Pedro Vicente is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, and a Visiting Lecturer/Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. He researches on the political economy of development, namely on corruption, vote buying, and conflict, with a special interest in Africa. He designed and conducted field experiments during elections in Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago and is affiliated with BREAD.

Articles

Counteracting Illicit Behaviour during Elections: The Role of Observers and Cell Phones in a Field Experiment (Governance, Accountability and Political Economy programme)

Presentations

Is Information Power? Using Cell Phones during an Election in Mozambique (Growth Week 2010)