SI 2020 Political Economy

Gerard Padró I Miquel and Jesse M. Shapiro, Organizers

July 13-14, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 13
Format - Speaker: 30 minutes, Discussant: 10 minutes, Q&A: 10 minutes
10:15 am
Tribute to Alberto Alesina
Moderator: James Poterba
Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University
Francesco Trebbi, University of British Columbia and NBER
Paola Sapienza, Northwestern University and NBER
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
Howard Rosenthal, New York University
Paola Giuliano, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:20 am
Thomas Epper, University of St. Gallen
Ernst Fehr, University of Zurich
Julien Senn, University of Zurich

Other-Regarding Preferences and Redistributive Politics
Discussant: Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Moderator: Jesse M. Shapiro, Brown University and NBER
12:10 pm
Break
12:40 pm
Dietmar Fehr, University of Heidelberg
Johanna Mollerstrom, George Mason University
Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Your Place in the World: The Demand for National and Global Redistribution
Discussant: Roland Bénabou, Princeton University and NBER
Moderator: Jesse M. Shapiro, Brown University and NBER
1:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 14
10:15 am
Pedro Bordalo, University of Oxford
Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER

Stereotypes and Politics
Discussant: Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER
Moderator: Gerard Padró i Miquel, Yale University and NBER
11:05 am
Break
11:20 am
Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po
Elias Papaioannou, London Business School

The Political Economy of Populism
Discussant: Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University (slides)
Moderator: Gerard Padró i Miquel, Yale University and NBER
12:10 pm
Break
12:40 pm
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER

Understanding Economic Policies: What Do People Know and Learn?
Discussant: Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
Moderator: Gerard Padró i Miquel, Yale University and NBER
1:30 pm
Adjourn