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AxPo Working Papers present research in economic socio­logy, political economy, economic history, and related fields conducted at AxPo and its partner institutions, in joint research projects, and in projects by visiting scholars. 

For the previous discussion paper series that was part of MaxPo from 2013-2021, please see below.

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Section #pap2021

2021

  • Semken, Christoph, and Colin Hay. 2021.
    Gauging the Gravity of the Situation. MaxPo Discussion Paper 21/3. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Godechot, Olivier, Nils Neumann, Paula Apascaritei, István Boza, Martin Hällsten, Lasse Henriksen, Are Hermansen, Feng Hou, Jiwook Jung, Naomi Kodama, Alena Křížková, Zoltán Lippényi, Elvira Marta, Silvia Maja Melzer, Eunmi Mun, Halil Sabanci, Matthew Soener, and Max Thaning. 2021.
    Ups and Downs in Finance, Ups without Downs in Inequality. MaxPo Discussion Paper 21/2. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Matías Dewey, Cornelia Woll, and Lucas Ronconi. 2021.
    The Political Economy of Law Enforcement. MaxPo Discussion Paper 21/1. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
Section #pap2020

2020

  • Ferragina, Emanuele, and Andrew Zola. 2020.
    An Obituary for Austerity Narratives? An Experimental Analysis of Public Opinion Shifts and Class Dynamics during the Covid-19 Crisis. MaxPo Discussion Paper 20/5. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Eisl, Andreas. 2020.
    The Ambiguous Consensus on Fiscal Rules: How Ideational Ambiguity Has Facilitated Social Democratic Parties’ Support of Structural Deficit Rules in the Eurozone. MaxPo Discussion Paper 20/4. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Godechot, Olivier, Paula Apascaritei, István Boza, Lasse Henriksen, Are Skeie Hermansen, Feng Hou, Naomi Kodama, Alena Křížková, Jiwook Jung, Marta Elvira, Silvia Maja Melzer, Eunmi Mun, Halil Sabanci, Max Thaning, Nina Bandelj, Alexis Baudour, Dustin Avent-Holt, Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela, Zoltán Lippényi, Andrew Penner, Trond Petersen, Andreja Poje, William Rainey, Mirna Safi, Matthew Soener, and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey. 2020.
    The Great Separation: Top Earner Segregation at Work in High-Income Countries. MaxPo Discussion Paper 20/3. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
    Press coverage
  •  Kaczmarczyk, Patrick. 2020.
    Growth Models and the Footprint of Transnational Capital. MaxPo Discussion Paper 20/2. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Preunkert, Jenny. 2020.
    Primary Dealer Systems in the European Union. MaxPo Discussion Paper 20/1. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
Section #pap2019

2019

  • Koddenbrock, Kai, and Ndongo Samba Sylla. 2019.
    Towards a Political Economy of Monetary Dependency: The Case of the CFA Franc in West Africa. MaxPo Discussion Paper 19/2. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Godechot, Olivier, Joanne Horton, and Yuval Millo. 2019.
    Structural Exchange Pays Off: Reciprocity in Boards and Executive Compensations in US Firms (1990–2015). MaxPo Discussion Paper 19/1. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
Section #pap2018

2018

  • Andersson, Jenny, and Olivier Godechot (eds.). 2018.
    Destabilizing Orders – Understanding the Consequences of Neoliberalism. Proceedings of the MaxPo Fifth-Anniversary Conference, Paris, January 12–13, 2018. MaxPo Discussion Paper 18/1. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
Section #pap2017

2017

  • Eisl, Andreas. 2017.
    Explaining Variation in Public Debt. A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Governance. MaxPo Discussion Paper 17/1. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
Section #pap2016

2016

  • Boussard, Valérie, Olivier Godechot, and Nicolas Woloszko. 2016.
    How to Make a Deal. The Role of Rankings and Personal Ties in Creating Trust in the M&A Market. MaxPo Discussion Paper 16/3. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Krarup, Troels. 2016.
    Economic Discourse and the European Integration of Financial Infrastructures and Financial Markets. MaxPo Discussion Paper 16/2. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Kastner, Lisa. 2016.
    The Power of Weak Interests in Financial Reforms: Explaining the Creation of a US Consumer Agency. MaxPo Discussion Paper 16/1. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
Section #pap2015

2015

  • Godechot, Olivier. 2015.
    Financialization Is Marketization! A Study on the Respective Impact of Various Dimensions of Financialization on the Increase in Global Inequality. MaxPo Discussion Paper 15/3. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
    Online Appendix
  • Woll, Cornelia. 2015.
    Politics in the Interest of Capital: A Not-So-Organized Combat. MaxPo Discussion Paper 15/2. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
  • Lacan, Laure and Jeanne Lazarus. 2015.
    A Relationship and a Practice: On the French Sociology of Credit. MaxPo Discussion Paper 15/1. Paris: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies.
Section #pap2014

2014

Section #pap2013

2013

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