Patrick Egan

Patrick Egan is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Political Science at Tulane University. His research focuses on international political economy topics including foreign direct investment (FDI), multinational corporations, monetary regimes, and development strategies. He earned a B.S. from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1999) and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2011). His book Globalizing Innovation: State Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies (MIT Press, 2017) examines how political institutions shape innovation-driven FDI in developing countries. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on research methods, international relations, and political economy, including Research Methods I/II, International Political Economy, and Advanced Issues in the Political Economy of Development.

His work combines large-n econometric analysis with case studies, focusing on Latin America and peripheral European economies. Recent projects address exchange rate regime politics and historical interpretations of 19th-century U.S. monetary policies. He has published in journals like Latin American Politics and Society, Review of International Political Economy, and International Interactions.

Affiliations include Tulane’s Payson Center for International Development and the Department of Political Science. His research agenda emphasizes adaptive industrial policies and the evolving role of multinational corporations in global production networks. He resides in New Orleans and maintains a research website at tulane.edu/~pegan1.