Nathan J. Canen

Nathan J. Canen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, serving as Director of PGT Studies for Economics and Data Science. He is affiliated with CAGE Research Centre, CEPR, and the NBER as a Research Economist. His research focuses on political institutions, legislative networks, and applied econometric methods, particularly structural estimation and network spillover analysis.

Canen holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia. His work bridges Political Economy and Data Science, analyzing topics such as party polarization, legislative behavior, and state capture in developing economies. Notable contributions include studies on campaign advertising effects, network interactions among political agents, and methodological advancements for counterfactual analysis.

His research themes emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to understanding political systems, combining theoretical models with empirical rigor. Recent projects explore decision-making in regulatory agencies (e.g., FDA), financial market responses to lobbying, and game-theoretic decompositions of policy outcomes.

Awards and grants are not explicitly listed, but his active roles in prestigious institutions and frequent publications in top journals (e.g., Econometrica, Journal of Development Economics) reflect his academic impact. He advises students on political economy topics and collaborates with global researchers, maintaining a lab focused on computational social science and institutional analysis.