Pierre-Guillaume Méon

Impact of Demonstrations on the French Electorate

Pierre-Guillaume Méon, in a recent paper with N. Lagios and I. Tojerow, observes that demonstrations held during the 2002 French presidential elections against far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen were effective in reducing his vote share. The paper moreover reports evidence that demonstrations affected the social desirability of voting for the far-right candidate.

Mr. Méon’s work is in the field of political economy, institutional economics, development economics, macroeconomics and the economics of culture. He has worked on the political economy of monetary policy and monetary integration, the institutional dimensions of economic development, corruption, and democratic transitions. His present research agenda addresses the stability of democratic regimes, perceived corruption, populism, and the consequences of democratic transitions. A recent publication, with I. Tojerow, is entitled: “The minority ethic: Rethinking religious denominations, minority status, and educational achievement across the globe”, (Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019).

Pierre-Guillaume Méon is Professor of Economics at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he is affiliated with CEBRIG and Dulbéa. His work has appeared in international peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Development Economics, the British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Economic History, the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Public Choice, the European Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Comparative Economics, or the Journal of International Money & Finance. He is a member of the editorial board of Public Choice and the European Journal of Political Economy. He obtained his PhD from the Université Robert Schuman (Strasbourg, France).