Political Economy Program Meeting
Organized by Matthew Gentzkow, Paola Giuliano, and David Y. Yang
November 15, 2024
SIEPR, Stanford University, Zoom
Paper Presentation: 30 minutes (allowing clarifying questions only), Paper Discussion: 10 minutes, Open Discussion and Author Responses: 20 minutes
Friday, November 15
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Pitfalls of Demographic Forecasts of US Elections

Richard Calvo, University of California, Berkeley
Vincent Pons, Harvard University and NBER
Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Ro’ee Levy, Tel Aviv University
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

It Takes a Village Election: Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies

Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Masyhur Hilmy, University of New South Wales
Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER
Mahvish Shaukat, The World Bank
Andreas Stegmann, University of Warwick

Discussant:
Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Do Virtue Signals Signal Virtue?

Deivis Angeli, University of British Columbia
Matt Lowe, University of British Columbia

Discussant:
Brian Wheaton, University of California, Los Angeles
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Food Policy in a Warming World

Allan Hsiao, Stanford University and NBER
Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Karthik Sastry, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Leveraging Edutainment and Social Networks to Foster Interethnic Harmony

Abu Siddique, Royal Holloway, University of London (RH)
Michael Vlassopoulos, University of Southampton
Yves Zenou, Monash University

Discussant:
Katherine Casey, Stanford University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Misperceptions and Demand for Democracy under Authoritarianism

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Cevat Giray Aksoy, EBRD and King’s College London
Ceren Baysan, University of Toronto and NBER
Carlos Molina, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Gamze Zeki, Stockholm University

Discussant:
Cesi Cruz, University of Michigan
5:00 pm
Adjourn