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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Political Economy Program Meeting

Alberto Alesina, Organizer

April 12, 2013

NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

Participant List

Thursday, April 11:
7:00 pm	Group Dinner – Dante Restaurant, Royal Sonesta Hotel
Friday, April 12:
8:15 am	Depart from Sonesta by van
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Patrick Francois, University of British Columbia Ilia Rainer, George Mason University Francesco Trebbi, University of British Columbia and NBER How Is Power Shared in Africa? Discussant: Elias Papaioannou, London Business School and NBER
10:00 am	Coffee Break
10:15 am	Francesco Passarelli, Bocconi University Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University Emotions and Political Unrest Discussant: Alessandro Lizzeri, New York University
11:15 am	Christian Dippel, University of California at Los Angeles The Transmission of Colonial Institutions: Evidence from the 19th Century Caribbean Discussant: Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Justine Burns, University of Cape Town Lucia Corno, University College London Eliana La Ferrara, Bocconi University Does Interaction Affect Racial Prejudice and Cooperation? Evidence from Randomly Assigned Peers in South Africa Discussant: Rohini Pande, Harvard University and NBER
2:15 pm	Coffee Break
2:30 pm	Raymond Fisman, Columbia University and NBER Yongxiang Wang, University of Southern California The Mortality Cost of Political Connections Discussant: Romain Wacziarg, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER
3:30 pm	Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston Civil Service Rules and Policy Choices: Evidence from US State Governments Discussant: Brian Knight, Brown University and NBER
4:30 pm	Adjourn