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Alexander V. Hirsch

Professor of Political Science
B.A., Yale University, 2003; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2010. Associate Professor, Caltech, 2014-16; Professor, 2016-.
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Alexander V. Hirsch studies policy making and political institutions using formal theory and quantitative methods. He was an assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University from 2011 to 2014 and received a Social Science Fellowship (2012–2013) from the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton. His research has been published in the American Political Science Review, American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, and Economic Theory. He received his BA (2003) from Yale University and PhD (2010) from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Research Summary
Political Institutions; American Politics; Congress; Bureaucracy; Formal Theory; Lobbying; Elections
Selected Awards
  • Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), Social Science Fellowship, 2012–2013
Caltech Affiliations
  • The Ronald and Maxine Linde Institute of Economic and Management Sciences
  • Center for Theoretical and Experimental Social Sciences (CTESS)

Selected Publications

For a complete publications list, see feeds.library.caltech.edu
2023-24
PS 12 – Introduction to Political Science
SS 202 abc – Political Theory
SS 210 abc – Foundations of Political Economy
2022-23
SS 202 abc – Political Theory
SS 210 abc – Foundations of Political Economy
2021-22
SS 202 abc – Political Theory
SS 210 abc – Foundations of Political Economy
2020-21
SS 202 abc – Political Theory
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