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Monday, July 18
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8:30 am
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Coffee
and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Anna
Maria Mayda, Georgetown University
Giovanni Peri, University of California at Davis and NBER
Walter Steingress, Banque de France
Immigration to the U.S.: A Problem for
the Republicans or the Democrats?
Discussant: Jeffry Freiden, Harvard University
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10:00
am
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Break
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10:15
am
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Matthew
Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
Jesse Shapiro, Brown University and NBER
Matt Taddy, University of Chicago
Measuring
Polarization in High-Dimensional Data: Method and Application to
Congressional Speech
Discussant: Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
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11:15
am
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Ricardo
Perez-Truglia, Microsoft
The Effects of Income Transparency on Well-Being:
Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Discussant: Erzo Luttmer, Dartmouth College and NBER
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12:15
pm
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Lunch
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1:30 pm
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Leonardo
Bursztyn, University
of Chicago and
NBER
Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER
Robert Jensen, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Cool
to be Smart or Smart to be Cool? Understanding Peer Pressure in Education
Discussant: Gautam Rao, Harvard University and NBER
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2:30 pm
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Break
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2:45 pm
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Samuel
Bazzi, Boston University
Matthew Gudgeon, Boston University
Local
Government Proliferation, Diversity, and Conflict
Discussant: Ruben Enikolopov, Barcelona Institute of
Political Economy and Governance
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3:45 pm
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Ernesto
Dal Bó, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Frederico Finan, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Olle Folke, SIPA, Columbia Univerisity
Torsten Persson, IIES and NBER
Johanna Rickne, Research Institute for Industrial Economics
Who Becomes a Politician?
Discussant: Daniele Paserman, Boston University
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4:45 pm
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Adjourn
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Tuesday, July 19
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8:30 am
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Coffee
and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Daron
Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Leopoldo Fergusson, Universidad de los Andes
James Robinson, University of Chicago and NBER
Dario Romero, IADB
Juan Vargas, Universidad del Rosario
The Perils of
Top-Down State Building: Evidence from Colombias False Positives
Discussant: Nico Voigtlaender, University of California
at Los Angeles and NBER
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10:00
am
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Coffee
Break
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10:15
am
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Alessandra
Bonfiglioli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Gino Gancia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Economic
Uncertainty and Structural Reforms
Discussant: Romain Ranciere, International Monetary
Fund
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11:15
am
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Andrea
Guariso, LICOS
Thorsten Rogall, University of British Columbia
Rainfall
Inequality, Political Power, and Ethnic Conflict in Africa
Discussant: Elias Papaioannou, London Business School
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12:15
pm
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Lunch
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Afternoon session joint with Income Distribution and Macroeconomics
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1:30 pm
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Laurent
Bouton, Georgetown University and NBER
Alessandro Lizzeri, New York University
Nicola Persico, Northwestern University and NBER
The
Political Economy of Debt and Entitlements
Discussant: Stefanie Stantcheva,
Harvard University and NBER
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2:30 pm
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Break
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2:45 pm
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Jose
Montalvo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Marta Reynal-Querol, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Ethnic
Diversity and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence
Discussant: Romain Wacziarg, University of California
at Los Angeles and NBER
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3:45 pm
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Raphael
Franck, Brown University
Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
The Consequences of the French
Revolution in the Short and Longue Duree
Discussant: Davide Cantoni,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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4:45 pm
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Adjourn
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