Tuesday, July 19
9:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
10:15 am

Political Power and Market Power

Bo Cowgill, Columbia University
Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
Tommaso Valletti, Imperial College London

Discussant:
Dana Foarta, Stanford University
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Disclosure in Democracy

Matthew R. Denes, Carnegie Mellon University
Madeline M. Scanlon, University of Pittsburgh
Florian Schulz, University of Washington

Discussant:
Matilde Bombardini, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Supply of Motivated Beliefs

Michael Thaler, University College London

Discussant:
Ernesto Dal Bó, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Rebel Governance and Development: The Long Term Effects of Guerrilla's in El Salvador

Antonella Bandiera, ITAM
Lelys Dinarte, The World Bank
Sandra Rozo, The World Bank
Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Policy Diffusion and Polarization across U.S. States

Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Woojin Kim, National Bureau of Economic Research

Discussant:
Jorg L. Spenkuch, Northwestern University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 20
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Measuring the Tolerance of the State: Theory and Application to Protest

Veli Andirin, Yale University
Yusuf Neggers, University of Michigan
Mehdi Shadmehr, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Brian G. Knight, Brown University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

How Do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multi-Country Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates

Caroline Le Pennec, HEC Montreal
Vincent Pons, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Gregory J. Martin, Stanford University
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

The Political Economy of Alternative Realities (slides)

Adam Szeidl, Central European University
Ferenc Szucs, Stockholm University

Discussant:
S. Nageeb Ali, Pennsylvania State University
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Political Quid Pro Quo In Financial Markets

Anne Laure Delatte, Université Paris Dauphine
Adrien Matray, Princeton University and NBER
Noémie Pinardon-Touati, Columbia University

Discussant:
Clemence Tricaud, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

The Common Good and Voter Polarization

Chad W. Kendall, University of Miami and NBER
John Matsusaka, University of Southern California

Discussant:
Sergio Montero, University of Rochester
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

“Compensate the Losers?” Economic Policy Preferences and Partisan Realignment in the U.S. (slides)

Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
Nicolas Longuet Marx, Columbia University
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University
5:00 pm
Adjourn