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Alexandre Chirat

Alexandre Chirat is an associate professor of economics at Paris-Nanterre University and EconomiX. His research focuses on 20th-century history of economic thought and 21st- century political economy.
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How Anthony Downs’s Analysis Explains Rational Voters’ Preferences for Populism

Cyril Hédoin
In new research, Cyril Hédoin and Alexandre Chirat use the rational-choice theory of economist Anthony Downs to explain how populism rationally arises to challenge established institutions of liberal democracy.

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