Rate My Professor Robert Fleck

Fleck's main fields of interest include political economy, public finance, economic history, law and economics, and development economics. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of major political and economic transitions, as well as the reasons why only some countries adopt successful political and economic reforms. Notable publications include "Voter Influence and Big Policy Change: The Positive Political Economy of the New Deal" in the Journal of Political Economy (2008), "Changing Aid Regimes? U.S. Foreign Aid from the Cold War to the War on Terror" with Christopher Kilby in the Journal of Development Economics (2010), "Why Did the Electorate Swing Between Parties During the Great Depression?" in Explorations in Economic History (2013), and collaborative works with F. Andrew Hanssen such as "How Tyranny Paved the Way to Democracy: The Democratic Transition in Ancient Greece" in the Journal of Law and Economics (2013), "Persistence and Change in Age-Specific Gender Gaps: Hollywood Actors from the Silent Era Onward" in the International Review of Law and Economics (2016), and "Rulers Ruled by Women: An Economic Analysis of the Rise and Fall of Women's Rights in Ancient Sparta" in Economics of Governance (2009). Other significant papers address price-gouging prohibitions, judicial review, eminent domain, and foreign aid allocation. Fleck is invited to deliver the keynote address at the Economic and Business History Society conference in 2025.