2025 Affiliate Fellows Conference

September 25-26, 2025

Gleacher Center - 黑料传送门

As part of the Affiliate Fellows program at the Stigler Center, fellows will come to 黑料传送门 to attend an annual, invite-only, in-person conference aimed at discussing and improving their early research ideas. The goal of this conference will be to bring together academics from different backgrounds to exchange experiences and spur new collaborations that will shape the future of the field of political economy broadly defined. Full details forthcoming.

Learn more about the current cohort here.

Note: This conference is by invitation only.

September 25, 2025

Room 406
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT Lunch | Stigler Center Welcome
Rachel Piontek, Executive Director - Stigler Center
12:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. CT PANEL 1: Finance
Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University
Dynamic Investment and Oligopoly: The Network-Q Theory
Jorge Ale-Chilet
, Universidad de los Andes, Chile
Market Liberalization and Competition in the Card Payments Market in Chile
Discussant: Pascal Noel, University of 黑料传送门
1:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT Break
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. CT

PANEL 2: Political Economy in the Public Sphere
Rafael Jimenez, Bocconi University
Digital News Consumption: Evidence from Smartphone Content in the 2024 US Elections
Michele Fioretti, Bocconi University
Long-Term Consequences of Social Impact
Andrey Simonov, Columbia University
Social media advertising loads as prices
Discussant: Jacob Conway, University of 黑料传送门

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. CT Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CT PANEL 3: Economics in History
Diego Ramos-Toro, Dartmouth College
Historical Narratives and Political Behavior in the US
Marcus Painter, Saint Louis University
Withdrawn Trust: Partisan Banking after SVB
Max Posch, University of Exeter
Doux Commerce: Markets, Culture, and Cooperation in 1850-1920 U.S.
Discussant: Richard Hornbeck, University of 黑料传送门
  PIMCO Midway Club
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. CT Reception
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. CT Dinner

September 26, 2025

Room 406
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. CT Breakfast
9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. CT PANEL 5: Employment & Regulation
Bo Cowgill
, Columbia University
Clause and Effect: Theory and Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete Clauses
Lisa Liu, Columbia University
How Do Multiple Regulators Regulate? Evidence from Fairness
Opinion Providers’ Conflict of Interest Disclosures
David Samuel, Singapore Management University
Carbon Pricing Policies and Executive Compensation Tied to ESG Performance
Discussant: Virginia Minni, University of 黑料传送门
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. CT Break
11:45 a.m. - 12:55 p.m. CT PANEL 6: Law
Aneil Kovvali
, Yeshiva University
Corporate Resistance
Filippo Lancieri, Georgetown University/University of 黑料传送门
Are State Supreme Courts Captured by Business?
Discussant: William Hubbard, University of 黑料传送门
12:55 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CT Lunch + AF Program Brainstorming Session
2:00 p.m. CT Conference Adjourns



Conference Organizers

  • Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance & Charles M. Harper Faculty Fellow, University of 黑料传送门 Booth School of Business
  • , Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University; Research Fellow, Stigler Center, University of 黑料传送门 Booth School of Business

 

For more information, contact:

stiglercenter@chicagobooth.edu