Political Economy Program Meeting

Oeindrila Dube and Leeat Yariv, Organizers

April 29, 2022

Cambridge, MA and on Zoom

Friday, April 29

Format - Presentation: 25 minutes; discussion: 15 minutes; questions from the floor: 10 minutes

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Cédric Chambru, Ecole normale superieure de Lyon
Emeric Henry, Sciences Po
Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER

The Dynamic Consequences of State-Building: Evidence from the French Revolution

Discussant:

Soeren J. Henn, University of Wisconsin - Madison

9:50 am

Saumitra Jha, Stanford University
Peter Koudijs, University of Rotterdam
Marcos Manuel Salgado, FGV EPGE

Markets under Siege: How Differences in Political Beliefs can Move Financial Markets

Discussant:

Matt Lowe, University of British Columbia

Break

11:00 am

Eleonora Guarnieri, University of Exeter

Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict

Discussant:

Thorsten Rogall, University of British Columbia

11:50 am

Eoin F. McGuirk, Tufts University and NBER
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER

Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa

Discussant:

Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER

Lunch - Parkview Room

2:00 pm

S. Nageeb Ali, Pennsylvania State University
Navin Kartik, Columbia University
Andreas Kleiner, Arizona State University

Sequential Veto Bargaining with Incomplete Information

Discussant:

Hülya Eraslan, Rice University and NBER

2:50 pm

Kei Kawai, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Takeaki Sunada, University of Rochester

Estimating Candidate Valence

Discussant:

Yi Xin, California Institute of Technology

Break

4:00 pm

Kristoffer B. Hvidberg, Aarhus University
Claus Kreiner, University of Copenhagen and CEBI
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER

Social Positions and Fairness Views on Inequality

Discussant:

Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Dartmouth College and NBER

Adjourn

Reception and Group Dinner - Parkview Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel