SI 2023 Political Economy

Matilde Bombardini, Ernesto Dal Bó, Suresh Naidu, and Thomas R. Palfrey, Organizers

July 18-19, 2023

Parkview Room

Format: 30 minutes for authors, 10 minutes for discussants, remaining 20 minutes will be left for authors to respond to discussants and Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Tailored Stories
Discussant: Sevgi Yuksel, University of California Santa Barbara
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Is there a Critical Mass? Gender Composition and Behavior in US City Councils (slides)
Discussant: Christopher Berry, University of Chicago
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Worker Representatives
Discussant: Laura E. Boudreau, Columbia University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Learn, In Order to Practise: The Effect of Political Rotation on Local Comparative Advantage in China (slides)
Discussant: Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Small Campaign Donors
Discussant: Alexander Fouirnaies, University of Chicago
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Foreign Influence in US Politics
Discussant: James M. Snyder Jr., Harvard University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

A Generalized Measure of Bargaining Power, with an Application to EU Law-Making
Discussant: Matias Iaryczower, Princeton University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Bureaucratic Nepotism
Discussant: Luis R. Martinez, Emory University
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Values as Luxury Goods and Political Behavior
Discussant: Chad W. Kendall, University of Miami and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

A Cognitive View of Policing
Discussant: Bocar A. Ba, Duke University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Trust and Accountability in Times of Polarization
Discussant: John Marshall, Columbia University
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Politics At Work
Discussant: Thomas Fujiwara, Princeton University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn