2011-12 Year
LENT TERM 2011-12
at 16.00-17.30, in Room R505 (STICERD)
Tuesday 10 January 2012
"The Impact of Elections on Cooperation: Evidence from a Lab in the Field Experiment in Uganda"
|Guy Grossman, Princeton University
(with Delia Baldassarri Princeton University)
Tuesday 17 January 2012
"The Total Survey Error Paradigm and Pre-election Polls: The Case of the 2006 Italian General Election"|
Laura Fumagalli, University of Essex
(with Emanuela Sala, University of Milano-Bicocca)
Tuesday 24 January 2012
"Divided Majority and Information Aggregation: A Laboratory Experiment"
Laurent Bouton, Boston University
Tuesday 31 January 2012
"Female Representation but Male Rule? Elite Entrenchment, Gender Quotas and the Political Glass Ceiling"
|Olle Folke, Columbia University
(with Johanna Rickne, Research Institute for Industrial Economics & Uppsala Center for Labor Studies)
Tuesday 7 February 2012
"Money in Judicial Politics: Individual Contributions and Collective Decisions"
|Matias Iaryczower, Princeton University
(with Matthew Shum, Princeton University)
Tuesday 14 February 2012
"The Treaty of Lisbon and European Union Trade Policy: A Political-Economic Analysis"
|Christophe Crombez, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/Stanford University
(with Wim Van Gestel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Navin Kartik, Columbia University
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Tom Palfrey, Caltech
Tuesday 6 March 2012
Andre Blais, University of Montreal
Tuesday 13 March 2012
John Duggan, Univeristy of Rochester
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Michael Ross, UCLA
MICHAELMAS TERM 2011-12
at 16.00-17.30, in Room R505 (STICERD)
Tuesday 4 October 2011
"Ethnicity and Conflict: An Empirical Study"
|Joan Esteban, Institute for Economic Analysis, Barcelona
(with Laura Mayoral, Institute for Economic Analysis, Barcelona, and
Debraj Ray, New York University)
Tuesday 11 October 2011
"Should Audiences Cost? Optimal Domestic Constraints in International Crises"
|Scott Ashworth, University of Chicago
(with Kristopher W. Ramsay, Princeton University)
Tuesday 18 October 2011
"Why Do Authoritarian Regimes Sign the Convention AgainstTorture? Signaling, Domestic Politics and Non-Compliance"
|Peter Rosendorff, New York University
(with James R. Hollyer, New York University)
Tuesday 25 October 2011
"Monopolizing Violence and Consolidating Power"
|Robert Powell, UC Berkeley
Tuesday 1 November 2011
"Dynastic Leaders and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence"
Tim Besley, LSE
(with Marta Reynal-Querol, University of Pompeu Fabra)
Tuesday 8 November 2011
"Vote Buying in the UN General Assembly"
|Randall Stone, University of Rochester
(with David Carter, Penn State University)
Tuesday 15 November 2011
"Is Political Behavior Better Explained Using Self-Confirming Equilibria?"|
Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan
Tuesday 22 November 2011
"The Self-Defeating Rationale for Torture"
|Sandeep Baliga, Northwestern University
(with Jeffrey Ely, Northwestern University)
Tuesday 29 November 2011
"Markov Voting Equilibria: Theory and Applications"
|Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University
(with Daron Acemoglu, MIT, and Konstantin Sonin, New Economic School)
Tuesday 6 December 2011
"Assessing Racial Discrimination in Parole Release"
|Nicolas Sahuguet, HEC Montreal
(with Stéphane Mechoulan, Dalhousie University)
2010-11 Year
MICHAELMAS TERM 2010-11
Tuesday 12 October 2010
"Commercial Imperialism? Political Influence and Trade During the Cold War"|
Shanker Satyanath, New York University
(with Daniel Berger, NYU, William Easterly, NYU, and Nathan Nunn, Harvard)
Tuesday 19 October 2010
"Mediocracy"|
Andrea Mattozzi, Autonomous University of Barcelona
(with Antonio Merlo, University of Pennsylvania)
Tuesday 26 October 2010
"Workers of the World, Unite! Franchise Extensions and the Threat of Revolution in Europe, 1820-1938"
|Toke Aidt, University of Cambridge
(with Peter Jensen, University of Southern Denmark)
Tuesday 2 November 2010
"Islamic Rule and the Emancipation of the Poor and Pious"|
