SI 2017 Political Economy
Alberto F. Alesina, Organizer
July 17-18, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Monday, July 17 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Christopher P. Roth, University of Cologne Alexis Grigorieff, University of Oxford Diego Ubfal, Bocconi University Does Information Change Attitudes Towards Immigrants? Representative Evidence From Survey Experiments
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance Helios Herrera, University of Warwick Massimo Morelli, Bocconi University Tommaso Sonno, University of Bologna Demand and Supply of Populism
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| 11:30 am |
Kai Gehring, University of Bern Sirus Dehdari, Stockholm University The Origins of Common Identity: Division, Homogenization Policies and Identity Formation in Alsace-Lorraine
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Marina Azzimonti, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Marcos Ross. Fernandes, Stony Brook University Social Media Networks, Fake News, and Polarization
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Tommaso Colussi, Catholic University Milan Ingo E. Isphording, IZA - Bonn Nico P. Pestel, ROA, Maastricht University Minority Salience and Political Extremism
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| 4:00 pm |
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER Samuel A. Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER Mesay Melese Gebresilasse, Amherst College and NBER Frontier Culture: Historical Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 18 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Matthew Jackson, Stanford University Salvador Barberà, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona A Model of Protests, Revolution, and Information
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, CREI The Political Economy of Transportation Investment
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| 11:30 am |
Vivian E. Hoffmann, IFPRI Pamela Jakiela, Williams College Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER Ryan M. Sheely, Harvard Kennedy School of Government There is No Place Like Home: Theory and Evidence on Decentralization and Politician Preferences
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Quamrul Ashraf, Williams College Francesco Cinnirella, University of Bergamo Oded Galor, Brown University and NBER Boris Gershman, American University Erik Hornung, University of Cologne Capital-Skill Complementarity and the Emergence of Labor Emancipation
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Charles Angelucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Simone Meraglia, University of Exeter Nico Voigtländer, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER The Medieval Roots of Inclusive Institutions: From the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act
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| 4:00 pm |
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER James A. Robinson, University of Chicago and NBER The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||