Political Economy

The purpose of this section is to promote teaching and research that integrates politics and economics.

Website: www.apsanet.org/~polecon/

2007 - 2008 Officers

Chair:
Jeffry Frieden
Harvard University
Department of Government
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
jfrieden@harvard.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
David  Leblang
University of Colorado, Boulder
Political Science
Campus Box 333
Boulder CO 80309
leblang@colorado.edu

Newsletter Editors, The Political Economist:
Matthew  Gabel (from January 2007 thru January 2009)
Washington University in St. Louis
Political Science
Campus Box 1063
326 Eliot Hall
Saint Louis MO 63130-4899
mgabel@artsci.wustl.edu

Randall L. Calvert (from January 2007 thru January 2009)
Washington University
Departmet of Political Science
Eliot Hall, Campus Box 1063
One Brookings Drive
Saint Louis MO 63130
calvert@wustl.edu

2008 Program Chairs:
Catherine Hafer
New York University
Politics
726 Broadway, 7th floor
New York NY 10003
catherine.hafer@nyu.edu

Council:
Sara Brooks, Ohio State University
Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University
Sandy Gordon, New York University
Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin
Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University
Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University

Awards

• List of All Previous Winners

The William H. Riker Award is given for the best book on Political Economy. One copy of each book should be sent to each committee member by March 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
David A. Lake
University of California, San Diego
Political Science
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0521
La Jolla CA 92093-0521
dlake@ucsd.edu

Committee Members:
Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles
David Epstein, Columbia University

The Mancur Olson Award is given for the best dissertation completed and accepted in the previous two years. One copy of each dissertation should be sent to each committee member by March 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Lisa L. Martin
Harvard University
Government
WCFIA, 1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge MA 02138
lmartin@wcfia.harvard.edu

Committee Members:
Gary Cox, University of California, San Diego
William Bianco, Indiana University

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper in Political Economy presented at the APSA meeting.  Nominations should be submitted by October 31, 2007.

Award Committee Chair:
Andrew  Sobel
Washington University
Political Science
1 Brookings Drive, Box 1063
Saint Louis MO 63130
sobel@artsci.wustl.edu

Committee Members:
Rebecca Morton, New York University
William Keech, Duke University

The Michael Wallerstein Award is given for the best published article in Political Economy in the previous calendar year.  It is presented at the APSA meeting.   One copy of a nominated article should be sent to each member of the committee by March 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Kenneth F. Scheve
Yale University
Political Science
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven CT 06520-8301
kenneth.scheve@yale.edu

Committee Members:
Helen Milner, Princeton University
John Roemer, Yale University