SI 2019 Political Economy
Alberto F. Alesina, Organizer
July 15-16, 2019
Parkview Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Summer Institute 2019 master schedule
| Monday, July 15 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee & Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER Davide Cantoni, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER Noam Yuchtman, University of Oxford Y. Jane Zhang, UNSW Sydney Persistent Political Engagement: Social Interactions and the Dynamics of Protest Movements
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Anne Sofie B. Knudsen, University of Copenhagen Those Who Stayed: Individualism, Self-Selection and Cultural Change during the Age of Mass Migration
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| 11:30 am |
Pamela Jakiela, Williams College Owen Ozier, Williams College Gendered Language
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago and NBER Matilde Bombardini, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER Bradley Hackinen, Ivey Business School Francesco Trebbi, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Hall of Mirrors: Corporate Philanthropy and Strategic Advocacy
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Duman Bahrami-rad, Bowdoin College Keeping It in the Family: Female Inheritance, Inmarriage, and the Status of Women
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| 4:00 pm |
Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, New York University, Abu Dhabi Benjamin Marx, Boston University The Institutional Foundations of Religious Politics: Evidence from Indonesia
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 16 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee & Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Joan Costa Font, London School of Economics Anna Nicińska, University of Warsaw Did Exposure to Soviet Communism Spur Pro-Social Behaviour?
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Christine Laudenbach, University of Bonn Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, University of Mannheim Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER The Long-lasting Effects of Experiencing Communism on Financial Risk-Taking
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| 11:30 am |
Enrico Cantoni, University of Bologna Vincent Pons, Harvard University and NBER Does Context Trump Individual Drivers of Voting Behavior? Evidence from U.S. Movers
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| Afternoon Program Joint with Macroeconomics and Inequality in the Parkview Room | ||||
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1:30 pm
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Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, University of Chicago and NBER Kristof Titeca, Antwep University Hierarchical Corruption
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
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2:45 pm
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Raquel Fernández, New York University and NBER Sahar Parsa, New York University Martina Viarengo, The Graduate Institute, Geneva Coming out in America: AIDS, Politics, and Cultural Change
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3:45 pm
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Christina Fong, Carnegie Mellon University Panu Poutvaara, Ifo Institute for Economic Research Redistributive Politics with Target-Specific Beliefs
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| 4:45 pm | Adjourn | |||