Princeton Conference on Dynamic Political Economy
Princeton, April 11-12th, 2008
Princeton, April 11-12th, 2008
Sponsored by the Research Program in Political Economy, Micro Theory Visitors Program and the National Science Foundation
Conference sessions will be held in 004 Friend Center
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Friday, April 11th
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12:00-1:30
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Lunch
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1:30-2:45
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Roger Lagunoff (Georgetown).
"On the `Faustian Dynamics' of Policy and Political Power" Discussant: Hulya Eraslan (Wharton) |
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2:45-4:00
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Tasos Kalandrakis (Rochester) John Duggan and Vikram Manjunath
"Dynamics of the Presidential Veto: A Computational Analysis" Discussant: Massimo Morelli (Columbia) |
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4:00-4:15
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Coffee Break
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4:15-5:30
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Mike Golosov (MIT) and Aleh Tsyvinsky (Harvard).
"Dynamic Mirrlees Taxation under Political Economy Constraints" Discussant: Bard Harstad (Kellogg) |
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5:30
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Open time to return to hotel before Dinner
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7:00
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Dinner at Mediterra
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Saturday,
April 12th |
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9:00-9:30
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Breakfast
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9:30-10:45
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Pohan Fong (Northwestern)
"A Dynamic Theory of Parliamentary Democracy" Discussant: Stephen Coate (Cornell) |
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10:45-11:00
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Coffee Break
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11:00-12:15
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Kjetil Storesletten (University of Oslo)
"Rotten Parents and Disciplined Children: A Politico-Economic Theory of Public Expenditure and Debt" Discussant: Pierre Yared (Columbia) |
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12:15-1:30
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Lunch
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1:30-2:45
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2:45-3:00
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Break
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4:00-4:45
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Chris Sleet (Carnegie Mellon).
“Optimal growth and inequality in uncommitted societies” Discussant: Marco Bassetto (Chicago Fed) |
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