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  • 15 Oct 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries

Vote Choice Formation and the Minimal Effects of TV Debates: Evidence from 61 Elections in 9 OECD Countries

Keywords: by Caroline Le Pennec-Caldichoury and Vincent Pons
  • 2013
  • Book

Porte à porte: Reconquérir la démocratie sur le terrain

By: Guillaume Liégey, Arthur Muller and Vincent Pons
From January to May 2012, campaign activists supporting François Hollande knocked at five millions doors, making this door-to-door effort the largest in Europe to date. This project was formed by Guillaume Liégey, Arthur Muller, and Vincent Pons, who had met at the... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Political Elections; United States; Europe
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  • 27 Oct 2020
  • News

Election debates don’t sway voters enough

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Optimizing Product Line Architecture Marketing Tomomichi Amano Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Business, Government & the International Economy Vincent View Details
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2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg... View Details
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Leslie Perlow Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA Organizational Behavior Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Andy Pforzheimer Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026... View Details
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2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

assistant professor of business administration. “But we find that debates don’t have any effect on any group of voters.” Pons and co-author Caroline View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 15 Apr 2017
  • News

Macron Wants to Implement Vital Economic Reforms in France Amid Scandals

  • 20 Oct 2020
  • News

Presidential Debates Have Shockingly Little Effect on Election Outcomes

  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Keep Your Enemies Closer: Strategic Platform Adjustments during U.S. and French Elections

By: Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti, Caroline Le Pennec and Vincent Pons
A key tenet of representative democracy is that politicians' discourse and policies should follow voters' preferences. In the median voter theorem, this outcome emerges as candidates strategically adjust their platform to get closer to their opponent. Despite its... View Details
Keywords: Political Ideology; Political Elections; United States; France
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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Coordination and Incumbency Advantage in Multi-Party Systems: Evidence from French Elections

By: Kevin Dano, Francesco Ferlenga, Vincenzo Galasso, Caroline Le Pennec and Vincent Pons
In theory, free and fair elections can improve the selection of politicians and incentivize them to exert effort. In practice, incumbency advantage and coordination issues may lead to the (re)election of bad politicians. We ask whether these two forces compound each... View Details
Keywords: Political Parties; Incumbent Politicians; Democracy; Political Elections; Competitive Advantage
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  • May 2023
  • Article

How Do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multi-Country Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates

By: Caroline Le Pennec and Vincent Pons
We use two-round survey data from 62 elections in 10 countries since 1952 to study the formation of vote choice, beliefs, and policy preferences and assess how televised debates contribute to this process. Our data include 253,000 observations. We compare the... View Details
Keywords: Political Debates; TV Debates; Voting; Political Elections; Decision Choices and Conditions
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Q3Q4 3.0 IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Sophus A. Reinert , Dante Roscini January 2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent View Details
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Teaching at Harvard Business School in 2024 (also 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, and 2022). Sophus A. Reinert : Received the 2024 HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Award for exceptional contributions to... View Details
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© 2025 President & Fellows of Harvard College. All Rights Reserved. Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Course Number 1180 Professor Vincent Pons Spring; Q3Q4;... View Details