?".
@AEAjournals
AEA Journals
3 years
When voters move across state lines, they adopt some of the same voting behaviors of their new communities, say Enrico Cantoni and @VinPons. #Chart
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2 years
J’étais aujourd'hui l'invité des Matins d’été sur @franceculture pour discuter de démocratie, d'économie. et de philosophie! Merci @juliegacon et @Lesmatinsfcult! . Replay ici ⬇️⬇️.#prixmeilleurjeuneéconomiste2023 @HarvardHBS @diane_vsy @Tom_Umbdenstock.
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Ma première chronique mensuelle sur les U.S. @LEXPRESS: #Americanomics.
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Vincent Pons
3 years
A chaque élection, l'abstention atteint de nouveaux records. Il est temps d'y remédier!.Nous discutons des causes et proposons quatre solutions dans notre focus @CAEinfo avec @jean_beuve et Etienne Fize (1/n) ⬇️.
@CAEinfo
Conseil d'analyse économique
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✅🆕Focus @CAEinfo: @jean_beuve, Etienne Fize & Vincent Pons (@VinPons) s’intéressent au phénomène de montée de l’#abstention en mobilisant des outils d’analyse #éco afin d’apprécier son impact, identifier ses causes & explorer des pistes pour ses remèdes▶️
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Women take #Covid19 much more seriously than men. Evidence from a panel survey started in March in US, France, and 6 other countries. See our paper in .@PNASNews, with @vingalasso and @Paola_Profeta, as well as M Becher, S Brouard, and @MartialFoucault:
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Vincent Pons
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Many states fund candidates' electoral campaigns to level the playing field. Does public money actually help outsiders? .👇 Check our new @voxeu column! 👇. With @Nikolaj_Broberg, @ClemenceTricaud, and @VestalMcIntyre.
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Vincent Pons
5 years
Just read the tragic news that Alberto Alesina passed away. I remember fondly the many research discussions and his unique intellectual curiosity. His sense of humor transformed academic seminars into open and welcoming discussions. Shocked and sad, my thoughts go to his family.
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Our (second) paper with @benjaminmarx and @SuriTavneet, "Voter Mobilisation and Trust in Electoral Institutions: Evidence from Kenya," is forthcoming in the Economic Journal @EJ_RES. Summary in Ben's thread ⬇️.
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Benjamin Marx
4 years
Our 2 papers with @VinPons and @SuriTavneet came out the same month! In this one, we study the impacts of a large-scale voter mobilization campaign conducted during the 2013 Kenyan elections. (1/4) 👇.
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Vincent Pons
8 months
Come and work with us on our project on protests and politics in the US! #econtwitter @econ_ra .Please share - details on the position and how to apply in @amorygethin's post below 👇👇.
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Amory Gethin
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Please share: we are looking for a research assistant for a project on protests and political attitudes with @VinPons. The position is paid, with flexible location. Please send me a short email and CV if interested! #econtwitter @econ_ra
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4 years
🎙️ Thoughtful and fascinating discussion in #TheWeeds podcast of our recent @QJEHarvard paper “Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters” w/ Enrico Cantoni!. Thanks to @mattyglesias, @DLind, and @dylanmatt for covering the paper!. Starting at minute 42.
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In a new @nberpubs wp with Enrico Cantoni, we ask whether #GOTV visits by candidates can increase voter support and participation: can candidates “bridge the gap” with voters by engaging more often in personal interactions with them? 1/N
@nberpubs
NBER
5 years
A field experiment in Italy shows that candidates’ door-to-door visits had no impact on election turnout. Candidates increased their own vote share, but only at the expense of other candidates, from Enrico Cantoni and @VinPons.
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Vincent Pons
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Duflo, Banerjee and Kremer popularized a new research method based on scientific rigor but also human contact and listening: read my column on @NobelPrize in #economics in @ProMarket_org, the blog of the @StiglerCenter: @JPAL @JPAL_Europe @Harvard @MIT.
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Vincent Pons
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Great video summary of my paper "Will a five-minute discussion change your mind?" ! Follow @econimate for many more of these!.
@econimate
econimate
5 years
Will a five-minute discussion change your mind?. Research from @VinPons (@HarvardHBS) on whether door-to-door canvassing can affect voters' choices.
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Montée du populisme, abstention, défiance envers les élus: comment comprendre l'affaiblissement de la #démocratie, et quelles en sont les conséquences pour l'#activité économique?. ⬇️ Petit aperçu d'économie politique -- et de mes travaux! -- dans ce #podcast du @Cercle_eco.
