Roland Hodler

Professor of Economics at University Of St Gallen

  • Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics
  • Fellow, Political Economy
Roland Hodler is Professor of Economics at the University of St.Gallen and Research Fellow at CEPR, CESifo, and OxCarre. He holds a PhD from the University of Bern. His main fields of interest are development economics and political economics. He is particularly interested in how ethnic divisions, natural resources and foreign aid influence economic and human development as well as conflict, corruption and favoritism. His research has been published, among others, in the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Latest contributions 

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VoxEU Column

How (not) to school ethnic minority students

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  • Education
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  • Labour Markets & Migration
VoxEU Column

Ethnic favouritism: Not just an African phenomenon

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  • Frontiers of economic research
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  • Global governance
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  • Politics and economics