Political Economy in the ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Area (2009)

October 9, 2009 - Gleacher Center, ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ

The third-annual "Political Economy in the ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Area" conference (PECA) took place at Gleacher Center on October 9, 2009. The idea of the conference is to bring together researchers in political economy from the greater ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ area, present papers, share ideas, and foster a tighter research community. The conference is intended for rigorous theoretical, empirical, and experimental work in the field of political economy.

The one-day conference was hosted by the Ford Motor Company for Global Citizenship at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and co-sponsored by the University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business' Initiative on Global Markets and the University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ's Harris School of Public Policy's Program on Political Institutions.

View this year's participant list (PDF)

Schedule

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, October 9, 2009
Gleacher Center, Room 206

 

9 - 9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Mattias Polborn - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; “A Political-Economy Model of Taxation and Government Expenditures with Differentiated Candidates”  with Stefan Krasa - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

10:30 - 11 a.m.
Refreshment Break, 206 Foyer

11 - Noon
Matthew Gentzkow - University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business; “The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics” with Jesse M. Shapiro - University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business

Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch, 250 Lounge

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Konstantin Sonin - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management; “A Political Theory of Populism” with Daron Acemoglu - MIT and Georgy Egorov - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break, 206 Foyer

2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
Daniel Diermeier - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management “Legislative Bargaining with Reconsideration” with Pohan Fong - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

3:45 - 4 p.m.
Refreshment Break, 206 Foyer

4 - 5 p.m.
Kerwin Charles - University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Harris School of Public Policy; “Voting and the Labor Market” with Melvin Stephens - University of Michigan.

5 p.m.
Adjourn to Reception and Dinner, 220 Lounge

Conference Organizers

, the University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ
Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern University
Francesco Trebbi, the University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