In the News

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31 August 2023, Le Revenu

Vincent Pons: «Les entreprises ont un rôle à jouer dans le renforcement de la démocratie»

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30 August 2023, The New York Times

For $200, a Person Can Fuel the Decline of Our Major Parties

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28 August 2023, Le Figaro

Anne de Guigné: «L’inévitable essoufflement des seconds mandats»

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25 August 2023, Radio Canada

Donald Trump pose-t-il un danger pour la démocratie?

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23 August 2023, Slate

Debates Have Power. Just Not the Kind Candidates Might Want.

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23 August 2023, The New York Sun

The Demise of Debate? Trump’s Refusal To Face His GOP Challengers Portends a Problem for Republicans

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10 August 2023, The Economic Times

Rising polarisation causes major shifts on US environmental policy between administrations - this worries CEOs: Vincent Pons

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7 August 2023, France Culture

Vincent Pons, prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2023 est l'invité des Matins

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11 July 2023, Décideurs Magazine

Économistes, les valeurs ajoutées

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9 July 2023, BFM Business

Vincent Pons, meilleur jeune économiste 2023 et professeur à la Harvard Business School, aux Rencontres économiques d'Aix

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4 July 2023, Morning Express

The electoral campaign mutates and the hoaxes are transferred to the networks

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1 June 2023, TV5 Monde

Grand angle : l'influence du niveau de démocratie sur l'économie d'un pays

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28 May 2023, France TV

Transition écologique : faut-il taxer les riches ? - Vincent Pons

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26 May 2023, BFM Business

Vincent Pons (Harvard) : Comment le niveau de démocratie d'un pays influe sur son économie - 26/05

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26 May 2023, Radio France internationale

Guerre des monnaies: les BRICS à l’assaut du dollar

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26 May 2023, Charlie Hebdo

Entretien. Vincent Pons : « La désertion démocratique n’est pas une fatalité »

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24 May 2023, L'Express

Vincent Pons : "La crise des retraites peut être la répétition générale d’une tempête sociale plus large"

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22 May 2023, Cercle des Économistes

Prix du Meilleur Jeune Économiste 2023

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22 May 2023, Le Monde

Julia Cagé et Vincent Pons, Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2023

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22 May 2023, Le Monde

Julia Cagé et Vincent Pons, économistes : « L’alternance politique améliore les performances économiques »

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3 May 2023, Libération

IA et politique : en France, les start-up indiquent le marché à suivre

 

17 April 2023, Frenchweb

[Série A] eXplain lève 6 millions d’euros auprès d’ARJO (Didier le Menestrel) et Holnest (Jean-Michel Aulas)

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11 April 2023, CFNews

eXplain échange avec des family offices

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3 April 2023, Les Echos

Explain, l'IA qui aide les entreprises à faire des affaires avec les acteurs publics

 

3 April 2023, La Dépêche (AFP)

Une start-up française utilise l'IA pour conquérir des marchés publics

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20 February 2023, L'Express

Taxer les milliardaires ? Méfions-nous des idées simplistes

 

13 February 2023, Podcast "Génération Economie"

La démocratie est-elle encore notre avenir?

 

25 January 2023, The New York Times

The Resentment Fueling the Republican Party Is Not Coming From the Suburbs

 

15 November 2022, The National Desk

Debating Debates

 

8 November 2022, Franceinfo TV

Elections de mi-mandat: Nuit américaine

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19 September 2022, CTNewsJunkie

Debate Over The Debates

 

11 August 2022, Christian Science Monitor

Midterm matchup: When it comes to fundraising, so far Democrats lead

 

8 July 2022, Mediapart

Abstention : des économistes proposent une réponse graduée

 

30 June 2022, L'Obs

Comment lutter contre l’abstention ?

 

29 June 2022, UCLA Anderson Review

Reimbursing Candidate Campaign Contributions Makes Elections More Competitive

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26 June 2022, Le Figaro

Les remèdes des économistes contre l’abstention

 

24 June 2022, Banque des Territoires

Baisser les "coûts" du vote et éduquer, seuls leviers pour lutter contre l’abstention ?

