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2007-08 Political Economy Seminars

 

 

Spring 2008

Speaker

Title

Time/Location

April 9
Wednesday
Guido Tabellini
Bocconi
The Scope of Cooperation: Values and Incentives 12:00-1:00 PM
S172
April 22 Claudio Ferraz
Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA, Brazil)
Motivating Politicians: the Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance 12:00-1:00 PM
L103
May 6 Gerard Padró i Miquel
London School of Economics
Foreign Influence and Welfare 12:00-1:00 PM
L103
May 20 Shigeo Hirano
Columbia University
Direct and Indirect Representation 12:00-1:00 PM
L103
June 3 Alessandro Lizzeri
New York University
Transparency and Economic Policy 12:00-1:00 PM
L103

 

Winter 2008

Speaker

Title

Time/Location

January 15 Hulya Eraslan
Wharton School
Strategic Voting over Strategic Proposals 12:00-1:15 PM
L103
January 16
Wednesday
Saumitra Jha
Harvard University
Trade, Institutions and Religious Tolerance: Evidence from India 12:00-1:30 PM
S180
January 22
Claire Lim
University of Pennsylvania
Turnover and Accountability of Appointed and Elected Judges 12:00-1:30 PM
S150
January 28
Monday
Stelios Michalopoulos
Brown University
Ethnolinguistic Diversity: Origins and Implications 12:00-1:30 PM
L107
January 29 Nathan Jensen
Washington University-St. Louis
Where do U.S. Multinationals Pay Taxes? Tax Payments (or non-payments) of U.S. Foreign Affiliates to Host Governments 12:00-1:15 PM
L103
January 30
Wednesday
Marit Rehavi
UC Berkeley
Sex and Politics: Do Female Legislators Affect State Spending? 12:00-1:30 PM
S150
February 12 Scott Page
University Michigan - Ann Arbor
Interpreted and Generated Signals 12:00-1:15 PM
L103
February 26 Michael Herron
Dartmouth College
Preference Aggregation, Representation, and Elected American Political Institutions 12:00-1:15 PM
L103
March 11 David Baron
Stanford University
The Economics and Politics of Corporate Social Responsibility 12:00-1:15 PM
L103

 

Fall 2007

Speaker

Title

Time/Location

September 25 Ted Miguel
UC Berkeley
The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela's Maisanta 12:00-1:15 pm/L107
October 9 John Hatfield
Stanford University
Lobbyist Power and Polarization 12:00-1:15 pm/L107
October 23 Ebonya Washington
Yale University
Segregation and Black Political Efficacy 12:00-1:15 pm/L107
October 29
Monday
Nolan McCarty
Princeton University
Does Gerrymandering Cause Polarization? 12:00-1:15 pm/L107
November 6 Paola Giuliano
Harvard University
The Power of the Family 12:00-1:15 pm/L107
December 4 Antonio Merlo
University of Pennsylvania
External Validation by Parameter Recovery: An Application to Voter Turnout Model
Abstract
Presentation
12:00-1:15 pm/L107

 

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