Political Economy Program Meeting
Gerard Padró I Miquel and Jesse M. Shapiro, Organizers
October 30-31, 2020
Friday, October 30 | ||||
9:55 am | Welcome | |||
10:00 am |
Pauline Grosjean, University of New South Wales Federico Masera, University of New South Wales Hasin Yousaf, University of New South Wales Whistle the Racist Dogs: Political Campaigns and Police Stops
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10:50 am | Break | |||
11:20 am |
Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich Daniel Chen, Toulouse School of Economics Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER Ideas have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice
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12:10 pm | Break | |||
12:40 pm |
Yiming Cao, Stanford University The Social Costs of Patronage Ties: Lessons from a Devastating Earthquake
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1:30 pm | Break | |||
2:00 pm |
Belinda Archibong, Johns Hopkins University and NBER Nonso Obikili, United Nations Prison Labor: The Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration
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2:50 pm | Break | |||
3:20 pm |
Ahmet Arda Gitmez, Bilkent University Konstantin Sonin, University of Chicago Austin L. Wright, University of Chicago Political Economy of Crisis Response
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4:10 pm | Break | |||
4:40 pm | Adjourn | |||
Saturday, October 31 | ||||
9:55 am | Welcome | |||
10:00 am |
Mattia Nardotto, KU Leuven Sandra Sequeira, London School of Economics Identity, Media and Consumer Behavior
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10:50 am | Break | |||
11:20 am |
Special Panel Session on Economists in Elected Office Luis Garicano, IE Business School Johanna Mollerstrom, George Mason University Tommaso Nannicini, Università Bocconi Moderator: Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago and NBER |
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12:10 pm | Break | |||
12:40 pm |
Renee Bowen, Georgetown University and NBER Danil Dmitriev, University of California, San Diego Simone Galperti, University of California, San Diego Learning from Shared News: When Abundant Information Leads to Belief Polarization
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1:30 pm | Break | |||
2:00 pm |
Filipe R. Campante, Johns Hopkins University and NBER Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Ruben Durante, National University of Singapore The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the U.S.
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2:50 pm | Break | |||
3:20 pm | Adjourn |