About

We are pleased to announce the founding of CAPERS, a joint NYU-Columbia Working Group for scholars of African Political Economy to exchange feedback on working papers. Our particular focus is on research involving the collection of original data to move the research agenda forward. We plan on holding a workshop each semester. Please see the program for our first Workshop on May 8^th, 2009 below (Working Papers will be posted ASAP).

Members

Kate Baldwin, Columbia

Daniel Berger, NYU

Jonathan Blake, Columbia

Jeff Controy-Krutz, Columbia

Guy Grossman, Columbia

Robin Harding, NYU

Macartan Humphreys, Columbia

Kimuli Kasara, Columbia

Elisabeth King, Columbia

Kristin Michelitch, NYU

Ben Pasquale, NYU

Didac Queralt, NYU

Shanker Satyanath, NYU

Alex Scacco, NYU

Lindsay Schorr, NYU

Alastair Smith, NYU

Elizabeth Sperber, Columbia

David Stasavage, NYU

Manuela Travaglianti, NYU

Leonard Wantchekon, NYU

May 8, 2009 Workshop Program

Comparative African Political Economy Research Seminar

Inaugural Program May 8^th, 2009

NYU/Columbia

	Presenter	Program
10:00 – 10:15	Kristin Michelitch	Opening Welcome
10:15 – 11:15	Daniel Berger	Taxes, Institutions and Governance: Evidence from Colonial Nigeria
11:30 - 12:30	Kristin Michelitch	Do Elections Manipulate Interethnic or Interpartisan Discrimination? A Field Experiment on Price Bargaining in Africa
12:30 – 2:00	Lunch	Café Stasavage
2:00 – 3:00	Alex Scacco	Toward a Common Goal: Does Interethnic Interaction Lead to Interethnic Cooperation? An Experiment Using Soccer Teams
3:15 – 4:15	Kate Baldwin	Patrons and Pork: The Effect of Traditional Patronage Networks on Redistribution in Zambia
4:30 – 5:30	Robin Harding	Explaining Urban-Rural Differences in Support for Incumbent Governments Across Africa
5:30 – 6:00	Wrap Up	CAPERS – Future plans?
7ish	Dinner	Awash Ethiopian Restaurant

Locations

An interactive map can be found at http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107998051090017222590.000468f510409c7841654&ll=40.731487,-73.984981&spn=0.018211,0.042229&z=15

Presentations: Dean’s Conference Room, Ground Floor, 4 Washington Square North (at University Place)

NYU Politics Dept: 19 West 4^th (at Mercer)

Stasavage Café: Washington Square North at 5^th Ave

Dinner: Awash Ethiopian Restaurant, 6^th St btw 1^st & 2^nd Ave  http://www.awashnyc.com/index.html

 

Special Thanks to David Stasavage, Manuela Travaglianti, and Ben Pasquale for support.

Contact

Kristin.michelitch@nyu.edu for further information about the program or to be put on the CAPERS email list.

 

Links:

Sister on the West Coast

NYU's Africa House