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Political Economy Workshop
Spring 2002
All sessions will meet in 127 Corwin Hall, unless otherwise noted
Tuesday, February 19 at 4:30 PM (Joint with American Politics Colloquium)
Margaret Levi, University of Washington"In Unions We Trust: Paying for Trustworthiness"
Tuesday, February 26 at 4:30 PM in 438 Robertson Hall
Scott Ashworth, Harvard University"Reputation Effects in Electoral Competition"
Tuesday, March 5 at 4:30 PM
Anastassios Kalandrakis, Yale University"Dynamics of Majority Rule Bargaining With Endogenous Reversion Point"
Tuesday, March 26 at 4:30 PM
Massimo Morelli, Ohio State and Institute for Advanced Study"Party Formation and Policy Outcomes under Different Electoral Systems"
Tuesday, April 9 at 4:30 PM
Thomas Palfrey, California Institute of Technology
"Candidate Quality and Spatial Competition"
Tuesday, April 16 at 4:30 PM
David Austen-Smith, Northwestern University
"Majority Preference for Subsidies over Redistribution"
Tuesday, April 30 at 4:30 PM
Adam Meirowitz, Princeton University
"Informational Models of Politics"
Tuesday, May 7 at 4:30 PM
Per Pettersson-Lidbom, Stockholm University and CBRSS, Harvard
"Do Parties Matter for Fiscal Policy Choices?"
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Fall 2001
Tuesday, September 25 at 4:30 PM
Eric Maskin, Institute for Advanced Study
"The Politician and the Judge: Accountability in Government"
Tuesday, October 2 at 4:30 PM
David Strömberg, Stockholm University
"The Electoral College and Presidential Resource Allocation"
Tuesday, October 16 at 4:30 PM
John Londregan, Princeton University
"Pinochet's Gerrymander: Electoral Districts and Chile's Transition toward Democracy"
Tuesday, November 13 at 4:30 PM
Iris Bohnet, Harvard University
"Expressive Law: Framing or Equilibrium Selection?"
Tuesday, December 11 at 4:30 PM
John Roemer, Yale University
"Does Democracy Engender Equality?"
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