Political Economy Program Meeting
Organized by Francesco Trebbi and Ebonya L. Washington
May 2, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Format: 25 minutes for authors, 15 minutes for discussants, remaining 20 minutes for authors to respond to discussants and Q&A

Friday, May 2

8:30am

Continental Breakfast

9:00am

The Far-Right Donation Gap

Julia Cagé, Sciences Po
Moritz Hengel, Sciences Po
Yuchen Huang, Paris School of Economics

Discussant:
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER

10:00am

Break

10:15am

The Political Economy of Stimulus Transfers

Silvia Vannutelli, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER

11:15am

Break

11:30am

Competing Ideologies: Fit, Simplicity, and Fear

Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
José Luis Montiel Olea, Cornell University

Discussant:
Federica Izzo, Vanderbilt University

12:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Age Sets, Accountability, and the Balance of Power: Evidence from Villages in Rural Congo (slides)

Sara Lowes, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER
James A. Robinson, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Gabriel Z. Tourek, University of California, Davis and NBER

2:30pm

Break

2:45pm

Political Polarization in Medicine

Woojin Kim, National Bureau of Economic Research

Discussant:
Jorg L. Spenkuch, Northwestern University and NBER

3:45pm

Break

4:00pm

Employment and Community: Socioeconomic Cooperation and Its Breakdown

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alexander Wolitzky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Samuel Kapon, University of California, Berkeley

5:00pm

Adjourn

6:00pm

Dinner