SI 2024 Political Economy

Wioletta Dziuda, Georgy Egorov, Ilyana Kuziemko, and Guo Xu, Organizers

July 16-17, 2024

Parkview

Format: 25 minutes for authors, 15 minutes for discussants, remaining 20 minutes will be left for authors to respond to discussants and Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 16
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire
Discussant: Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Inequality and Racial Backlash: Evidence from the Reconstruction Era and the Freedmen’s Bureau
Discussant: Desmond Ang, Harvard University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

We've Got You Covered: Employer and Employee Responses to Dobbs V. Jackson
Discussant: Paola Sapienza, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Police Work and Political Identity
Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

The Political Economic Determinants of Nuclear Power: Evidence from Chernobyl
Discussant: Akshaya Jha, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

International Power
Discussant: Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Is Basic Democracy Enough? (slides)
Discussant: Saad Gulzar, University of Notre Dame
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Long-Run Consequences of Propaganda in the Classroom
Discussant: Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Are U.S. State Tax Policies Increasingly Polarized?
Discussant: Ethan Kaplan, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Mega-Donors and Representation of the Wealthy in the Wake of Citizens United (slides)
Discussant: Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Working for the Revolving Door
Discussant: Ying Chen, Johns Hopkins University
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Latent Polarization
Discussant: Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University
5:00 pm
Adjourn