Benjamin Marx

Assistant Professor @bu_economics | Political economy and development.

[Benjamin Marx @benjaminmarx]

Our paper on state-building and the French Revolution is forthcoming in the AER! In 1790, a radical administrative reform laid the foundations of the modern French state. We study its consequences for state capacity and economic development in the short and long run.

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

Forthcoming in the AER: "The Dynamic Consequences of State-Building: Evidence from the French Revolution" by Cédric Chambru, Emeric Henry, and Benjamin Marx. https://t.co/UMsMNnB2cq

[Vincent Pons @VinPons]

Very happy to share our new paper on “The Global Incumbency Advantage”! 👇👇
We provide the first estimates of the incumbency advantage at the national level for all elections worldwide since 1945.
with Raphaël Descamps, @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet.
Short 🧵below (1/n).

[SIOE @SIOEcon]

SIOE 2026 – CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France), 13–15 July 2026!

🚨 Submission deadline: 15 January 2026

We invite individual paper and panel submissions.

Full call for papers and submission instructions:
https://t.co/huvNqli6Mu

[CEPR @cepr_org]

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20581
Religion in Emerging and Developing Regions
@sararlowes @benjaminmarx @emontero_CR
https://t.co/fddzQ7stkV
#CEPR_DE #CEPR_PoE #EconTwitter

[alberto bisin @albertobisin]

Great paper! My rough read: demand and supply of cultural traits … at eq’m if policy restricts the supply, the private sector will come in to satisfy the demand.

Obvious, but not the way we normally think of cultural traits (the supply and demand part).

Same logic applies for immigrants’ cultural integration … demand and supply.

Sorry for the blatant self-promotion, but, on immigrants’ integration as demand and supply @GiuliaTura and I have a paper

https://t.co/bkluoytMod

[The Review of Economic Studies @RevEconStudies]

"State schools aimed to secularize Indonesia, but religious schools adapted, competing for students and strengthening Islamic identity instead."

Recently accepted to #REStud, from @samuelbazzi, Hilmy and @benjaminmarx:

https://t.co/ufhgsSHz06

#EconTwitter

[Benjamin Marx @benjaminmarx]

Now covering all national elections since 1789! ⬇️

[Vincent Pons @VinPons]

Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! https://t.co/oUEuqrcnqz
We now cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @RevEconStudies (https://t.co/eTrHnV49tX).
w/ @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet

[The Review of Economic Studies @RevEconStudies]

"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!

From @VinPons, @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet.

The companion paper: https://t.co/BFCyhuMWqt

#EconSky #Elections

[Vincent Rollet @vincent_rollet]

@benjaminmarx, @VinPons, and I are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! https://t.co/hFIMvOQUes

[Vincent Pons @VinPons]

We are very happy to publish the new National Elections Database, including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!
https://t.co/ATQjbqVJQA
with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet

[CEPR @cepr_org]

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19994
It Takes a Village #Election: Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies
@SamuelBazzi, Masyhur Hilmy @UNSWEcon, @benjaminmarx, Mahvish Shaukat @wb_research, Andreas Stegmann @warwickecon
https://t.co/raEBktdcaB
#CEPR_DE #CEPR_OE #CEPR_PoE

[Benjamin Marx @benjaminmarx]

@ABergeron_econ @CedricChambru Merci Augustin ! 🙏

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

State-building efforts that initially appear costly can yield substantial economic benefits, but only after decades of institutional development, say researchers at @ENSdeLyon, @sciencespo, and @bu_economics. #ResearchHighlight https://t.co/ucyLJxaMcE

[Vincent Pons @VinPons]

Our paper on "Electoral Turnovers" with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet is now forthcoming at @RevEconStudies !
Full thread on what we do and find here: https://t.co/2MNr1aB4Mv

[The Review of Economic Studies @RevEconStudies]

Electoral turnovers improve countries' performance and foster accountability. Their effects are investigated in a new paper by @benjaminmarx, @VinPons, and @vincent_rollet, who built a database of all presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945. (1/2)

[Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm]

@thomas_chaney and I updated our working paper on "Trade and the End of Antiquity" (which recently got some airtime here). A short re-cap: 1/n

[Benjamin Marx @benjaminmarx]

@sgehlbach @SIOEcon Thanks so much, Scott! It was wonderful to present the paper at @SIOEcon in Toronto!

[Horacio Larreguy @HLarreguy]

Check the revised "Eat Widely, Vote Wisely: Lessons from a Campaign Against Vote Buying in Uganda," @cblatts @benjaminmarx and @otis_reid In a project where results were not as expected, and as a result we learned a ton about party responses against anti-vote-buying interventions, new results show that the intervention improved welfare! https://t.co/mWXIsYIMyN

[Benjamin Marx @benjaminmarx]

@S_Stantcheva @alexandraroulet @Cercle_eco @a_bergeaud @ScPoEcon @bu_economics Merci beaucoup Stefanie !

[Benjamin Marx @benjaminmarx]

Un immense bravo à @alexandraroulet ! Très heureux de cette nomination @Cercle_eco en compagnie de @a_bergeaud et Fanny Henriet, et reconnaissant envers tous mes coauteurs et collègues (anciens & actuels) à @ScPoEcon et @bu_economics
https://t.co/q1Le5wsbqz

[Benjamin Marx @benjaminmarx]

@johannesmboehm @alexandraroulet @Cercle_eco @a_bergeaud @ScPoEcon @bu_economics Vielen dank Johannes :)