Andrew Kao

Hello! I am a PhD student in Economics at Harvard. My current research interests include political economy, IO, and trade in the context of frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence. I am also a affiliate at the Center for American Political Studies. I graduated from the University of Chicago with a BS in computational and applied math and a BA in economics. My CV is located here.

Research

Publications

Working papers

  • “Exporting the Surveillance State via Trade in AI” with Martin Beraja, David Yang, and Noam Yuchtman
  • “Protests” with Davide Cantoni, David Yang, and Noam Yuchtman

Works in progress

Policy Articles

  • “How the surveillance state is exported through trade in AI” VoxDev column
  • “Autocratic AI dystopias: From science fiction to social science fact” with Martin Beraja, David Yang, and Noam Yuchtman. VoxDev column (May 2023)
  • “Autocratic AI dystopias: From science fiction to social science fact” with Martin Beraja, David Yang, and Noam Yuchtman. VoxEU column (December 2021)