Contemporary African Political Economy Research Seminar

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 8th, 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 8th, 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 4th (at Mercer)

Stasavage Café: Washington Square North at 5th Ave

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

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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