Political Economy Seminars
Seminars will be held on Tuesdays from 12:00-1:00 PM, unless otherwise noted. If you have any questions regarding the seminar please email our seminar organizer Steve Callander and Katherine Casey.
Please select the Meet the Speaker link below (•) to view the current schedule or e-mail Miriam Torres for an appointment (GSB faculty only).
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Spring 2013 |
Speaker |
Title |
Time/Place |
Meet the Speaker |
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| April 30 | Asim ljaz Khwaja Harvard Kennedy School |
Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Incentive Pay for Tax Collectors (abstract) | 12:00-1:00 PM E103 |
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| May 14 | David Lewis Vanderbilt University |
Predicting Agency Failure: Delegation, Multitasking, and Compliance with the Law (Abstract) | 12:00-1:00 PM E103 |
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| May 28 | Jesse Shapiro The University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers | 12:00-1:00 PM E103 |
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| June 4 | Torun Dewan LSE |
12:00-1:00 PM E103 |
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Winter 2013 |
Speaker |
Title |
Time/Place |
Meet the Speaker |
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| January 16 | Anthony Fowler Harvard University |
Long Term Consequences of Elections | 3:30-4:45 PM M109 |
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| January 22 | Daniel Carpenter Harvard University Department of Government |
R&D Abandonment in Regulatory Equilibrium: Evidence from Asset Price Shocks Induced by FDA Decisions | 12:00-1:00 PM SE107 |
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| January 29 | Ruixue Jia IIES, Stockholm University |
Pollution for Promotion | 12:00-1:15 PM SE107 |
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| February 12 | Paul Novosad Harvard University |
Politics and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from India | 11:30-12:45 PM C105 |
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Autumn 2012 |
Speaker |
Title |
Time/Place |
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| October 2 | Mattias Polborn University of Illinois |
Policy Divergence and Voter Polarization in a Structural Model of Elections | 12:00-1:00 PM E103 |
| October 23 | Leonard Wantchekon Princeton University |
How Does Policy Deliberation Affect Voting Behavior? Evidence from a Campaign Experiment in Benin | 12:00-1:00 PM E103 |
| October 29 | Frederico Finan UC Berkeley |
Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call to Public Service | 12:00-1:15 pm M104 |
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November 13 |
Maggie Penn Washington University in St. Louis |
Scoring from Contests | 12:00-1:00 PM E103 |
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November 27 |
Maria Petrova New Economic School |
Cross-Border Media and Nationalism: Evidence from Serbian Radio in Croatia |
12:00-1:00 PM E103 |
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December 13 |
Deborah Beim Princeton University |
12:00-1:15 PM M104 |
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