 

23 June 2022, La Correspondance économique

Le Conseil d'analyse économique a publié une analyse économique de l'abstention et de ses remèdes

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23 June 2022, France Inter

Des économistes livrent leurs pistes pour que l'abstention ne soit pas "transmise aux nouvelles générations"

 

22 June 2022, L'Opinion

Comment lutter contre l’abstention selon les économistes

 

22 June 2022, La Croix

Abstention : les économistes proposent des remèdes

 

22 June 2022, Le Point

Les solutions des économistes pour combattre l’abstention

 

22 June 2022, Sud Ouest

Comment réduire l’abstention ? Des économistes font des propositions

 

22 June 2022, Ouest France

Des économistes font des propositions pour réduire l’abstention électorale

 

22 June 2022, L'Express

Pourquoi la hausse de l'abstention aux élections n'est pas inéluctable

 

22 June 2022, Le Monde

Abstention électorale et inégalités économiques, un cocktail explosif

 

8 June 2022, Not Another Politics Podcast

Revealing New Data On Who Donates to Campaigns

 

6 June 2022, The Economist

More Americans are giving to political campaigns

 

2 June 2022, Sciences Humaines

L'alternance est bénéfique pour un pays

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26 May 2022, Pro Market

Characteristics and Behavior of the Rising Class of Small Campaign Donors

 

22 May 2022, Atlantico

Les vertus de l’alternance : une étude sur les élections dans le monde depuis 1945 montre que les électeurs gagnent en général à… chasser les sortants

 

20 April 2022, Le Point

Présidentielle : « L’effet des débats sur les intentions de vote est nul »

 

14 April 2022, TBS eFM This Morning

Outlook on the French presidential election

 

22 February 2022, Reason

Voting Out Incumbents Boosts Economic Growth, Decreases Corruption

 

17 February 2022, Vox

The surprising role of altruism in converting vaccine skeptics

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14 February 2022, MarketWatch

When deciding to get the COVID-19 vaccine to protect public health, Americans rated economic wellbeing higher than Europeans

 

4 February 2022, Boston Globe

Republicans are making it harder to vote. How much will it matter?

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28 January 2022, RFI

Eco d'Ici Eco d'Ailleurs

 

26 January 2022, Podcast "Le Quart d'Heure" / France Info

Les Américains racontent leur "grande démission" sur TikTok

 

16 January 2022, The Economist

Joe Biden’s voting rights push is futile

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13 January 2022, L'Express

Pourquoi on s'arrache les économistes français à l'étranger

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6 January 2022, The New York Times

Why Democrats Are So Bad at Defending Democracy

 

16 August 2021, Council of Economic Advisers

The Importance of Protecting Voting Rights for Voter Turnout and Economic Well-Being

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16 August 2021, CATO Institute

Do Voter ID Laws Matter Much?

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27 July 2021, Hubwonk (Pioneer Institute)

Chasing Election Integrity. Strict Voter ID Laws' Impact on Turnout & Fraud

 

22 July 2021, CBS News

Voting changes get mixed reviews; many voters of color worry restrictions make things harder

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15 July 2021, Spectrum News

Debate over photo voter ID laws is enduring – and complex

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14 July 2021, The Washington Times

Conflicting, contradictory results in studies of alleged racism, voter suppression in election laws

 

7 July 2021, Boston.com

Massachusetts Republicans are trying to put a voter ID law on the 2022 ballot. Here’s what we know so far.

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6 July 2021, National Review

‘We Find that [Voter ID] Laws Have No Negative Effect on Registration or Turnout.’

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17 June 2021, Vox

Joe Manchin’s sweeping new voting rights proposal, explained

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3 June 2021, The Atlantic

Republicans’ Phony Argument for Election Audits

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2 June 2021, The Weeds (podcast, starting at 42')

White paper: "Strict ID Laws Don't Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008–2018," by Enrico Cantoni and Vincent Pons (May 22; The Quarterly Journal of Economics)

 

31 May 2021, Le Monde

Vincent Pons : « Il est impossible de comprendre les mutations de l’économie sans s’interroger sur les chocs politiques dans la société »

 

26 May 2021, National Review

‘Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters’

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11 May 2021, Left Foot Forward

Compulsory voter ID: What the US can teach us about fraud, confidence and suppression

 

22 April 2021, The Conversation
Vital Signs: The Pros and Cons of Diversity in Organisations

 

14 January 2021, Le Quart d'Heure Politique
Joe Biden: Une campagne digitale pionnière ?

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9 December 2020, UCLA Anderson Review
Voters Often Opt for Candidate They Expect to Win

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23 November 2020, Le Figaro
La campagne invisible de Joe Biden peut-elle devenir un modèle?

