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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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Political Economy Program Meeting |
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October 17, 2014 |
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Alberto Alesina, Organizer |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Room Charles AB |
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40 Edwin H. Land Blvd. |
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Cambridge, MA |
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PROGRAM |
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October 16: |
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7:00 pm |
Group Dinner |
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October 17: |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Ethan Ilzetzki, London
School of Economics A Positive
Theory of Tax Reform Discussant: Michael Golosov, Princeton
University and NBER |
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10:00
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Coffee
Break |
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10:15 am |
Alberto Alesina, Harvard University and NBER Francesco
Passarelli, Bocconi University Discussant: Jesse Shapiro, University of Chicago and NBER |
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11:15
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Jimmy
Charité, Columbia University Raymond
Fisman, Columbia University and NBER Ilyana
Kuziemko, Columbia University and NBER Reference
Points and Demand for Redistribution: Experimental Evidence Discussant:
Stefano DellaVigna, University of California at Berkeley |
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12:15
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Lunch
Room University BC (first floor, near the pool) |
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1:15
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Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown
University and NBER Louis Putterman, Brown
University David Weil, Brown University and NBER The
Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Individual Economic Outcomes in
Sub-Saharan Africa Discussant: Filipe
Campante, Harvard University and NBER |
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2:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:30 pm |
Leonardo Bursztyn,
University of California at Los Angeles and NBER Robert Jensen, University of Pennsylvania and NBER How Does
Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments? Discussant: Bruce Sacerdote,
Dartmouth College and NBER |
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3:30 pm |
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and NBER Tarek Hassan, University of Chicago and NBER Amhed Tahoun, London Business School The
Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring Discussant: Raymond Fisman,
Columbia University and NBER |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |