Ernesto Dal Bó
Assistant Professor of Business and
Political Science of Political Science
Phone: (510) 643-1606
Office Location: S545 Haas
Office Hours: SP08 ON LEAVE
Fall 2005 Course: PhDBA 279A - Institutions, Interest Groups, and Public Policy
For current information, see Professor Dal Bó's personal homepage
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format,
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Education
DPhil, Economics, University of Oxford
MPhil, Economics, University of Oxford
Master in Economic Policy, University of Buenos Aires
Licentiate in Economics, University of Buenos Aires
Positions Held
At Haas since 2003
2000-2003, J. Rank and C.A.W. Manning Junior Research Fellow in Social Studies, New College, Oxford. October 2000-July 2003.
2000-2003, Class Teacher, Microeconomics, University of Oxford
1999-2002, Class Marker, Microeconomics, MPhil in Economics, University of Oxford
1998-1999, Research Assistant, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
1996, Lecturer, University of Buenos Aires
1996, Consultant, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC), Buenos Aires Office, Industry Division.
1992-1994, Privatization Investment Projects Analyst. Techint Organization.
External Service and Assignments
- 2000, Visiting Researcher, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina
- 1999-2001, Contributor, Oxford Analytica
- 1997, Researcher, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE)
- Referee: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, National Science Foundation, Review of Economic Studies, and others.
Current Research and Interests
- Applied Microeconomic Theory, Political Economy, Corruption and Influence, Collective Decision-making, Coercion.
Selected Papers and Publications
- “Bribing Voters,” Working Paper 38-2000, Department of Economics, University of Oxford
- "Committees With Supermajority Voting Yield Commitment With Flexibility," Working Paper 132-2002, Department of Economics, University of Oxford. (Forthcoming, Journal of Public Economics).
- “Plata o Plomo?: Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence,” Working Paper 28-2002, Department of Economics, Brown University (with Pedro Dal Bó and Rafael Di Tella).
- Capture by Threat, Journal of Political Economy 111(5) (2003) (with Rafael Di Tella).
- Corruption and Inefficiency: Theory and Evidence from Electric Utilities, 2004 (with Martn Rossi).
- Workers, Warriors and Criminals: Social Conflict in General Equilibrium, 2004 (with Pedro Dal Bó).
Teaching
- BA279, Political Institutions, Business and Public Policy
- MBA207.4B - Ethics and Responsibility in Business
- EWMBA207.3B- Ethics and Responsibility in Business
Honors and Awards
- Schwabacher Fellowship Award, 2005-2006
- Winner, Earl Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award, MBA, 2004
- Special Mention, Earl Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award, PhD, 2004
- J. Rank and C.A.W. Manning Junior Research Fellowship in Social Studies, New College, Oxford. October 2000-July 2003
- Royal Economic Society Fellowship (Recipient), 2000
- Oxford Bursaries, 1998
- Overseas Research Student Award (UK), 1997-98
- British Chevening Award, 1996