Title

Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science.
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, California Institute of Technology.  

Fields

Political Organizations; American Politics.

Current Research

Political Economy, the New Economics of Organization and Institutions, Regulation, and Rational Choice Interpretation of Legal, Legislative, and Constitutional Institutions. Applications include American Politics, federalism, and the historical and contemporary development of democratic and market institutions.

Contact Information

Bldg 160-161-B
Department of Political Science
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2044
(650) 723-0497
(650) 723-1808
weingast@leland.stanford.edu