Lucio Baccaro
Political Economy
– not available as an advisor for new IMPRS doctoral students in 2024 –
Lucio Baccaro
Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)MPIfG director Lucio Baccaro is a political economist with an interdisciplinary research agenda currently focused on growth models, their sociopolitical foundations, and socioeconomic outcomes. He assumed the role of MPIfG director and became a member of the IMPRS-SPCE faculty in 2017. His research is particularly concentrated on comparative and international political economy, especially the primary growth drivers of different national economies (e.g., net exports, debt-fueled consumption, real estate investment) and the dominant social coalitions underlying them. These coalitions are understood to encompass sectoral interests, which often transcend class divisions. Further research interests include the comparative analysis of labor markets and industrial relations systems, the origins and impacts of participatory and deliberative institutions, and the reconstruction of the belief systems of key actors from various published materials, such as newspaper articles, tweets, and official speeches.
Research Fields:
- Comparative political economy
- International political economy
- Growth models
- Politics of macroeconomic policy