The Political Economics Group was founded in 2005 by Stanford PhD students 

Erik Snowberg and Silvia Console Battilana

Then in 2007, their role as organizers and supporters of the group has been handed over to 

Leopoldo Fergusson, MIT PhD Student

Marcello Miccoli, Stanford PhD Student

Pablo Querubín, MIT PhD Student

Thanks to Erik and Silvia for the enthusiasm they gave to us: the Political Economics Groups will go on promoting the discipline of Political Economics.