Benjamin Tremblay-Auger

PhD Student, Political Economics
Personal Website
PhD Program Office Graduate School of Business Stanford University 655 Knight Way Stanford, CA 94305

Benjamin Tremblay-Auger

I am currently on the job market.

I employ formal and statistical models, along with case study analysis, to investigate issues in political economy. My ongoing projects primarily examine the dynamic interaction of cultural traits and institutions. I use this framework to understand the abrupt collapse of religion in Quebec and some European countries, foreign sponsorship of ethnic rebellions, and the persistence or extinction of cultural traits.

My broad research interests lie at the boundary of economics and political science.

Faculty Advisors

Avidit Acharya,
Vicky Fouka,
Steven Callander,
David Laitin

Research Interests

  • Comparative and International Political Economy
  • Cultural Economics
  • Conflicts
  • Applied/Formal Theory

Publications

Design Trade-Offs Under Power Asymmetry: COPs and Flexibility Clauses.

Financiers of Discord: International Support to Rebel Organizations in Civil Wars as a Counterforce to Institutional Solutions (in French)

Indirect Wars: Why States Finance Foreign Rebellions? (in French)