Congratulations to Mark Dincecco, who was elected to serve as a SIOE Board Member!
The Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE) promotes rigorous theoretical and empirical investigation of the nature, behavior, and governance of organizations and institutions. Members of the Society use approaches drawn from various disciplines, including economics, law, political science, strategy, management, organization theory, and history. Through its annual conference and other activities, SIOE provides an opportunity to engage in conversation that spans fields, regions, and generations. The Society has historically attracted a diverse community of scholars from around the world. It makes a special effort to develop and encourage the capacity of junior scholars working on institutions and organizations.
Mark Dincecco is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. His research examines the process of political and economic development both historically and today, with a focus on the drivers of effective governance and its implications for economic prosperity. Dincecco has published numerous articles in leading journals across both political science and economics. He is the author or coauthor of three books: Political Transformations and Public Finances: Europe, 1650–1913 (Cambridge University Press, 2011), State Capacity and Economic Development: Present and Past (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and, with Massimiliano Onorato, From Warfare to Wealth: The Military Origins of Urban Prosperity in Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2017), winner of the William Riker Best Book Award. His current book manuscript, with Gary Cox and Yuhua Wang, The Power of Limits: The Evolution of the State in China and the West, is forthcoming with Princeton University Press. Dincecco serves as Editor of the Elements in Political Economy series at Cambridge University Press. In 2016–17, he was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Dincecco received his PhD in Economics from UCLA.
