Vincent Pons
Teaching
Teaching Experience
Political Economy of Electoral Democracies, PhD course, Harvard Economics (with Jesse Shapiro), 2024-
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy, Elective MBA Curriculum, Harvard Business School, 2021-
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Topics in Political Economy, co-taught PhD course, Harvard Economics, 2022
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Business, Government and the International Economy, Required MBA Curriculum, Harvard Business School, 2016-19
Political Economy and Economic Development (MIT 14.75), Teaching Assistant to Benjamin Olken, 2012-13
Capitalism and its Critics (MIT 14.72), Teaching Assistant to Michael Piore, 2010-12
International Trade (MIT 14.54), Teaching Assistant to Oded Galor, 2011
Principles of Microeconomics (MIT 14.01), Teaching Assistant to Jeffrey Harris, 2010
Current and Former PhD students
Vincent Rollet: Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (in progress)
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Raúl Duarte: Political Economy and Government, Harvard University (in progress)
Sahil Chinoy: Economics, Harvard University (2025); Stanford
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Nicolas Longuet Marx: Sustainable Development, Columbia University (2025); Berkeley
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Matan Kolerman: Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2025); Tel Aviv University
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Amory Gethin: Economics, Paris School of Economics (2024); World Bank
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Dayea Oh: Public Policy, Harvard University (2023); Pepperdine School of Public Policy
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Riako Granzier-Nakajima: Economics, Harvard University (2022); Uber
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Nikolaj Broberg: Economics, European University Institute (2022); OECD
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Sarah Schneider-Strawczynski: Economics, Paris School of Economics (2022); University of Exeter
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Emilie Sartre: Economics, CREST-Ecole Polytechnique (2021); University of Nottingham
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Clémence Tricaud: Economics, CREST-Ecole Polytechnique (2020); UCLA Anderson
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Moya Chin: Economics, Harvard University (2020); IMF
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Caroline Le Pennec: Economics, University of California, Berkeley (2020); HEC Montréal
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Asad Liaqat: Public Policy, Harvard University (2020); Facebook
Cases and Teaching Materials
Pons, Vincent, Marco Tabellini, and Vestal McIntyre. “The Marshall Plan: The Politics and Economics of Europe's Recovery after World War II.” Harvard Business School Case 724-039, March 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
Pons, Vincent, Marco Tabellini, and Vestal McIntyre. “The Marshall Plan: The Politics and Economics of Europe's Recovery after World War II.” Harvard Business School Teaching Note 725-017, November 2024.
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Pons, Vincent, and Mel Martin. “The Business of Campaigns.” Harvard Business School Case 723-039, July 2023.
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Pons, Vincent. “The Business of Campaigns.” Harvard Business School Teaching Note 724-003, July 2023.
Pons, Vincent. “The Creation and Fissuring of Consensus.” Harvard Business School Module Note for Instructors 723-048, March 2023.
Pons, Vincent, Rafael Di Tella, Santiago Botella, and Elena Corsi. “The 2012 Spanish Labor Reform: Lifting all Boats, or Leveling Down?” Harvard Business School Case 722-008, October 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
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Pons, Vincent, and Elena Corsi. “The 2012 Spanish Labor Reform: Lifting all Boats, or Leveling Down?” Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-015, December 2022.
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Pons, Vincent, William Mullins, Ruth Costas, and Pedro Levindo. “Walmart Chile After the Unrest: Doubling Down or Pulling Out?” Harvard Business School Case 722-012, August 2021. (Revised June 2022.)
Pons, Vincent, William Mullins, and Ruth Costas. “Walmart Chile After the Unrest: Doubling Down or Pulling Out?” Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-014, November 2022.
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Pons, Vincent, Rafael Di Tella, and Galit Goldstein. "The Trouble with TCE." Harvard Business School Case 721-031, March 2021. (Revised January 2023.)
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Pons, Vincent, Rafael Di Tella, and Galit Goldstein. "The Trouble with TCE." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-051, February 2023.
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Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, Vincent Pons, and Galit Goldstein. "Fiscal Responses to COVID-19." Harvard Business School Case 721-011, October 2020.
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Pons, Vincent, William Mullins, John Masko, Annelena Lobb, and Rafael Di Tella. "Unrest in Chile." Harvard Business School Case 720-033, April 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
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Pons, Vincent, John Masko, Rafael Di Tella, and William Mullins. "Unrest in Chile." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 721-016, November 2020.
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Pons, Vincent, Rafael Di Tella, and Annelena Lobb. "Populism in Bolivia: From Goni's Neoliberal Shock to Evo's Oil Contract Renegotiations." Harvard Business School Case 719-001, February 2019. (Revised March 2019.)
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Di Tella, Rafael, Vincent Pons, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "Populism in Bolivia: From Goni's Neoliberal Shock to Evo's Oil Contract Renegotiations." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 719-057, March 2019. (Revised March 2019.)
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Pons, Vincent, Amram Migdal, and Mike Lynch. "Climate Change: Paris, and the Road Ahead." Harvard Business School Case 718-038, March 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
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Pons, Vincent. "Climate Change: Paris, and the Road Ahead." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 719-050, March 2019.
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Di Tella, Rafael, Vincent Pons, Sarah Mehta, and David Lane. "Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past." Harvard Business School Case 717-034, June 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
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Di Tella, Rafael, Vincent Pons, Sarah Mehta, and David Lane. "Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 717-055, June 2017. (Revised August 2017.)
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Pons, Vincent. "Liberté, égalité, fragilité: The Rise of Populism in France." Harvard Business School Case 717-052, April 2017. (Revised February 2022.)
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Pons, Vincent, and Elena Corsi. "Liberté, égalité, fragilité: The Rise of Populism in France (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-075, April 2019. (Revised February 2022.)
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Pons, Vincent. "Liberté, égalité, fragilité: The Rise of Populism in France." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 719-049, February 2019. (Revised February 2022.)
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Pons, Vincent, and Marco Tabellini. "Democracy: Exit, Voice and Representation." Harvard Business School Technical Note 719-038, November 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
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Pons, Vincent. "Populism." Harvard Business School Technical Note 719-037, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
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Pons, Vincent. "Multilateralism." Harvard Business School Technical Note 719-039, November 2018.
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Cavallo, Alberto, Kristin Fabbe, Mattias Fibiger, Jeremy Friedman, Reshmaan Hussam, Vincent Pons, and Matthew Weinzierl. "The BGIE Twenty (2021 version)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 718-032, December 2017. (Revised January 2022.)