Erik Meyersson, LSE
Tuesday 9 November 2010
"A Political Theory of Populism"
|Konstantin Sonin, New Economic School, Moscow
(with Daron Acemoglu, MIT, and Georgy Egorov, Northwestern)
Tuesday 16 November 2010
"Testing Proposer and Voter Rationality"
|Tasos Kalandrakis, University of Rochester
Tuesday 23 November 2010
"Comparative Politics with Endogenous Intra-Party Discipline"
|Micael Castanheira, University of Brussels (ULB)
(with Benoit Crutzen, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Tuesday 30 November 2010
"The Direct Primary and Candidate Centered Voting in U.S. Elections"
Shigeo Hirano, Columbia University
Tuesday 7 December 2010
"Political Investing: The Common Stock Investments of Members of Congress"
|Andy Eggers, Yale University
(with Jens Hainmueller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
LENT TERM 2010-11
Tuesday 18th January 2011
"Caste, Political Parties, and Distribution in Indian Village Councils"
|Thad Dunning, Yale University
(with Janhavi Nilekani, Harvard University)
Tuesday 25th January 2011
"Challengers, Democratic Consolidation, and Electoral Accountability"
|Ken Shotts, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
(with Scott Ashworth, University of Chicago)
Tuesday 1st February 2011
"Coalition formation and political decision making: Evidence from Finnish Municipal Mergers"
|Janne Tukiainen, Helsinki Center for Economic Research (HECER) and VATT
(with Tuukka Saarimaa, Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT))
Tuesday 8th February 2011
"Measuring ethnic voting: The political context and the politicization of ethnicity"
|John Huber, Columbia University
Tuesday 15th February 2011
"Rebel Tactics"
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Harris School, University of Chicago
Tuesday 22nd February 2011
"Tenure in Office and Public Procurement"
|Stefano Gagliarducci, University of Roma II Tor Vergata
(with Decio Coviello, University of Roma II Tor Vergata)
Tuesday 1st March 2011
"A Model of Party Discipline in Congress"
|Galina Zudenkova, Carlos III University of Madrid
Tuesday 8th March 2011
"The Centrist US Press"
|Ricardo Puglisi, Università di Pavia
(with James Snyder, Havard University)
Tuesday 15th March 2011
"Media and Polarization"
|Felipe Campante, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
(with Daniel Hojman, Harvard University)
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
"A Theory of Shared Values"
|Maggie Penn, Washington University, St Louis
2009-10 Year
MICHAELMAS TERM 2009-10
Tuesday 3 November 2009
"Culture Wars, Voting and Polarization: Divisions and Unities in Modern American Politics"
Andrew Gelman, Columbia University
Tuesday 10 November 2009
"Political Bias in Economic Perceptions|"
Piero Stanig, London School of Economics and Political Science
Tuesday 17 November 2009
"Competing on Good Politicians|"
Tommaso Nannicini, Bocconi University
(with Vincenzo Galasso, Bocconi University)
Tuesday 24 November 2009
"Sociotropic Voting and the Media|"
Erik Snowberg, California Institute of Technology
(with Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University, and Marc Meredith, University of Pennsylvania)
Tuesday 1 December 2009, 15.30-17.00
"Partisanship, Enfranchisement, and the Political Economy of Electioneering in the UK, 1826-1906|"
Christopher Kam, University of British Columbia
Tuesday 8 December 2009
"Bargaining Power in Practice: US Treaty Making with American Indians 1784-1911|"
Arthur Spirling, Harvard University
LENT TERM 2009-10
Tuesday 19 January 2010
"A Theory of State Formation and the Origins of Inequality|"
Carles Boix, Princeton University
Tuesday 26 January 2010
"Seniority and Incumbency in Legislatures|"
Kenneth Shepsle, Harvard University
(with Abhinay Muthoo, University of Warwick)
Tuesday 2 February 2010
"Stable Coalitions in a State of Anarchy|"
Abhinay Muthoo, University of Warwick
Tuesday 9 Febraury 2010
"Risk Preferences and Vote Choice: Experimental Insights|"
Ray Duch, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Tuesday 16 February 2010
"Do Markets Care Who Chairs the Central Bank?"|
Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics and
Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
Tuesday 23 February 2010
"Democracy, War, and Wealth Evidence from Two Centuries of Inheritance Taxation"|
David Stasavage, New York University
Tuesday 2 March 2010
"Constituents' Responses to Congressional Roll Call Voting|"
Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University
Tuesday 9 March 2010
"The Buck Stops over There? Globalization and Electoral Accountability|"
Mark Kayser, Hertie School of Governance
Tuesday 16 March 2010
"Policing Politicians: Citizen Empowerment and Political Accountability in Uganda|"
Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University
(with Jeremy Weinstein, Stanford University)
2008-09 Year
MICHAELMAS TERM 2008-09
Tuesday 7 October 2008
"Term Length and Political Performance"|
Ernesto Dal Bo, University of California, Berkeley
(with Martin A Rossi, Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires)
Tuesday 14 October 2008
"The Incidence of War: Theory and Evidence"
Tim Besley, London School of Economics and Political Science
(with Torsten Persson, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University)
Tuesday 21 October 2008, Room R405, 15.30-17.00 (note room and time change)
"A Spatial Theory of Party Formation"|
Jon X Eguia, New York University
Tuesday 28 October 2008
"Promotions and Decisions in the English Judiciary"|
Jordi Blanes i Vidal, London School of Economics and Political Science
Claire Leaver, University of Oxford
Tuesday 11 November 2008
"Linguistic Nationalism as a Consumption Item"
David Laitin, Stanford University
Tuesday 18 November 2008
"Rationalization"|
Tim Feddersen, Northwestern University
(with Vadim Cherepanov and Alvaro Sandroni, University of Pennsylvania)
Tuesday 25 November 2008, Room R405, 15.30-17.00 (note room and time change)
"Let the Experts Decide? Asymmetric Information, Abstention, and Coordination in Standing Committees"|
Rebecca Morton, New York University
(with Jean-Robert Tyran, University of Copenhagen)
Tuesday 2 December 2008
"Separation of Powers, Information, and Bureaucratic Structure"|
Sean Gailmard, University of California, Berkeley
(with John Patty, Harvard University)
LENT TERM 2008-09
Tuesday 20 January 2009
"Public Disclosure, Private Revelation or Silence: Whistleblowing Incentives and Managerial Policy"
|David Austen Smith, Northwestern University
(with Tim Feddersen, Northwestern University)
Wednesday 4 February 2009
"Welfare and Paternalism"
|Nolan McCarty, Princeton University
(with Stu Jordan, University of Rochester)
Tuesday 10 February 2009
"Endogenous Birth and Death of Political Parties in Dynamic Party Competition"|
Michael Laver, New York University
(with Ernest Sergenti, New York University, and Michel Schilperoord, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Tuesday 17 February 2009
"Do the Advantages of Incumbency Advantage Incumbents?"|
Sanford Gordon, New York University
(with Dimitri Landa, New York University)
Tuesday 24 February 2009
"Competence and Ideology"
|Franceso Squintani, University of Essex
(with Dan Bernhardt and Odilon Camara, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Tuesday 3 March 2009
"The Effect Of Voter Identification Laws on Turnout"|
Jonathan Katz, California Institute of Technology
(with Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology, and Delia Bailey, Washington University, St. Louis)
Tuesday 10 March 2009
"Exchange Rate Regime Choice with Multiple Key Currencies"
|Eric Neumayer, London School of Economics and Political Science
(with Thomas Plümper, University of Essex)
Tuesday 17 March 2009
"Bargaining, Institutions, and War with Endogenous Strength"
|Adam Meirowitz, Princeton University
(with Kristopher W. Ramsa, Princeton University)
SUMMER TERM 2008-09
To be confirmed
2007-08 Year
MICHAELMAS TERM 2007-08
Tuesday 16 October 2007, 17.00-18.30, Graham Wallas Room
"Treating Words as Data with Error: Estimating Uncertainty in the Comparative Manifesto Project Measures"|
Ken Benoit, Trinity College Dublin
(with Michael Laver, New York University, and Slava Mikhaylov, Trinity College Dublin)
