Sophie Hatte

I am Associate Professor of Economics at ENS de Lyon and Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality and Conflict (CERGIC). I am affiliated to the CEPR Media Plurality RPN. 

My research interests are in political economy, development, and public economics. I am the recipient of a JCJC ANR grant on the "Disrupting Effects of Social Media" - project DISRUPT.

Since Oct-2023, I serve as the Director of Education in Economics at ENS de Lyon: Department of Economics. 

You can download my cv.

Publications

• Anti-Muslim Voting and Media Coverage of Immigrant Crimes, with M. Couttenier, M. Thoenig and S. Vlachos.
  Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024
  [Paper, Online Appendix]
  Link to Voxeu Column  
  This paper circulated under the title "The Logic of Fear : Populism and the Media Coverage of Immigrant Crimes" , CEPR Discussion Papers 13496. [Working paper version]

• The Geography of NGO Activism against Multinational Corporations, with P. Koenig.
  World Bank Economic Review , 2020 34:1, p. 143-163
  [Paper]
  Link to the Lettre PSE, an article on TheConversation and a summary - NGO Campaign Data                                                                                            

• Are environmentally responsible firms less vulnerable when investing abroad? The role of reputation, with R. Bazillier and J. Vauday.
  Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, vol. 45, p. 520-543
  [Paper]

• Mass media effects on non-governmental organizations, with M. Couttenier.
  Journal of Development Economics, 2016, vol. 123, p. 57-72
  [Paper]                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Working Papers and Work in Progress 

• Conflict Reporting in the Digital Age, with E. Madinier and E. Zhuravskaya.
  A previous version of this paper circulated under the title "Reading Twitter in the Newsroom: How Social Media affects Traditional-Media Reporting of Conflicts", CEPR Discussion Paper No .16167.
  CEPR VoxTalks podcast [CERGIC Working Paper 0013]

• Dear Brothers and Sisters: Pope's Speeches and the Dynamics of Conflict in Africa, with M. Couttenier, L. Laugerette and T. Sonno
  [CEPR Discussion Paper No. 20108] [CERGIC Working Paper 0010]

• Connecting the Unconnected: Facebook Access and Female Political Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa, with J. Loper and T. Taylor
  [CEPR Discussion Paper No. 20116]  [CERGIC Working Paper 0009]

• Far-Right Ownership in the Printed Press and Public Policy, with M. Couttenier, T. Taylor and S. Vlachos  

• Media Influence on Corporate Decision-Making: Does Television Coverage Impact Mass Layoff Strategies?, with M. Godard      

• Communication Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations : Theory and Evidence, with M. Couttenier, P. Fleckinger and M. Glachant                                                                                             

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Social media and legacy media, with E. Zhuravskaya
  in The Political Economy of Social Media, F. Campante, R. Durante and A. Tesei (eds), e-book, CEPR Press, Paris & London, 2023, 195-202

[ebook]                                                                                                                                        

Publication in French

• La RSE influence-t-elle le choix de localisation des firmes multinationales ? Le cas de l’environnement‪, with R. Bazillier and J. Vauday.
  Revue d'Economie Industrielle, 2014, vol. 148, no. 4, p. 383-409                                                                                                                                        

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