@Cercle_eco
Le Cercle des économistes
2 years
Peut-on dire qu’une #démocratie fonctionne quand moins d’un électeur sur deux se rend aux urnes ? Par quels leviers motive-t-on les citoyens à voter ? Quels liens y a-t-il entre démocratie et économie ?. Nous en parlons dans le 2e épisode de #GénérationEconomie avec @VinPons.
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Vincent Pons
3 years
🧵 Alert: New policy brief on voting procedures!.Looming midterms put voting rights in the spotlight. For all the heated debates, many policymakers genuinely wonder how to increase turnout. ⬇️ We provide guidance on approaching research evidence: .(1/n)
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Vincent Pons
1 year
"Les économistes ne peuvent plus se contenter d’une posture normative, conseillant au prince les réformes qu’ils jugent optimales.".Ma tribune pour @lemondefr ⬇️⬇️⬇️.
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Merci à @beatricemathieu et @LEXPRESS pour cet entretien sur la crise démocratique que traverse la France! 👇 👇.A quand remonte-t-elle et quels en sont les effets? Quelles sont les différences avec les crises traversées par d'autres démocraties, du Chili aux Etats-Unis?.
@LEXPRESS
L'Express
2 years
ENTRETIEN. Lauréat avec l’économiste Julia Cagé du prix du meilleur jeune économiste, Vincent Pons, professeur à Harvard pointe les risques de la crise de défiance qui balaie la France. ⤵️.
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Voters often face a key choice between continuity and change. But does voting for change – voting incumbents out of office – deliver better livelihoods for citizens?.Check our new @voxeu column w/ @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet! ⬇️.
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Merci à @bfmbusiness pour cet échange sur l'affaiblissement démocratique, les risques pour l'économie . et l'enseignement à @HarvardHBS !.#prixmeilleurjeuneéconomiste2023.
@bfmbusiness
BFM Business
2 years
Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2023: comment le niveau de démocratie d'un pays influe sur son économie. "Mon sujet c'est l'affaiblissement de la démocratie qu'on peut constater en France, un peu partout dans le monde". 🎙️ @VinPons, prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2023
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Vincent Pons
10 months
La France (brièvement) en tête du classement des médailles #JOParis2024 .Les courbes Trump vs. Harris qui se croisent sur les marchés prédictifs US #2024Election .Bref, une journée réussie 🙂
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Vincent Pons
5 years
Thanks @JohnHolbein1 for advertising my new @nberpubs wp on vote choice formation and the minimal effects of TV debates, joint with @clpennec :).
@JohnHolbein1
John B. Holbein
5 years
Political debates have no effect on election outcomes. #NullEffectsMatter.#TeamPreciseNulls.
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Vincent Pons
5 years
I'll be keynote speaker at the Oslo virtual political economy workshop, August 13-14. Check out the great program put together by @jonfiva and Benny Geys ( and sign in at #EconTwitter.
@JFiva
Jon Fiva
5 years
🚨Virtual political economy workshop Aug. 13-14 🚨. Sign up here to get Zoom link: We have an exciting program ( with 10 great papers:. (1/11).
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Une démocratie sans électeurs et sans sa jeunesse est-elle encore démocratique? 👇👇. Notre tribune sur l'#abstention dans @lemondefr avec @jydormagen @Marie_Caillaud et @FloreBlondel et @DDreuil, coprésidents de l'ONG @avote_ong #AVoté.
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Félicitations @XJaravel, lauréat du prix, et @AurelieOuss et Josselin Thuilliez, également nominés! #PMJE 2021.
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Vincent Pons
1 year
Aux Etats-Unis, l'inflation a perdu la guerre. Quelles leçons en tirer pour les politiques économiques futures - et pour l'avenir politique du pays?.Ma dernière chronique pour @LesEchos ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Thanks to the @EconomicTimes for this interview on my research on democracy! .How democratic weakening and political instability can affect public policies and economic activity ⬇️⬇️.
@EconomicTimes
Economic Times
2 years
#ETEvoke | Vincent Pons is Michael B. Kim Associate Professor at Harvard Business School. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, he discusses the role of democracy and stability in bolstering economies .@VinPons @HarvardHBS @Harvard @srijanapiya17
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Vincent Pons
5 years
New @nberpubs wp, with Enrico Cantoni. 1/ We use a U.S.-wide panel 2008–18 and track the voting behavior of movers to measure the overall influence of contextual vs. individual factors (e.g., voting rules and media vs. race and education). #EconTwitter.
