Welcome! 

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

I received my Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government (Economics Track) from Harvard in May 2021, and my dissertation received the 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the National Tax Association. 

My research interests lie at the intersection of development economics, public economics, and political economy. My primary agenda studies the determinants of state capacity, with an emphasis on fiscal capacity and taxation. I also study how economic and institutional environments shape beliefs, identities, and social organization, and how these forces affect long-run development. 

I conduct fieldwork in the D.R. Congo, where I help manage a non-profit survey organization, ODEKA (Organisation d'Etudes Economiques sur le Kasai). 

I am a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and an Affiliate of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), the  Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the International Growth Centre (IGC), the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), the Harvard Center for International Development (Harvard CID), and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. 

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E-mail: abergeron@fas.harvard.edu