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Nico Ajzenman @nicolasajz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🚨 Join us for the 3rd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference on Oct 9-10 in Montreal! 🚨 I co-organize it with @clpennec.bsky.social and Cevat Giray Aksoy, it will be even better than the first editions! Send your papers before June 19: forms.gle/4LbupRmMPriH... Share with friends!

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T-PEC Paper Submission

2026, Montreal

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King's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) earlier this week, organized by our own Cevat Aksoy, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and @clpennec.bsky.social. Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Political candidates systematically move toward the political center between the first and second rounds of an election, say researchers at Harvard and @hec.ca. Their findings help confirm the forces behind the median voter theorem. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

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Moving toward the center

How do politicians adjust their messages based on who they're running against?

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Social Science Research Council @ssrc.org · 12/08/2025

In @aeajournals.bsky.social AER, Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti, @clpennec.bsky.social, and @vinpons.bsky.social examine a new dataset of US and French candidate websites, finding that candidate ideologies move towards the center between primary and general elections. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

We study changes in political discourse during campaigns, using a novel dataset of candidate websites for US House elections, 2002–2016, and manifestos for French parliamentary and local elections, 1958–2022. We find that candidates move to the center in ideology and rhetorical complexity between the first round (or primary) and the second round (or general election). This convergence reflects candidates' strategic adjustment to their opponents, as predicted by Downsian competition: Using an RDD we show that candidates converge to the platform of opponents who narrowly qualified for the last round as opposed to those who narrowly failed to qualify.

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Vincent Pons @vinpons.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Thrilled to see our paper published in the American Economic Review!! 👇👇👇 We show that candidates in US and French elections move to the center during the campaign, reflecting strategic adjustment to their opponents. @aeajournals.bsky.social with R. Di Tella, R. Kotti and @clpennec.bsky.social (1/n)

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Caroline Le Pennec @clpennec.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The deadline is in 10 days! Submit your political economy papers to the second edition of T-PEC (London, 6-7 Nov): t.co/wroSY56WCS

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Caroline Le Pennec @clpennec.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This recent EJ Virtual Issue on Accountability and Electoral Selection features my (not-so-recent) JMP. A great opportunity to revisit an old thread!

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King's QPE @kingsqpe.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

🚨Call for papers! We will be hosting this great workshop next autumn, organized by @clpennec.bsky.social, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and our own Cevat Aksoy. Submit your best political economy work!

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Caroline Le Pennec @clpennec.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Call for papers! The second edition of the Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) will be held in London on Nov 6-7, 2025. Organized by @nicolasajz.bsky.social, Cevat Aksoy and myself. The submission deadline is July 4. Apply here (and share widely): sites.google.com/view/tpec-mo...

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Nico Ajzenman @nicolasajz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

🚨 Call for papers! The second edition of the Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) will be in November in London. Organized by @clpennec.bsky.social Cevat Aksoy and me. The submission deadline is July 4, 2025. Apply here (and RT!): sites.google.com/view/tpec-mo...

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Caroline Le Pennec @clpennec.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A thread by @vinpons.bsky.social about our paper on coordination issues and incumbency advantage in multiparty systems, now forthcoming at @jeeanews.bsky.social 👇

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Our job in Political-Economy is still open! Montréal is a fantastic place to live. Svp, envoyez-nous votre CV!

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Caroline Le Pennec @clpennec.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

The Department of Applied Economics at HEC Montréal is hiring! Financial economics (e.g., macro finance, household finance) OR applied micro (e.g. IO, productivity, innovation). Apply here by November 17: econjobmarket.org/positions/9790 #econsky

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