PhD candidate in economics, ESSEC Business School
Visiting student, Yale University, fall 2026
I am a PhD candidate in economics at ESSEC Business School and hold a master's degree in economics from the New Economic School (NES) in Moscow. My research lies at the intersection of development economics and political economy, with further interests in law and economics and Russian economic history.
iaroslav.prokhorskoi@essec.edu
Working papers:
SSRN VoxEU column, 2026 IOEA Accessit Best Paper Award, 2025
with Sultan Mehmood and Hans-Joachim Voth
Presentations:
2026
Summer Workshop in Economic History and Historical Political Economy of Russia
University of Chicago, Paris
SIOE Annual Conference
2025
CEPR Paris Symposium, poster session
Frontiers of Comparative Development in Historical Perspective
University of Manchester
Applied Economics Lunch
Paris School of Economics
2024
Public Governance seminar
Paris Dauphine, PSL
Summer schools: Yerevan Economic School and University of Chicago Stone Center, ISEO, IOEA.