I am a senior research associate at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Fields of Interest

Political Economics, Public Economics, Media Economics

Publications

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2024). Special Interest Groups versus Voters and the Political Economics of Attention. The Economic Journal. [ paper ]

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2024). Political Economy of Attention. In: Christian Björnskov and Richard Jong-A-Pin (eds). Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [ paper ]

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2023). Television Market Size and Political Accountability in the US House of Representatives. European Journal of Political Economy 80:102459.[ link ]

Work in Progress

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2024). The Political Economy of Attention and Electoral Accountability. WWZ Working Paper 2024/10. [ paper ]

Balles, Patrick (2024). The Impact of Citizens United: How the Removal of Independent Expenditure Bans Shaped U.S. Gubernatorial Elections. WWZ Working Paper 2024/08. [ paper ]

Misev, Marina A. and Patrick Balles (2024). Natural Disasters, Investor Attention, and Non-Fundamental Green Asset Demand. WWZ Working Paper 2024/07. [ paper ]

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2024).  Quid Pro Quo in Independent Campaign Support by Special Interest Groups? Evidence from Congressional Roll Call Voting.

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2024). Issue-Specific Voter Preferences: Measurement and Applications.

Education

PhD in Economics, University of Basel