SI 2016 Political Economy Workshop

Alberto F. Alesina, Organizer

July 18-19, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Monday, July 18
9:00 am	Immigration to the U.S.: A problem for the Republicans or the Democrats?
10:15 am	Measuring Polarization in High-Dimensional Data: Method and Application to Congressional Speech
11:15 am	The Effects of Income Transparency on Well-Being: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
1:30 pm	Cool to be Smart or Smart to be Cool? Understanding Peer Pressure in Education
2:45 pm	Local Government Proliferation, Diversity, and Conflict
3:45 pm	Who Becomes a Politician?
Tuesday, July 19
9:00 am	The Perils of Top-down State Building: Evidence from Colombia’s False Positives
10:15 am	Economic Uncertainty and Structural Reforms
11:15 am	Rainfall Inequality, Political Power, and Ethnic Conflict in Africa
1:30 pm	The Political Economy of Debt and Entitlements
2:45 pm	Ethnic Diversity and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence
3:45 pm	The Consequences of the French Revolution in the Short and Longue Durée