Political Economy Program Meeting
Organized by Alberto F. Alesina
October 17, 2014
The Royal Sonesta Hotel
Friday, October 17
1

A Positive Theory of Tax Reform

Ethan Ilzetzki, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2

Loss Aversion In Politics

Alberto F. Alesina, Harvard University
Francesco Passarelli, Bocconi University
3

Reference Points and Demand for Redistribution: Experimental Evidence

Jimmy Charite, Facebook
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
4

The Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Individual Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
Louis Putterman, Brown University
David N. Weil, Brown University and NBER
5

How Does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments?

Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER
Robert T. Jensen, Yale University and NBER
6

The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER
Ahmed Tahoun, London Business School