Roland Hodler

Professor of Economics, University of St. Gallen; Director, SIAW-HSG; CEPR Research Fellow

Roland Hodler Professor of Economics at the University of St.Gallen, Director of SIAW-HSG, Research Fellow at CEPR and CESifo, and External Research Associate at OxCarre. His main areas of interest are development economics and political economics. Among others, he is interested in the effects of natural resources, foreign aid and ethnic divisions on economic performance, favoritism, corruption, and conflict. His research has been published in journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the European Economic Review, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Journal of Public Economics.

Recent work by Roland Hodler

Ethnic stratification: A new measure to predict social conflict

A new index of ethnic stratification reveals that ethnic differences matter for conflict if, and only if, they coincide with economic differences

Institutions & Political Economy

Roland Hodler Sorawoot Srisuma Alberto Vesperoni Noémie Zurlinden

Published 08.06.20

African leaders’ misuse of Chinese development finance: The price of country ownership

China’s ‘on demand’ approach to foreign assistance may be motivated by good intentions, but it increases the risk of political misuse of aid

Finance

Axel Dreher Andreas Fuchs Roland Hodler Bradley Parks Paul Raschky Michael Tierney

Published 18.08.15

Roland Hodler

Recent work by Roland Hodler

Ethnic stratification: A new measure to predict social conflict

African leaders’ misuse of Chinese development finance: The price of country ownership