Jonathan Rodden

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Jonathan Rodden
Born
Jonathan Andrew Rodden

(1971-08-18) August 18, 1971 (age 50)
Education University of Michigan
Yale University
Scientific career
Fields Political science
Institutions Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences
Thesis Federalism and soft budget constraints  (1999)
Doctoral advisor Geoffrey Garrett
Susan Rose-Ackerman

Jonathan A. Rodden (born August 18, 1971) is an American political scientist. He is a professor of political science at the Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. [1]

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Rodden was born August 18, 1971, in St. Louis. He completed a B.A. in political science at University of Michigan in 1993. Rodden was a Fulbright Scholar at the Leipzig University from 1993 to 1994. He earned a Ph.D. in political science at Yale University in 2000. [2]

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References

  1. "Jonathan Rodden | Political Science". politicalscience.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  2. Rodden, Jonathan (October 19, 2020). "Curriculum Vitae". Stanford University. Retrieved 2022-02-23.