Political Economy Program Meeting/Econ of Culture & Institutions
Organized by Alberto F. Alesina
April 10, 2015
The Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, April 10

1

How Modern Dictators Survive

Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po
Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

2

Media Power

Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER

3

Patience and The Wealth of Nations

Thomas Dohmen, University of Bonn
Benjamin Enke, Harvard University and NBER
Armin Falk, University of Bonn
David Huffman, University of Pittsburgh
Uwe Sunde, University of Munich

4

Identifying Ideology: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan

Michael J. Callen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER
Noam Yuchtman, University of Oxford
Syed Ali Hasanain, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Bruno Ferman, Sao Paulo School of Economics, FGV

5

Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Re-evaluating de Tocqueville

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER
Konstantin Sonin, University of Chicago

	Political Economy Program Meeting/Econ of Culture & Institutions Organized by Alberto F. Alesina April 10, 2015 The Royal Sonesta Hotel
	Friday, April 10
1	How Modern Dictators Survive Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
2	Media Power Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
3	Patience and The Wealth of Nations Thomas Dohmen, University of Bonn Benjamin Enke, Harvard University and NBER Armin Falk, University of Bonn David Huffman, University of Pittsburgh Uwe Sunde, University of Munich
4	Identifying Ideology: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan Michael J. Callen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER Noam Yuchtman, University of Oxford Syed Ali Hasanain, Lahore University of Management Sciences Bruno Ferman, Sao Paulo School of Economics, FGV
5	Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Re-evaluating de Tocqueville Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER Konstantin Sonin, University of Chicago