Vincent Pons

Byron Wien Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School

Vincent Pons is Byron Wien Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and he is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).

Vincent Pons’s research examines the foundations of democracy: how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved. He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter participation, those shaping preferences, the representativeness of results, and the effects of election outcomes on policies and on countries’ economic performance. This work has appeared in journals such as Econometrica, the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the American Political Science Review. It has resulted in mentions and opinion pieces in media outlets including The New York Times, The Economist, The BBC, Les Echos, and Le Monde.

Speaker Schedule

Friday, January 31, 2025

at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS)
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Flagship Session
Flagship Session with Benjamin Haddad Benjamin Haddad Moderated by Vincent Pons
JFK Jr. Forum
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat with Mirjana Spoljaric (max 30 guests)
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Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat with Alexander de Croo (max 30 guests, starts at 5:15 pm)
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