Faculty Seminars

April 11

James Robinson
Harvard University

Persistence of Power, Elites and Instructions [ PDF 639KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

April 25

Kenneth Shepsle
Harvard University

Information, Institutions, and Constitutional Arrangements [ PDF 185KB]
with co-author Abhinay Muthoo

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

May 9

Timothy Groseclose
UC Los Angeles

A Rational-Choice, Formal-Theoretic Argument Against the Existence of Sophisticated Voting in Legislatures [ PDF 1.71KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

May 23

Navin Kartik
UC San Diego

Signaling Character in Electoral Competition [ PDF 298KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

June 6

David Baron
Stanford University

A Positive Theory of Moral Management, Social Pressure, and Corporate Social Performance [ PDF 304KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

January 17

Erik Snowberg
GSB Stanford

Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections [ PDF 144KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

January31

Ernesto Dal Bo
UC Berkeley

Running in the Family: Dynastic Transmission of Political Power in the US Congress, 1788-1996 [ PDF 294KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

February 14

Romain Wacziarg
GSB Stanford

The Diffusion of Development [ PDF 353KB]

11:45-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

February 28

Rohini Pande
Yale University

Parochial Politics: Ethnic Competition and Politician Corruption in India [ PDF 469KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

March 14

Justin Fox
Yale University

Electoral Donations and Interest Group Influence [ PDF 275KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

March 28

David Austen-Smith
Kellogg School of Management

Deliberation, Preference Uncertainty and Voting Rules [ PDF 173KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

September 27

David Baron
Stanford GSB

Corporate Social Responsibility and Private and Social Entrepreneurship

Noon-1:15 pm/Littlefield 103

October 11

Jon Bendor
Stanford GSB

V.O.Key Formalized:
Retrospective Voting as Adaptive Behavior [ PDF 490KB]

Noon-1:15 pm/Littlefield 103

October 27

Torsten Persson
Institute for International Economic Studies

Democratic capital: The nexus of political and economic change [ PDF 503KB]

Noon-1:15 pm/Littlefield 103

November 8

Keith Krehbiel
GSB

Presidential Appointments and Policy Gridlock (research in progress - no paper)

Noon-1:15 pm/Littlefield 103

December 6

Per Pettersson-Lidbom
Stockholm University

Does the Size of the Legislature Affect the Size of Government? Evidence from Two Natural Experiments [ PDF 167KB]

Noon-1:15 pm/Littlefield 103