Robert H. Bates
- Title
- Eaton Professor of the Science of Government
- rbates@latte.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617-496-0919
- Fax
- 617-496-6849
- Department
- Department of Government
- School
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Regions of Interest
- Latin American Region-wide or Comparative Work
- Countries of Interest
- Mexico, Colombia, Brazil
- Areas of Expertise
- Economic Reform
- Mailing Address
- Department of Government Harvard University 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138
- Office Location
- CGIS N213
- Research Interest
- Politics and economics of development in Africa and Latin America; political economy of tropical agriculture; economic policy reform; dynamics of political reform; game theory, state failure and violence
- Web Page
- http://www.gov.harvard.edu/Faculty/Bios/Bates.htm
- Courses
- Growth and Development in Historical Perspective; The Political Economy of Development
- Publications
- Prosperity and Violence (2002);Open Economy Politics: The Politics and Economics of the International Coffee Market. Princeton University Press, 1997;
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