Political Economy Workshop Fall 2007

"Quorum and Turnout in Referenda."
Political Economy Workshop
Helios Herrera (Columbia University)
09/21/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"My Attempts to Learn Why Kids Turn Out the Way They Do And The Tradeoffs Between Asking Interesting Questions and Having Identification."
Political Economy Workshop
Bruce Sacerdote (Dartmouth College)
09/28/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"Comparing Voting Models: External Validation by Parameter Recovery Using Experimental Data."
Political Economy Workshop
Antonio Merlo (University of Pennsylvania)
10/05/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"Media Freedom, Bureaucratic Incentives, and the Resource Curse"
Political Economy Workshop
Konstantin Sonin (New Economic School)
10/12/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"Information Revolutions and the Overthrow of Autocratic Regimes."
Political Economy Workshop
Chris Edmond (NYU Stern)
10/19/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"Institutions and Culture."
Political Economy Workshop
Guido Tabellini (Università Bocconi)
10/25/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 517


"Does Fertility Respond to Financial Incentives?"
Political Economy Workshop
Bernard Salanie (Columbia University)
11/02/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"More Men, More Crime: Evidence from China's One-Child Policy."
Political Economy Workshop
Lena Edlund (Columbia University)
11/09/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"The Smuggling of Art, and the Art of Smuggling: Uncovering the Illicit Trade in Cultural Property and Antiques."
Political Economy Workshop
Ray Fisman (Columbia University)
11/16/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa."
Political Economy Workshop
Nathan Nunn (Harvard University)
11/30/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217


"Maintaining Judicial Authority."
Political Economy Workshop
Stephen Morris (Princeton University)
12/07/2007 ( - )
Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 217