Tuesday 30 October 2007, 17.00-18.30, H102
"You Want to Vote Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Anonymity, Campaign Context, and Turnout Among Young Adults"|
Mark Franklin, European University Institute, Florence and Trinity College, Connecticut
Monday 5 November 2007, 17.30-19.00, H102
"Expert Information, Public Deliberation and Electoral Support for 'Good Governance'"
Leonard Wantchekon, New York University
Tuesday 20 November 2007, 17.00-18.30, A283
"Campaign Effects in Referendums on European Integration"|
Sara Hobolt Binzer, Lincoln College, Oxford
Tuesday 4 December 2007, 17.00-18.30, A283
"Strategic Delegation and Voting Rules"|
Bard Harstad, Northwestern University, Chicago
LENT TERM 2007-08
Tuesday 5 February 2008, 17.00-18.30, D703
"Twisted Politics: Defacto Capital Mobility, Equality and Tax Policy in Open Economies"
Vera Troeger, University of Essex
Tuesday 19 February 2008, 17.00-18.30, D703
"Turned off or Turned Out: Campaign Advertising, Information and Voting"|
Rebecca Morton, New York University
(with Daniel Houser, George Mason University, and Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University)
Tuesday 11 March 2008, 17.00-18.30, D703
"Communication and Learning"|
Dino Gerardi, Yale University
(with Luca Anderlini and Roger Lagunoff, both Georgetown University)
Tuesday 18 March 2008, 17.00-18.30, D703
"Multiple Policymakers: Veto Actors Bargaining in Common Pools"|
Robert Franzese, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
SUMMER TERM 2007-08
Tuesday 29 April 2008, 17.00-18.30, Graham Wallas Room
"Strategic Signals and the Effectiveness of Fiscal Surveillance under EMU"|
Mark Hallerberg, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin and Emory University
(with Eloïse Stéclebout-Orseau, European Central Bank)
Thursday 22 May 2008, 17.00-18.30, Room A318
"Inequality and Democratization"|
David Samuels, University of Minnesota
(with Ben Ansell, University of Minnesota)
Tuesday 10 June 2008, 17.00-18.30, Graham Wallas Room - CANCELLED
"Spatial Competition (for Votes) Between Adaptive Agents"
Michael Laver, New York University
2006-07 Year
MICHAELMAS TERM 2006-07
Tuesday 7 November 2006, 18.00-19.30, Room L52
"Democratic Capital: The Nexus of Political and Economic Change"|
Torsten Persson, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University
(with Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University)
Tuesday 21 November 2006, 18.00-19.30, Graham Wallas Room
"Economic Interests and the Origins of Electoral Institutions"|
David Soskice, Duke University/London School of Economics/Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
(with Thomas Cusack, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, and Torben Iversen, Harvard University)
LENT TERM 2006-07
Tuesday 16 January 2007, 19.00-20.30, Room H202
"Incumbency Advantage and Tenure-Contingent Re-Election Thresholds"
Francesco Caselli, Department of Economics, London School of Economics
Monday 29 January 2007, 18.00-19.30, Room E168 (first floor of the East Building)
"The Senate Electoral Cycle and Bicameral Appropriations Politics"|
Kenneth Shepsle, Harvard University
(with Robert Van Houweling, UC Berkeley,
Samuel Abrams, Harvard University, and
Peter Hanson, UC Berkeley)
Wednesday 14 February 2007, 17.30-19.00, Graham Wallas Room
"A Cross-National Comparative Study of the Policy Effects of Referendums"|
Simon Hug, University of Zurich
(with Karin Gilland Lutz, University of Zurich)
Tuesday 27 February 2007, 18.00-19.30, Room A379
"Fear of Floating and the External Effects of Currency Unions"|
Thomas Pluemper, University of Essex
(with Vera Troeger, University of Essex)
SUMMER TERM 2006-07
Tuesday 15 May 2007, 17.00-18.30, Room L52
"Modelling the Exit-Voice Trade-off: Social Capital and Responses to Public Services"|
Keith Dowding, London School of Economics
(with Rosie Campbell, Birkbeck College, and
Peter John, University of Manchester)
Tuesday 29 May 2007, 17.00-18.30, Room L52
"Daughters and Left-Wing Voting"|
Nattavudh Powdthavee, Institute of Education, University of London
(with Andrew Oswald, University of Warwick)