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Pierre-Louis Vezina is a Professor of Economics at King’s College London, affiliated with the Department of Political Economy. He previously held positions as a lecturer at the University of Birmingham and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on using natural experiments and novel datasets to analyze policy issues in international trade, development, migration, and corruption. He holds a PhD in International Economics from the Graduate Institute in Geneva and has advised the World Bank.
His education includes a PhD from the Graduate Institute in Geneva (International Economics), and prior roles include:
- Lecturer, University of Birmingham
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Research interests include the impact of migration on trade and investment, the consequences of natural resource discoveries, and the effects of trade policies in developing economies. His work often employs quasi-experimental methods to assess causal relationships, such as analyzing the Vietnamese Boat People migration as a natural experiment.
Key research trends in his articles include exploring refugee impacts on FDI, the unintended consequences of trade policies (e.g., U.S.-China trade tensions boosting Vietnam), and historical influences on global trade patterns. He has also studied corruption-linked arms imports and the 'Dutch Disease' phenomenon in resource-rich economies.
He co-leads projects funded by the British Academy, including analyses of the U.S.-China trade war’s impact on Vietnam and historical gulag effects on economic growth. As an Assistant Editor for the European Economic Review and VoxEU.org, he contributes to academic discourse.
He is involved with research groups like the Quantitative Political Economy and History and Political Economy at King’s, focusing on bridging economics and political science with advanced methods.
