Political Economy Program Meeting
Organized by Alberto F. Alesina
November 3, 2017
Cambridge
Thursday, November 2
7:00 pm
Group Dinner - Bambara Restaurant at Hotel Marlowe
(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Friday, November 3
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Folklore

Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
Melanie Meng Xue, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Benjamin Enke, Harvard University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Understanding Cultural Persistence and Change

Paola Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER

Discussant:
Gérard Roland, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:15 am

Nation-Building, Nationalism and Wars

Alberto F. Alesina, Harvard University
Bryony Reich, Northwestern University
Alessandro Riboni, École Polytechnique

Discussant:
Raquel Fernández, New York University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch - Skyline Room DE
1:15 pm

The Price of a Vote: Evidence from France, 1993-2014

Julia Cage, Sciences Po
Yasmine Bekkouche, Paris School of Economics

Discussant:
Vincent Pons, Harvard University and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics

Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Francesca Lotti, Banca d'Italia

Discussant:
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
3:30 pm

The Effect of Income and Unemployment Shocks on Political Preferences

James E. Alt, Harvard University
Sebastian Barfort, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
David Lassen, University of Copenhagen

Discussant:
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn