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56
Citations
20815
World Ranking
982
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

Thierry Verdier is affiliated with the Paris School of Economics in France. Their research primarily spans social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance, with a publication record that highlights intersections in sociology, political science, and demography.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • On the Joint Evolution of Culture and Political Institutions: Elites and Civil Society (2023), Journal of Political Economy
  • Culture, institutions and the long divergence (2023), Journal of Economic Growth
  • Advances in the Economic Theory of Cultural Transmission (2023), Annual Review of Economics
  • Samaritan Bundles: Fundraising Competition and Inefficient Clustering in NGO Projects (2020), The Economic Journal
  • Crime, Broken Families, and Punishment (2022), American Economic Journal Microeconomics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Verdier include:

  • Alberto Bisin
  • Jared Rubin
  • Yves Zénou
  • Sebastian Doerr
  • Dalia Marin

Verdier's scholarly contributions have appeared most often in the following publication venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Economic Journal
  • Journal of International Economics
  • Journal of Political Economy
  • Journal of Economic Growth

Their book publications are associated with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Recent titles include:

  • Les architectes français dans la Rome pontificale de l'âge baroque 1650-1720 (2025)
  • Naître et faire naître à la Renaissance (2025)
  • A first visit to the Outlook Tower. Une première visite de l'Outlook Tower (2024)
  • L'oiseau à la Renaissance (2025)
  • La ville en fête à la Renaissance (2025)

Primary fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Key subfields covered in their research are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Demography
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Safety Research

Main topics of Verdier's work encompass:

  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Global trade and economics
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Economic Policies and Impacts
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies

Thierry Verdier has been recognized as an Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association, reflecting their involvement in the broader economics research community.

Best Publications

  • The Economics of Cultural Transmission and the Dynamics of Preferences

    Alberto Bisin;Thierry Verdier

  • “Beyond the Melting Pot”: Cultural Transmission, Marriage, and the Evolution of Ethnic and Religious Traits

    Alberto Bisin;Thierry Verdier

  • Political foundations of the resource curse

    James A. Robinson;Ragnar Torvik;Thierry Verdier

  • Oligarchy, democracy, inequality and growth

    François Bourguignon;Thierry Verdier

  • The choice between market failures and corruption

    Daron K. Acemoglu;Thierry Verdier

  • The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Socialization

    Alberto Bisin;Thierry Verdier

  • Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: a General Equilibrium Approach

    Daron Acemoglu;Thierry Verdier

  • Education, democracy and growth

    Gilles Saint-Paul;Thierry Verdier

  • The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Socialization

    Alberto Bisin;Thierry Verdier

  • The Dynamics of Firm-Level Adjustment to Trade Liberalization

    James Costantini;Elhanan Helpman;Dalia Marin;Marc Melitz

  • A Theory of Defensive Skill-Biased Innovation and Globalization

    Mathias Thoenig;Thierry Verdier

  • Kleptocracy and divide-and-rule : a model of personal rule

    Daron Acemoglu;James A. Robinson;Thierry Verdier

  • Religious Intermarriage and Socialization in the United States

    Alberto Bisin;Giorgio Topa;Giorgio Topa;Thierry Verdier

  • The Political Economy of Clientelism

    James A. Robinson;Thierry Verdier

  • Transition and the output fall

    Gérard Roland;Thierry Verdier

  • The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Socialization

    Alberto Bisin;Alberto Bisin;Thierry Verdier;Thierry Verdier;Thierry Verdier

  • Spatial competition in the banking system: Localization, cross subsidies and the regulation of deposit rates

    Pierre-André Chiappori;David Perez-Castrillo;Thierry Verdier

  • Formation and persistence of oppositional identities

    Alberto Bisin;Eleonora Patacchini;Eleonora Patacchini;Eleonora Patacchini;Thierry A Verdier;Yves Zenou

  • The boundaries of the multinational firm: an empirical analysis

    Nathan Nunn;Daniel Trefler;Elhanan Helpman;Dalia Marin

  • Ethnic identity and labour market outcomes of immigrants in Europe

    Alberto Bisin;Eleonora Patacchini;Thierry Verdier;Yves Zenou

  • Goodwill bazaar: NGO competition and giving to development

    Gani Aldashev;Thierry Verdier

  • Law enforcement and transition

    Gérard Roland;Gérard Roland;Thierry Verdier;Thierry Verdier

  • The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy

    Elhanan Helpman;Dalia Marin;Thierry Verdier

  • The role of unions in the twenty-first century

    Agar Brugiavini;Bernhard Ebbinghaus;Richard Freeman;Pietro Garibaldi

  • Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic Identity and Integration

    Alberto Bisin;Eleonora Patacchini;Eleonora Patacchini;Eleonora Patacchini;Thierry Verdier;Thierry Verdier;Yves Zenou;Yves Zenou

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Bisin
Alberto Bisin New York University
Yves Zenou
Yves Zenou Monash University
Eleonora Patacchini
Eleonora Patacchini Cornell University
François Bourguignon
François Bourguignon Paris School of Economics
Claudia Senik
Claudia Senik Paris School of Economics
James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson University of Chicago
David Martimort
David Martimort Toulouse School of Economics
Gérard Roland
Gérard Roland University of California, Berkeley

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