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Political Economy Workshop
Spring 2005
All sessions will meet in 200 Fisher Hall, unless otherwise noted
Thursday, February 10 at noon in 012 Bendheim(Joint with PIIRS lunch seminar)
Contact Pat Zimmer for a reservation. Seating is limited.
Daniel Drezner, University of Chicago
"Clubs, Universes, and the Governance of
Global Finance"
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Thursday, February 17 at noon in Dodds Auditorium (Joint with PIIRS seminar)
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University
"Rethinking Economic Growth in Developing Countries"
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Thursday, March 3 at 4:30 PM in 015 Robertson (Joint with American Politics Seminar)
Howard Rosenthal, Princeton University
"Polarized America: The Dance of Political Ideology and Economic Inequality"
Monday, March 7 at 4:30 PM
Torsten Persson, Stockholm University
"Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States"
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Monday, March 21 at 4:30 PM
Konstantin Sonin, Institute for Advanced Study
"Dictators and Their Viziers: Agency Problems in Dictatorships"
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Monday, March 28 at 4:30 PM
Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University
"Ethnic Identifiability and Collective Action: An Experimental Approach"
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Monday, April 4 at 4:30 PM
César Martinelli, ITAM and University of Pennsylvania
"Group Formation and Voter Participation"
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Monday, April 11 at 4:30 PM
Andrea Vindigni, Princeton University
"Democracy and Armies"
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Monday, April 18 at 4:30 PM
Gilat Levy, London School of Economics and Princeton University
"Class and Tastes: The Effects of Income and Preference Heterogeneity on Redistribution"
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Monday, April 25 at 4:30 PM
Eric Dickson, New York University
"Social Identity, Electoral Institutions, and the Number of Candidates"
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Thursday, April 28 at noon in 029 Robertson (Joint with PIIRS lunch seminar)
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Michael Hiscox, Harvard University
"Through a Glass and Darkly:
Attitudes Toward International Trade and the Curious Effects of Issue Framing"
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Monday, May 2 at 4:30 PM
Stephen Coate, Cornell University
"A Welfare-Economic Analysis of Districting"
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Fall 2004
Monday, September 20 at 4:30 PM
Gene Grossman, Princeton University
"A Protectionist Bias in Democratic Politics"
Monday, September 27 at 4:30 PM
Helen Milner, Princeton University
"Vetoing Cooperation: The Impact of Veto Players on International Trade Agreements"
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Monday, October 4 at 4:30 PM
Wolfgang Pesendorfer, Princeton University
"Partisan Politics and Aggregation Failure with Ignorant
Voters"
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Monday, October 11 at 4:30 PM
Timothy Feddersen, Northwestern University
"Ethical Voters and Costly Information Acquisition"
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Monday, October 18 at 4:30 PM
Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University
"Economic and Political Liberalizations"
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Monday, November 1 at 4:30 PM
Sebastian Saiegh, University of Pittsburgh
"Agenda-Setting under Uncertainty: The Case of Chief Executives'
Legislative Defeats"
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Monday, November 8 at 4:30 PM
Norman Schofield, Washington University
"Divergence in the Spatial Model of Voting"
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Monday, November 15 at 4:30 PM
Catherine Hafer, New York University
"Public Goods in Federal Systems"
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Monday, November 22 at 4:30 PM
Moses Shayo, Princeton University
"Social Identity and Redistributive Politics"
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