Fall 2002 Political Economy Workshop

Seminars are held Fridays from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in Room 315 at 269 Mercer Street.

Coordinators:
Prof. Rebecca Morton @ (212) 998-3706 or rebecca.morton@nyu.edu
Prof. Ronny Razin @ (212) 998-8904 or ronny.razin@nyu.edu

September 13 Michael Ting, (Harvard University/Columbia University). "Legislative Bargaining"

September 20 Francesc Ortega Carandell (New York University), "The Natural Rate of Immigration."

September 27 Francesco Squintani (University of Rochester). "Electoral Competition with Privately-Informed Candidates." (with Dan Bernhardt and John Duggan)

October 4 Adam Meirowitz (Princeton University). "Accountability and representation in repeated elections with uncertain policy constraints."

October 11 Steve Callender (Northwestern University - MEDS). "Candidate Motivation and Electoral Competition."

October 24 Thomas Palfrey (Cal Tech/NYU). "The Effect of Candidate Quality on Electoral Equilibrium: An Experimental Study."
** Note that this is a Thursday afternoon, 5:00-6:30 pm seminar. The location is Room 715 at 269 Mercer Street.**

November 1 Avinash Dixit (Princeton University). "Trade Expansion and Contract Enforcement."

November 8 Gilat Levy (London School of Economics). "Careerist Judges."

November 15 John Patty (Carnegie Mellon). "Letting the Good Times Roll: A Theory of Voter Inference and Experimental Evidence." (with Roberto A. Weber)

November 22 Steve Coate (Cornell University). TBA

November 29 Thanksgiving Weekend - No Seminars

December 6 Steven J. Brams (NYU). "Dividing the Indivisible: Procedures for Allocating Cabinet Ministries to Political Parties in a Parliamentary System." (with Todd Kaplan)

December 13 Howard Rosenthal (Princeton University). "Political Polarization and Income Inequality." (with Nolan McCarty and Keith T. Poole)
** Please note that the location for this presentation is Room 747 at 726 Broadway.**