I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Political Economics of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Fields of Interest

• Political Economics
• Negative political advertising and affective polarization
• Social mobility and zero-sum thinking
• Economics of Happiness
• Applied econometrics

Working Papers

• Liu, Kelly J. and Alois Stutzer (2024). The Role of Social Mobility Experience in Zero-Sum Beliefs. IZA Discussion Paper No. 17407. [paper]

• Liu, Kelly J. and Alois Stutzer (2025). Zero-Sum Beliefs, Political Views, and Life Satisfaction in a Rich Country. WWZ Working Paper No. 2025/02. [paper]