Simone Paci

Simone Paci

Simone Paci

  • Lecturer, Political Science
  • Associate Director of the Capstone Program, Political Science
  • Affiliated scholar, CDDRL

Encina West 410
616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305

Biography

Simone Paci is a lecturer in Political Science at Stanford University. His research focuses on political economy across public policy domains. His three main areas of interest include taxation, AI, and gender politics.

Simone's research has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, PS: Political Science & Politics, the UN WIDER Working Paper Series, and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

Before Stanford, Simone held a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at Princeton University. Simone received a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Yale University.

publications

Journal Articles
November 2025

Filling the tax gap: How private donations compensate a faltering fiscal contract

Author(s)
Filling the tax gap: How private donations compensate a faltering fiscal contract