ECONOMICS · CUNY
Matthew J. Baker
Economist at Hunter College & the Graduate Center, CUNY
I work on questions in political economy, institutions, law and economics, and applied econometrics, with a particular interest in how strategic behavior and institutions shape economic outcomes.

Current work
Global games & political instability Strategic coordination, information, and empirical models of regime-change events.
Institutions & property rights Historical and empirical work on property institutions, law, and economic change.
Links
A deliberately simple site
This is meant to be easy to maintain. A new paper can be added with a title, a two-line description, and links to the paper, appendix, code, or replication files. No database or web editor is required: edit a .qmd file, render, and push to GitHub.