Updates, Events & News
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Updates & Events
- October 1, 2023
Stefanie Stantcheva will be a speaker at the NBER Public Economics Program Meeting/Economic Analysis of Business Taxation Conference, Fall 2023.
- September 27, 2023
Stefanie Stantcheva was one of the three keynote speakers together with Nicholas Bloom and Uri Gneezy at the Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) 2023 Conference.
- September 18, 2023
The authors investigate the origins and implications of zero-sum thinking – the belief that gains for one individual or group tend to come at the cost of others. Using a new survey of a representative sample of 20,400 US residents, they measure zero-sum thinking, political preferences, policy views, and a rich array of ancestral information spanning four generations.
News
- October 9, 2023
Stefanie talks about the research of the Social Economics Lab at the 2-day French-German cabinet retreat in Hamburg in October 2023.
- October 8, 2023
People think differently than before: belief in shared benefits is dwindling. This has fatal consequences for the economy, politics and society as a whole.
- September 29, 2023
A portrait of Stefanie Stantcheva, from Philippine Robert on "Le Point".
- September 27, 2023
Daron Acemoglu wins the A.SK Social Science Award 2023, valued at 100,000 euros, for his work on economic prosperity and political stability. Additionally, Filiz Garip and Stefanie Stantcheva are awarded the inaugural “A.SK Bright Mind Awards,” each worth 20,000 euros, for their contributions as emerging social researchers.
- December 2, 2022
NBER Keynote featuring Stefanie's work on the perceptions of mobility.
- November 28, 2022
Stefanie was featured in Elle Canada's "Elle 100: Women That Are Changing the World" list.
- August 5, 2022
In the season finale of The New Bazaar, Stefanie discusses her lab's research on public opinions regarding open trade, income inequality, racial economic disparities, and climate change. She examines how these views vary by factors like partisanship and class, and how people sometimes change their opinions when presented with new information.
- July 12, 2022
On Tuesday, July 12th, Stefanie Stantcheva, a Harvard economics professor and member of the Council of Economic Analysis (CAE), explored whether the French are ready to do more for the climate on the show "Le Grand Journal de l'Éco" hosted by Thomas Sasportas.
- June 30, 2022
Stefanie's talk titled "How People Think About the Economy" at the 2022 Economic Journal Lecture hosted by the Royal Economic Society.
- April 3, 2022
Econofact podcast: How People Form, and Change Their Opinions on Economics
- March 24, 2022
Stefanie delivered the 14th CESifo and IIPF Richard Musgrave Lecture on Social Economics Surveys and Experiments, on 24 March 2022
- February 15, 2022
A video feature of Stefanie's "Social Positions and Fairness Views on Inequality" working paper on Econimate.
- January 4, 2022
A Harvard Business School podcast with Stefanie about people's misconceptions about inequality and their consequences.
- December 15, 2021
Stefanie was featured in Le Figaro, an article that focused on her research-driven contributions to social economics.
- November 30, 2021
Stefanie delivers the 7th Richard Goode Lecture hosted by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
- November 18, 2021
At an event at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) discussing Europe's economic recovery post-pandemic, Stefanie shares insights on the lasting impact of tax policy on innovation, education, and wealth.
- October 29, 2021
A Harvard Gazette article discussing Stefanie's research work on the perceptions of racial gaps and how youth's perceptions closely mirror the partisanship of their parents.
- September 13, 2021
At the event, Stefanie presented findings on inequality and economic insecurity, focusing on enhancing equality of opportunity and tax fairness, and stimulating job creation, as detailed in a report co-authored with Dani Rodrik.
- May 10, 2021
A profile on Stefanie by the French financial daily, Les Echos.
- April 28, 2021
Stefanie was named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, joining a group of notable scholars. Her research, supported by Harvard colleagues, delves into optimizing tax and transfer systems, examining their long-term effects on innovation, education, and wealth, as well as public understanding of policies like taxation and trade.
- April 1, 2021
Stefanie was named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for her work that explores the impact of knowledge, partisanship, and fairness on economic policy views and tests educational materials to improve understanding of these policies.
- April 1, 2021
In this article, Stefanie focuses on taxes, transfers, and redistribution, examining their effects, optimal design, and public perceptions, employing novel methods like social economics surveys and experiments to gain deeper insights.
- March 25, 2021
In this Marketplace podcast, Stefanie highlights the inaccuracy of people's perceptions about their own economic status and that of their social and work circles, as revealed by research based on tax and income data from thousands of residents in Denmark.
- March 1, 2021
Stefanie's paper, "Determinants of Views on the Fairness of Inequality" which she co-authored along with Kristoffer B. Hvidberg and Claus Kreiner, was featured in NBER's March 2021 digest.
- January 1, 2021
Interview with Stefanie by American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) News.
