Seminars 2010 - 2011
Leitner Political Economy Seminar | Workshop in International Trade,
Monday 12:00-1:30pm - Room 203 Luce Hall
The 2010-2011 Leitner Political Economy Seminar is directed by Alexandre Debs.
Fall 2010
September 13 - Andrew Eggers, Yale University, “Political Investing: The Common Stock Investments of Members of Congress 2004-2008”
September 20 - Mikhail Golosov, Yale University, “Natural Resource Trade under the Threat of War”, with Daron Acemoglu, Aleh Tsyvinski and Pierre Yared
September 27 - Steven Callander, Stanford University, “Why Does Political Power Alternate?”
October 4 - Moses Shayo, Hebrew University, “Judicial Ingroup Bias in the Shadow of Terrorism”
October 11 - Massimo Morelli, Columbia University, “Strategic Mass Killing”
October 18 - Barbara Geddes, UCLA, “How the Military Shapes Dictatorships”
October 25 - Xiaobo Lu, Yale University, “Do Inter-governmental Transfers Enhance Local Education Spending in China?”
November 1 - Eric Dickson, NYU, “A Formal Model of Identity Change With An Application to Ethnic Conflict”
November 8 - Christina Davis, Princeton University, “Why Adjudicate? Enforcing Trade Rules”
November 15 - Pierre Yared, Columbia University, “The Political Economy of Indirect Control”
November 29 - Filipe Campante, Harvard Kennedy School, “Media and Polarization”
Spring 2011
January 24 - Mark Dincecco, IMT-Lucca, “Warfare, Taxation, and Political Change: Evidence from the Italian Risorgimento”
January 31 - Kaj Thomsson, Maastricht University, “Legislative Vetoes and Economic Reform: Theory and Evidence from the History of American Labor Regulation”
February 7 - Adam Meirowitz, Princeton University, “Credibility and Crisis Bargaining”
February 14 - James Vreeland, Georgetown University, “Regional Organizations and International Politics:, Trading Asian Development Bank Loans for United Nations Security Council Votes”
February 21 - Elias Papaioannou, Dartmouth, “The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa”
February 28 - Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, University of Chicago, “Rebel Tactics”
March 21 - Saumitra Jha, Stanford University, “Financial Innovations and Political Development: Evidence from Revolutionary England”
March 28 - Daniel Waldenstrom, Uppsala University, “Intergenerational Top Income Mobility in Sweden: Capitalist Dynasties in the Land of Equal Opportunity?”
April 4 - Marco Battaglini, Princeton University, “Fiscal Policy and Unemployment”
April 11 - Jose Antonio Cheibub, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
April 18 - Nancy Qian, Yale University, “Aiding Conflict: The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War”
May 2 - John Huber, Columbia University, “Measuring Ethnic Voting”
May 9 - Massimiliano Onorato, Yale University, “Public Spending and Organized Crime:, The Case of the 1997 Marche and Umbria Earthquake”
May 16 - Moses Shayo, Yale University, “Social Identification and Ethnic Conflict”