SI 2017 Political Economy
Organized by Alberto F. Alesina
July 17-18, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Monday, July 17
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Does Information Change Attitudes Towards Immigrants? Representative Evidence From Survey Experiments

Christopher P. Roth, University of Cologne
Alexis Grigorieff, University of Oxford
Diego Ubfal, The World Bank

Discussant:
Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

Demand and Supply of Populism

Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Helios Herrera, University of Warwick
Massimo Morelli, Bocconi University
Tommaso Sonno, University of Bologna

Discussant:
Gerard Padró I Miquel, Yale University and NBER
11:30 am

The Origins of Common Identity: Division, Homogenization Policies and Identity Formation in Alsace-Lorraine

Kai Gehring, University of Bern
Sirus Dehdari, Stockholm University

Discussant:
Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Social Media Networks, Fake News, and Polarization

Marina Azzimonti, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Marcos Ross. Fernandes, Stony Brook University

Discussant:
Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Minority Salience and Political Extremism

Tommaso Colussi, Catholic University Milan
Ingo E. Isphording, IZA - Bonn
Nico P. Pestel, ROA, Maastricht University

Discussant:
Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich
4:00 pm

Frontier Culture: Historical Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States

Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
Samuel A. Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Mesay Melese Gebresilasse, Amherst College and NBER

Discussant:
Romain Wacziarg, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 18
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

A Model of Protests, Revolution, and Information

Matthew Jackson, Stanford University
Salvador Barberà, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Discussant:
Ernesto Dal Bó, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

The Political Economy of Transportation Investment

Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, Center for Research in International Economics

Discussant:
Stephen Coate, Cornell University and NBER
11:30 am

There is No Place Like Home: Theory and Evidence on Decentralization and Politician Preferences

Vivian E. Hoffmann, IFPRI
Pamela Jakiela, Williams College
Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER
Ryan M. Sheely, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Discussant:
Dina Pomeranz, University of Zurich
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Capital-Skill Complementarity and the Emergence of Labor Emancipation

Quamrul Ashraf, Williams College
Francesco Cinnirella, University of Bergamo
Oded Galor, Brown University and NBER
Boris Gershman, American University
Erik Hornung, University of Cologne

Discussant:
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Medieval Roots of Inclusive Institutions: From the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act

Charles Angelucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Simone Meraglia, University of Exeter
Nico Voigtländer, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
4:00 pm

The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
James A. Robinson, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Marco Battaglini, Cornell University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn