Contemporary African Political Economy Research Seminar

2012 CAPERS VI

5th April 2012, New York University

 

CAPERS (The Contemporary African Political Economy Research Seminar) is a joint Columbia-NYU Working Group of scholars who study African Political Economy. The group meets twice a year to discuss new working papers. Our focus is on research involving the collection of original data and evidence to move the research agenda forward. The group is comprised of both faculty and graduate students. Researchers from other institutions can apply for a small travel grant to attend CAPERS meetings.

 

Spring Program April 5th 2012

Time

Presenter

Paper

Discussant

  9:00-9:30

  Welcome and Breakfast

9:30-10:30

Graeme Blair

Inciting individual and collective action: Testing the link between popular media messaging and perceived social consensus in the Niger Delta

Alex Scacco

10:30-10:45


Break


10:45-11:45

Macartan Humphreys

Policing Politicians: Citizen Empowerment and Political Accountability in Uganda

Gwyneth

McClendon

11:45-12:00


Break


12:00-1:00

Keith Weghorst

Win the Battle, Lose the War?: Why Candidates Join the Opposition in Africa’s Uncompetitive Regimes

Grant Gordon

1:00-2:00


Lunch


2:00-3:00

Shana Warren

Natural resource revenue and democratic culture: public opinion and the rentier effect in Nigeria

 Lauren Young

3:00-3:15


Break


3:15-4:15

Helen Milner
Adam Harris

From One Hand or Many, and To One Group or Many? Recipients’ Views of Foreign Aid and Their Causal Reasoning In Uganda

 Bernd Beber

4:15-4:30


Break


  4:30-5:30
Guy Grossman
Causal effects of leader selection rules on leader responsiveness and cooperation: evidence from Ugandan community organizations
  Robin Harding


Location: NYU Kimmel Center, Room 907, 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012

Contact: robin.harding@nyu.edu for further information about the program or to be put on the CAPERS email list.

 
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