Stanislav Markus

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Stanislav Markus
Ph.D., Harvard, 2009

Major Areas of Interest:

- Political Economy
- Rule of Law
- Post Communist Politics
- Corporate Governance
- Property Rights

Selected Publications:

- "Corporate Governance as Political Insurance: Firm-level Institutional Creation in Emerging Markets and Beyond," Socio-Economic Review, 2008, 6 (1): 69-98.
- "Capitalists of All Russia, Unite! Business Mobilization under Debilitated Dirigisme," Polity, 2007, 39 (3): 277-304.
- "Secure Property as a Bottom-Up Process: Firms, Stakeholders, and Predators in Weak States," World Politics, 64 (2) (April 2012): 242-277.
E-Mail: smarkus@uchicago.edu
Phone: (773) 702-7301
Office: Pick 526
Office hours: On Leave


Stanislav Markus is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. His research investigates the impact of strategies pursued by firms in the developing world on the rule of law, including issues related to property rights, corporate governance, and lobbying. Stanislav has done extensive research in Russia and Ukraine, including a large-N survey of firms in both countries. He is an Academy Scholar at Harvard (2011-12) and was a visiting scholar at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University (2005). Stanislav's most recent article on the sources of secure property rights in emerging markets is forthcoming in World Politics. His full CV can be viewed here.