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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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Political
Economy Program Meeting |
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May 4, 2007 |
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Alberto Alesina, Organizer |
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NBER |
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PROGRAM |
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Thursday, May 3: |
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7:00 pm |
Group Dinner |
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Dante Restaurant at the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Friday, May 4: |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle van
departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
MATTHEW GENTZKOW, |
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JESSE SHAPIRO, |
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What
Drives Media Slant? Evidence from |
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Discussant: ETHAN KAPLAN, Stockholm University |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
GIUSEPPE NICOLETTI and
STEFANO SCARPETTA, OECD |
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GIUSEPPE FIORI and FABIO
SCHIANTARELLI, |
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Discussant: FRANCESCO GIAVAZZI, |
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11:15 am |
Break |
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11:30 am |
ADI BRENDER, Bank of |
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ALLAN DRAZEN, |
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Affecting Attitudes
About Democracy |
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Discussant: BARD HARSTAD, Northwestern University |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
ORIANA BANDIERA and |
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ANDREA PRAT, |
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TOMMASO VALLETTI, |
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Active
and Passive Waste in Government Spending: Evidence from a Policy Experiment |
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Discussant: ROBERTO PEROTTI, Bocconi University and
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm |
RODNEY RAMCHARAN,
International Monetary Fund |
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Inequality
and Redistribution: Evidence from |
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Discussant: ASIM IJAZ KHWAJA, Harvard University |
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3:45 pm |
DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and
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JAMES A. ROBINSON, |
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Discussant: CASEY MULLIGAN, University of Chicago and
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4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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4/19/07 |
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