Augustin Bergeron

Augustin Bergeron is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard University. His research interests lie at the intersection of development economics, public economics, and political economy. His primary research agenda focuses on the determinants of state capacity, with a special emphasis on tax capacity. His work also explores the origins of social ties, such as kinship, and the formation of beliefs, including those that suppress effort, examining how these factors influence economic development. Augustin conducts fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he helps manage a nonprofit survey organization called ODEKA (Organisation d'Etudes Economiques sur le Kasai).

Previously, Augustin was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford King Center on Global Development and an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California.

Augustin graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in political economy and government.