Filipe Campante

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Filipe Campante is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is originally from Brazil, where he has learned that politics plays a central role in understanding the process of development. With that background, his research focuses on the political economy of institutions and its impact on economic growth and development. Current research topics include the effects of incumbents' stability on their incentives for corrupt behavior, the relationship between inequality, redistribution and population size, and the interaction between education and political participation.