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Assistant Professor of Political Economy |
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Professor Claire Lim is an empirical microeconomist with specialties in political economy, law and economics, and applied econometrics. Her research focuses on how institutions structure the selection of public officials and their electoral incentives. Her research is particularly concerned with analyzing the variation in political institutions that exist in state governments in the U.S. She uses dynamic econometric models to analyze how the ideology of individual politicians interacts with their strategic policy choices, which are in turn influenced by concerns for re-election and their political career. |
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Claire Lim is an Assistant Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She teaches a core econometrics course in the PhD program, Econometric Methods II, in which she introduces advanced econometric techniques used for quantitative analysis in economics. She also teaches a non-market strategy course in the first year of the MBA program, which is designed to introduce students to strategic interactions of firms with organizations and institutions outside markets, such as interest groups, the media, legislatures, and regulatory agencies. Her current research focuses on the effect of media as a channel through which information on public officials' behavior is transmitted to voters. Her past work concentrated on analyzing judicial selection mechanisms in the U.S. Claire Lim received her PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Before coming to the U.S. for her doctoral study, she studied at Seoul National University, where she acquired a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science, and graduated with the highest distinction. |
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Claire S.H. Lim