@nberpubs
NBER
5 years
Using a US-wide voter-level panel, 2008–2018, findings that location explains 37 percent of the cross-state variation in turnout and an only slightly smaller share of variation in party affiliation, from Enrico Cantoni and @VinPons.
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Vincent Pons
11 months
Pour empêcher que le RN n’obtienne une majorité, 220 personnalités de gauche à droite appellent à ce que le candidat démocrate le moins bien placé se désiste, en cas de triangulaire: (1/2).
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Our event study shows a sharp change in voter turnout after the move. Using a value-added model including voter, state, and election fixed effects, we find that state characteristics explain about 37% of the cross-state variation in turnout (5/9).
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Merci @RaveaudGilles et @Charlie_Hebdo_ pour cette discussion passionnante -- et entre économistes! -- sur les maux qui rongent la démocratie et les remèdes possibles. #prixmeilleurjeuneéconomiste2023 @HarvardHBS.
@RaveaudGilles
Gilles Raveaud
2 years
Il y a à Harvard un économiste français qui a fait campagne pour François Hollande. Il s'appelle Vincent Pons, et il a des idées pour soigner notre démocratie. Mon entretien avec lui est ici. @VinPons @Cercle_eco.
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Vincent Pons
1 year
Merci @Oeconomicus_fr et @Pierre__Rx pour cette interview! Parmi les sujets discutés: l'importance de l'alternance politique, les remèdes à l'abstention, ainsi que les liens entre démocratie et économie. #prixmeilleurjeuneéconomiste2023.
@Oeconomicus_fr
Oeconomicus
1 year
Vincent Pons | Compétition et participation électorale. Retrouvez notre dernière conversation avec @VinPons, Professeur d'économie à @Harvard et lauréat du prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2023 @Cercle_eco @lemondefr. ITW par @Pierre__Rx @CrestUmr . 👉
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Merci à la @RParlementaire, la "Lettre du Pouvoir" et @PaulSugy pour leur généreux portrait paru ce matin!
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@RParlementaire
La Revue Parlementaire
4 years
A l’heure où l’abstention est la grande gagnante de tous les scrutins et où les réseaux sociaux électrisent l’opinion, @VinPons, professeur à Harvard, fait le pari de la proximité pour remédier au désamour de la politique. via @RParlementaire
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Vincent Pons
5 years
En France et dans 7 autres pays, les femmes sont systématiquement plus respectueuses des mesures de confinement que les hommes. Mon oped dans @lemondefr sur le #Covid_19 avec @MartialFoucault:
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Vincent Pons
5 years
To prepare for tonight's #TrumpBidenDebate and #USElection2020, see our @voxeu column on the effects of past TV debates vs. field campaigns in the U.S. and round the world. With @clpennec and @VestalMcIntyre 👇.
@voxeu
VoxEU
5 years
How much will tonight's TV #TrumpBidenDebate matter? Not much, if past evidence holds true. Despite the anticipation, @VinPons, @clpennec & @VestalMcIntyre argue that TV debates between candidates do not substantially impact vote choice:
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Great work and practical recommandations on #Ukraine by @lugaricano.
@lugaricano
Luis Garicano 🇪🇺🇺🇦
3 years
Getting back from a visit to Lviv, Ukraine, as part of a delegation with 5 colleagues from the EP. We met top municipal, regional and national government officials. One single point in the agenda: How can the EU help? . We come back with a list of 7 urgent requests. [THREAD]1/
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Vincent Pons
5 years
Interview with @lucyEgrey from @BBCWorld on the #USElection2020. By now, very few voters remain undecided, but one thing still matters: turnout. If you haven’t yet, tomorrow, go out and vote.
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Vincent Pons
4 years
Congratulations to @davidecipu for your PhD defense today!. I was honored to be your discussant and look forward to read and learn more from your work in the coming years!. W/ @EvaMork, Luca Repetto, @johannarickne, @MatzDahlberg, and Sven Oskarsson.
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Vincent Pons
6 years
Nobel Prizes are usually awarded long after the discovery. Duflo, Banerjee, and Kremer's Prize recognizes their immediate impact on the very way in which we study economics. What a day for the experimental method!! @HarvardEcon @MITEcon @JPAL @JPAL_Europe.
