Episode 7: Understanding the Ideas Behind the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics w/ Lakshmi Iyer

Lakshmi Iyer is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. Her primary research fields are development economics and political economy, with a special emphasis on property rights and the distribution of political power within societies. Her research has examined many dimensions of the distribution of political power within emerging market countries, including the legacy of colonial rule, the division of authority between politicians and bureaucrats, and the determinants of conflict. She is currently working on several projects related to the determinants and consequences of women’s political participation.
At Notre Dame, Lakshmi Iyer teaches an undergraduate course on “Political Economy of Development.”
Lakshmi's Website
Keough School of Global Affairs
International Development Studies Minor
Papers and resources mentioned in the episode
Blattman (2020)
Banerjee and Iyer (2013)
Nunn (2008)
BRAC
Music sampled from DTP re-mixed by Jhonny Charles - Growing Pains