2009-10 Year
MICHAELMAS TERM 2009-10
all at 16.00-17.30, in Room R505 (STICERD), unless stated otherwise
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
all at 16.00-17.30 in Room R505 (STICERD)
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 Febraruy 2010
"Risk Preferences and Vote Choice: Experimental Insights|"
Ray Duch, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Tuesday 16 February 2010
Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics and
Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
Tuesday 23 February 2010
David Stasavage, New York University
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Mark Kayser, Hertie School of Governance)
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University
2008-09 Year
MICHAELMAS TERM 2008-09
all at 16.00-17.30, in Room R505 (STICERD), unless stated otherwise
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
all at 15.00-16.30 in Room R505 (STICERD)
NOTE TIME CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS TERM
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 (NOTE CHANGE OF DAY)
"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)