| 08:30 AM – 09:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Anthony Fowler University of Chicago”On the Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Estimating Electoral Effects: New Evidence from Over 40,000 Close Races” (Joint with Andrew Eggers, Olle Folke, Jens Hainmueller, Andrew B. Hall, and James M. Snyder Jr.) |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Break – AM |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Alberto Alesina
Harvard University (Joint with Bryony Reich) |
| 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM | Lunch |
| 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM | Torsten Persson
Stockholm University “Political Instability and Institutional Reform: Theory and Evidence” (Joint with Timothy Besley and Marta Reynal-Querol) |
| 02:30 PM – 03:00 PM | Break |
| 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM | Guido Tabellini Bocconi University“Emotions and Political Unrest” (Joint with Francesco Passarelli) |
| 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Break – PM |
| 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM | Francesco Trebbi
University of British Columbia “The Dictator’s Inner Circle” (Joint with Patrick Francois and Ilia Rainer) |
| 06:30 PM | Departure for Dinner |