David Stasavage
Alma mater	Cornell University Harvard University
Occupation	Political scientist, university teacher
Employer	London School of Economics (1999–2005) New York University
Awards	Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015)
Website	https://stasavage.com/

David Stasavage is an Americanpolitical scientist known for his work on democracy and political economy.^[1] He is the Dean for the Social Sciences and the Julius Silver Professor atNew York University's Department of Politics and an affiliated professor in NYU's School of Law.^[2] He was elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015.^[1]

Stasavage earned a bachelor's degree fromCornell University in 1989, then obtained his doctorate fromHarvard University in 1995.^[3][2] He subsequently went to Europe, working successively for theWorld Bank, theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, theCentre for the Study of African Economies, and theBank of England.^[4]

Stasavage began teaching as a faculty associate within theLondon School of Economics in 1999. By 2005, his final year at the LSE, Stasavage had acquired the rank of reader. Stasavage returned to the United States in 2006, as an associate professor atNew York University. In 2009, Stasavage was appointed to a full professorship. Since 2015, he has served as Julius Silver Professor of Politics.^[4][2] Stasavage was later appointed dean for the social sciences.^[2]

Stasavage carries out data driven research on the historical development of state institutions including Western Europe and Africa. He has written on topics includingdemocracy,political economy,development economics,public credit,central banks,education policy,welfare, andincome inequality.^[1]

InPublic Debt and the Birth of the Democratic State: France and Great Britain, 1688-1789 (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Stasavage modeled connections between public debt and representative assemblies and their relationships with the fiscal credibility of governments in the eighteenth century.^[5]InStates of Credit: Size, Power, and the Development of European Polities (Princeton University Press, 2011)^[6] he further examined the development of representative assemblies and of public borrowing in Europe, during the medieval and early modern eras.^[7] In 2012,States of Credit won the Award for the Best Book in European Politics and Society from Section 21 (European Politics and Society) of theAmerican Political Science Association.^[8]

InTaxing the Rich (Princeton University Press, 2016)^[9] Stasavage andKenneth F. Scheve examined democracy and taxation, with particular attention to conceptions of fairness and possible mechanisms underlying progressive taxation.^[10]InThe Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today (Princeton University Press, 2020) he takes an institutional approach to the interaction of state and societal actors, to identify and examine the development of both early and modern democracies.^[11][12]

In 2015, Stasavage was elected a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[1] In July 2023, Stasavage becameco-editor of theAnnual Review of Political Science.^[13]

• Stasavage, David (2004).Public Debt and the Birth of the Democratic State. Cambridge University Press.doi:10.1017/CBO9780511510557.ISBN 9780511510557.^[5]
• Stasavage, David (2011).States of Credit: Size, Power, and the Development of European Polities. Princeton University Press.ISBN 9780691140575.^[6]
• Scheve, Kenneth; Stasavage, David (2016).Taxing the Rich: A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe. Princeton University Press.ISBN 9780691165455.^[9]
• Stasavage, David (2020).The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today. Princeton University Press.ISBN 9780691177465.^[11]

• Keefer, Philip; Stasavage, David (August 2003)."The Limits of Delegation: Veto Players, Central Bank Independence, and the Credibility of Monetary Policy".American Political Science Review.97 (3):407–423.doi:10.1017/S0003055403000777 (inactive 1 November 2024).ISSN 1537-5943.S2CID 14733499.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
• Stasavage, David (October 2004)."Open-Door or Closed-Door? Transparency in Domestic and International Bargaining"(PDF).International Organization.58 (4).doi:10.1017/S0020818304040214 (inactive 1 November 2024).ISSN 0020-8183.S2CID 16709125.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
• Stasavage, David (April 2005)."Democracy and Education Spending in Africa"(PDF).American Journal of Political Science.49 (2):343–358.doi:10.1111/j.0092-5853.2005.00127.x.
• Scheve, Kenneth; Stasavage, David (26 July 2006). "Religion and Preferences for Social Insurance".Quarterly Journal of Political Science.1 (3):255–286.doi:10.1561/100.00005052.
• Stasavage, David (11 May 2016)."Representation and Consent: Why They Arose in Europe and Not Elsewhere".Annual Review of Political Science.19 (1):145–162.doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-043014-105648.ISSN 1094-2939.
• Scheve, Kenneth; Stasavage, David (11 May 2017)."Wealth Inequality and Democracy".Annual Review of Political Science.20 (1):451–468.doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-061014-101840.ISSN 1094-2939.

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