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2 November 2020, BBC
Very Few Voters Remain Undecided, But One Thing Still Matters: Turnout

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29 October 2020, HBS Working Knowledge
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

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27 October 2020, Mint
Election debates don’t sway voters enough

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21 October 2020, Fox News
Women take coronavirus more seriously than men, study shows

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20 October 2020, Scientific American
Presidential Debates Have Shockingly Little Effect on Election Outcomes

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17 October 2020, Diario Financiero
El estallido llega a Harvard

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30 September 2020, Poynter
Do debates affect presidential elections? Not much.

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29 September 2020, BBC
As it happened: The US debate 'cat fight'

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29 September 2020, Fast Company
Do debates matter? Do they change minds about elections? Here’s what the data say

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25 September 2020, Spectrum News
Presidential Debates: Public Service, Must-See TV, or Both?

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1 September 2020, HBS Alumni Bulletin
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

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29 June 2020, J-PAL
On Track: Health Care, Patient Data, and Provider Performance

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25 June 2020, J-PAL
Connecting the dots from detection to cure

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19 November 2019, HBS Working Knowledge
Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

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21 February 2019, Vox
A new study finds voter ID laws don’t reduce voter fraud — or voter turnout

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21 February 2019, HBS Working Knowledge
Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

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19 February 2019, Boston Globe
Voter ID laws aren’t worth fighting over

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19 February 2019, The Economist
Do voter ID laws reduce turnout among black Americans?

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12 February 2019, The New York Times
The Myths of Voter ID

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11 February 2019, Marginal Revolution
Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel

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6 September 2018, Cold Call
Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?

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9 July 2018, The Journalist's Resource

Door-to-door canvassing campaigns can sway voter decisions

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6 July 2018, American Economic Association
Winning votes, one conversation at a time

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28 September 2017, Harvard Gazette
An electoral French revolution

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10 June 2017, Prospect
How big data helped secure Emmanuel Macron’s astounding victory

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20 June 2017, Huffington Post
How Obama Won The French Election

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8 May 2017, Harvard Business Review
The French Election and What It Means for Europe with Vincent Pons

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8 May 2017, Christian Science Monitor
In Macron, supporters see a champion of optimism

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7 May 2017, Boston Globe
Why don’t we vote on weekends?

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21 April 2017, Atlantic
Can a French Political Upstart Ride Obama's Strategy to Victory?

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25 April 2017, Capital
LMP, la start-up qui a aidé Macron à gagner

21 April 2017, Harvard Business Review
How France’s Brand of Populism Differs from What Drove Brexit and Trump

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15 April 2017, Sputnik
Macron Wants to Implement Vital Economic Reforms in France Amid Scandals

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13 April 2017, Le Monde
Three men + software = l'Elysée?

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13 April 2017, Huffington Post
Candidates already know who you're going to vote for, and it's not through surveys

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11 October 2016, Harvard Business Review
The Nobel Prize in Economics. An analysis with Harvard Business School economist Vincent Pons

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23 August 2016, MIT Technology Review
U.S.-style canvassing boosts French voter turnout.

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22 June 2016, Le Figaro
Liegey-Muller-Pons, la start-up qui veut moderniser les campagnes électorales

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15 June 2016, BFM Business
"En Marche !": "C'est une démarche qui consiste à se mettre à l'écoute des Français"

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18 May 2016, PRI: The World
Every vote matters. What's the best way to get them?

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10 May 2016, L'Express
Les stratèges de la grande marche d'Emmanuel Macron

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2 May 2016, HBS Working Knowledge
Why People Don’t Vote—and How a Good Ground Game Helps

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7 April 2016, PBS Newshour
Brief, face-to-face canvassing reduces transgender prejudice, study says

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19 February 2016, Quartz
Can you change someone’s politics by talking to them for five minutes?

 

21 January 2016, MIT News
The perils of building democracy in Africa

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13 January 2016, HBS Working Knowledge
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams

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14 March 2015, Le Monde
L’abstention et ses territoires

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18 February 2015, The New York Times
The National Front’s Post-Charlie Hebdo Moment

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20 March 2014, Libération
Europe? Yes, we can

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21 April 2012, The New York Times
In France, Using Lessons From Obama Campaign

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20 April 2012, Slate
The American Connection