Peter Buisseret
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University.
I was previously an Assistant Professor at the Harris School, at the University of Chicago. Before that, I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick. I received my PhD from Princeton University.
I work in the fields of political economy, and formal theory.
Email: pbuisseret@fas.harvard.edu
Address: CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, MA 02138
CV: [PDF]
Work in Progress
[1.] Making Elections Work: Accountability with Selection and Control (with Vincent Anesi) [PDF]
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Revise and Resubmit
[2.] Party Nomination Strategies in List PR systems (with Olle Folke, Carlo Prato, and Johanna Rickne) [PDF]
American Journal of Political Science, Revise and Resubmit
A previous version won the “CQ Press Award” for best paper on legislative studies at APSA 2017
[3.] Pandora's Ballot Box: Electoral Politics of Referendums (with Richard Van Weelden) [In Progress]
[4.] Policy Competition Between Polarized Candidates (with Richard Van Weelden) [In Progress]
Published Papers
[1.] Competing Principals? Legislative Representation in List PR Electoral Systems (with Carlo Prato) [PDF]
American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming
[2.] Crashing the Party? Elites, Outsiders, and Elections (with Richard Van Weelden) [PDF]
American Journal of Political Science, 2020
[3.] The Race to the Base (with Dan Bernhardt and Sinem Hidir) [PDF]
American Economic Review, 2020
Winner of the "Best Paper" award at the Great Lakes Political Economy Theory Conference 2018
[4.] Reelection and Renegotiation: International Agreements in the Shadow of the Polls (with Dan Bernhardt) [PDF]
American Political Science Review, 2018
[5.] Dynamics of Policymaking: Stepping Back to Leap Forward, Stepping Forward to Keep Back (with Dan Bernhardt) [PDF]
American Journal of Political Science, 2017
[6.] Electoral Competition with Entry under Non-Majoritarian Run-off Rules [PDF]
Games and Economic Behavior, 2017
[7.] Electoral Control and the Human Capital of Politicians (with Carlo Prato) [PDF]
Games and Economic Behavior, 2016
[8.] "Together or Apart"? On Joint versus Separate Electoral Accountability [PDF]
The Journal of Politics, 2016
Refereed Conference Publications
[9.] Voting Behavior under Proportional Representation (with Carlo Prato) [PDF]
Journal of Theoretical Politics, Special Conference Issue on "Personalism and the Personal Vote in PR Systems", 2020