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Vincent Pons
5 years
How much will the TV debate between @realDonaldTrump and @JoeBiden on September 29 matter? Not much, if past evidence holds true. More in our @voxeu column with @clpennec and @VestalMcIntyre:
@voxeu
VoxEU
5 years
The minimal effects of TV debates between candidates
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Vincent Pons
3 years
Overall, we conclude that context exerts a considerable influence on participation and on partisanship, but that it does not outweigh individual drivers of voting behavior. Paper available on our personal websites: and (9/9).
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Vincent Pons
1 year
L'insoutenable légèreté du vote -- du fossé entre faits et croyances, faiblesse structurelle des régimes démocratiques. Ma dernière chronique pour @LesEchos ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Vincent Pons
11 months
410,000 Français de l'étranger ont voté en ligne, soit 60% de plus qu'en 2022. 1/ Cette mobilisation annonce une forte hausse de la participation moyenne. 2/ Elle suggère une forte mobilisation des électeurs de gauche et du centre, plus nombreux à l'étranger que les électeurs RN.
@FR_Consulaire
France Consul@ire
11 months
🗳 #Législatives2024 l Le vote par internet est désormais clos. ❗Plus de 4️⃣1️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ votants en ligne, un record de participation ! En comparaison, vous étiez 250.000 en 2022. Si vous n'avez pas voté par internet, rdv ce week-end pour le vote à l'urne.
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Merci @AliBaddou pour votre invitation dans #Clhebdo! Crise démocratique et environnementale au menu - et dans le replay ⬇️⬇️⬇️. @clhebdo5 @HarvardHBS @servicePresseF5 #prixmeilleurjeuneéconomiste2023.
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Vincent Pons
11 months
Changement du mode de scrutin? Nous en avons débattu hier avec @erwanbalanant et Anne-Charlène Bezzina sur @franceculture, @LeTempsDuDebat. Le replay:
@Questionsdusoir
Questions du soir
11 months
DIRECT🔴.Faut-il changer le mode de scrutin pour une Assemblée plus représentative ?.Le débat commence avec @erwanbalanant député MoDem du Finistère, Vincent Pons professeur d’économie à @Harvard et Anne-Charlène Bezzina constitutionnaliste, maîtresse de conférence à @univrouen
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Vincent Pons
5 years
Les #Municipales2020 se gagneront sur le terrain, pas sur les réseaux sociaux. Quel parti aura les forces militantes nécessaires? Réponse dans ma nouvelle note @IPPinfo, avec @VestalMcIntyre.
@IPPinfo
IPP - Institut des politiques publiques
5 years
(Note IPP n°50) Campagne de terrain versus réseaux sociaux : comment toucher les électeurs lors des élections #municipales ? Par @VinPons et @VestalMcIntyre.#municipales2020 #reseauxsociaux #elections
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Vincent Pons
5 years
The #COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying: Coverage of our @PNASNews paper with @Paola_Profeta, @vingalasso, @MartialFoucault, M. Becher, and S. Brouard by @HarvardHBS Working Knowledge @HBSWK.
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Vincent Pons
6 months
Un gouvernement d'union nationale est une piste logique mais risquée. 👇👇.Ma dernière chronique pour @LesEchos: Désordre économique et risque populiste.
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Vincent Pons
7 months
Le trumpisme n'a rien d'une anomalie lointaine: Mon analyse dans @LesEchos 👇👇.L'économie européenne, en panne de croissance, est un terreau au moins aussi favorable au trumpisme autoritaire que l'Amérique prospère.
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Dans ma chronique pour @LesEchos, quelques pistes pour #dépolariser la France. 👇👇👇.La polarisation et la défiance ont atteint un nouveau pic, mais elles progressent depuis 50 ans. Alors, comment recréer les conditions d'une démocratie vraiment délibérative?
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Vincent Pons
2 years
Aux US, Républicains et Démocrates se battent sur le plafond de la dette. Ma première chronique pour @LesEchos décrypte ce bras de fer et ses enjeux: risque de défaut sur la dette US et de crise financière mondiale. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Vincent Pons
5 years
Latest target of the #Trump administration's crusade against immigrants: students attending schools which will have to operate online due to #COVID19. These students "must depart the country or take other measures." Faculty: let's do all we can to help.
@ReichlinMelnick
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
5 years
This is bad. ICE just told students here on student visas that if their school is going online-only this fall, the students must depart the United States and cannot remain through the fall semester.
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Vincent Pons
5 years
Way to go!
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