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Political Economy Seminar Series

Past Speakers

Date Presenter Title
10/1/07 Thomas Palfrey (California Institute of Technology)
10/8/07 Robert Staiger (Stanford University) Offshoring and the Value of Trade Agreements
10/15/07 Daniel Diermeier (Kellogg School of Management) Parties, Coalitions, and the Internal Organization of Legislatures
10/22/07 Sven Feldmann (Kellogg School of Management) A simple fully revealing equilibrium in multi-dimensional cheap-talk with multiple senders
10/29/07 Guido Tabellini (University of Bocconi) The Scope of Cooperation: values and incentives
Related Papers:
(1) The Scope of Cooperation: Values and incentives
(2) Instiutions and Culture
11/5/07 Timothy Feddersen (Kellogg School of Management) Moral Bias in Large Elections
(With Sean Gailmard and Alvaro Sandroni)
11/12/07 Enrico Spolaore (Tufts University) Trade, History and Geography
PowerPoint Slides
11/26/07 David Baron (Stanford GSB) Morally-Motivated Self-Regulation
04/03/06
Amrita Dhillon (Warwick) Enforcing Contracts (PDF 202 KB)
04/24/06
Justin Fox (Yale) Electoral Donations and Interest Group Influence (PDF 271 KB)
05/01/06

Aleh Tsyvinski (Harvard)

Markets Versus Governments: Political Economy of Mechanisms  (PDF) 
05/08/06
James Robinson (Harvard) Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions (PDF 637 KB)
05/15/06
Allan Drazen (Maryland) Pork Barrel Cycles (PDF 406 KB)
05/22/06
Alberto Alesina (Harvard) Why is Fiscal Policy often Procyclical (PDF 206 KB)
06/05/06
Pohan Fong (Concordia) Dynamics of Government and Policy Choice (PDF)
10/02/06 Sourav Bhattacharya (Kellogg School) Campaign Rhetoric and the Hide-and-Seek Game (PDF 298 KB / 42 pages)

10/09/06

Ken Shepsle (Harvard) Advising and Consenting in the 60-Vote Senate (PDF 224KB/ 28 pages)
10/23/06 Tapas Kundu
(Kellogg School)
Can democracy always lead to efficient economic transitions?

11/06/06

Leeat Yariv (Caltech) An Experimental Study of Jury Deliberations (with Jacob K. Goeree)
11/13/06 Ethan Kaplan (Stockholm U.) The Iceberg Theory of Campaign Contributions: Political Threats and Interest Group Behavior
11/20/06 Roger Myerson (University of Chicago) Leadership, trust, and power

11/27/06

Ben Lockwood (Warwick) Decentralization and Electoral Accountability: Incentives, Separation, and Voter Welfare (PDF 322 KB / 34 pages)
12/04/06 Eric Dickson (NYU) Rational Choice Epistemology and Belief Formation in Mass Politics (PDF 275KB)
4/23/07 Halvor Mehlum King of the Hill

4/30/07

Sophie Bade Pre-electoral Debate: The Case of a Large Election
5/7/07 Becky Morton The Effects of Identities, Incentives, and Information on Voting

5/14/07

Marina Azzimonti On the Dynamic Inefficiencies of Government

6/4/07

Anders Olofsgard Delegation versus Communication in the Organization of Government

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