Biography
Moses Shayo received his PhD in economics from Princeton University and splits his time between King’s College London and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research studies the political economy of redistribution, nationalism, conflict, and international integration; the social and political implications of participation in financial markets; and consumer behavior. One of his major contributions to these areas has been analysing how and to what extent they are shaped by social identity. His work combines empirical studies of the determinants and implications of social identity, with a theoretical framework in which both identities and individual behavior are endogenously determined.
Research interests
- Political economy
- Social identity
Teaching
Advanced microeconomics
Latest publications
How Do We Choose Our Identity? A Revealed Preference Approach Using Food Consumption (with David Atkin and Eve Colson-Sihra), Journal of Political Economy, 129(4), 1193-1251, 2021.
How do Markets Shape Social Values? Evidence from a Field Experiment (with Yotam Margalit). American Journal of Political Science, 65(2), 473-492, 2021.
Social Identity and Economic Policy. Annual Review of Economics, 12, 355-389, 2020.
Valuing Peace: The Effects of Financial Market Exposure on Votes and Political Attitudes (with Saumitra Jha). Econometrica, 87(5), 1561-1588, 2019.
Conflict and the Persistence of Ethnic Bias (with Asaf Zussman). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), 137-65, 2017
Research
Quantitative Political Economy Research Group
The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.
Political Economy of Peace and Conflict
The Political Economy of Peace and Security research group analyses a wide range of conflicts, conflict resolution and institutional design for positive peace.
History and Political Economy Research Group
The History and Political Economy Research Group at King's College London
News
Paper examines role of identity politics in international unions
Why did the UK vote to leave the EU despite a near-unanimous view among economists that Brexit would have negative consequences? And why did southern European...
Research
Quantitative Political Economy Research Group
The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.
Political Economy of Peace and Conflict
The Political Economy of Peace and Security research group analyses a wide range of conflicts, conflict resolution and institutional design for positive peace.
History and Political Economy Research Group
The History and Political Economy Research Group at King's College London
News
Paper examines role of identity politics in international unions
Why did the UK vote to leave the EU despite a near-unanimous view among economists that Brexit would have negative consequences? And why did southern European...