Time and place: Mondays 12:30 to 2pm. Room 223, Moses Hall (unless otherwise noted)
Political Economy Seminar
The Political Economy Seminar focuses on formal and quantitative work in the political economy field, including formal political theory.
- January 28: Bob Powell, (UC Berkeley), “Endogenous Intractability: Why Some Persistent Problems Persist.”
- February 11: Patrick Francois and Jim Fearon, (University of British Columbia), “A Theory of Elite Initiated Democratization, Illustrated With the Case of Myanmar”
- February 25: David Yang, (Stanford), “The Coordination Consequences of Media Censorship: Experimental Evidence from China”
- March 4: Santiago Oliveros, (University of Essex), “Collective Hold-Up” (joint with Matias Iaryczower)
- March 18: Paola Giuliano, (UCLA), “Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of Natives”
- April 8: Imran Rasul, (University College London), “Skills, Signals and Search in Low-income Labor Markets: Evidence from a Six Year Two-Sided Field Experiment”
- April 15: Fabrizio Zilibotti, (Yale), “Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis’ Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective”
- April 29: Massimo Morelli, (Bocconi), From Weber to Kafka: Political Instability and the Overproduction of Laws
For more information, including how to receive regular notifications of Political Economy Seminar events, please email Ernesto Dal Bó or Robert Powell.
Political Economy Research Lunch (PERL)
PERL is an opportunity for PhD students to present work in progress and receive valuable feedback from faculty and peers. The Seminar will be held from 12:40pm to 1:30pm in Moses Hall, room 223
PERL is sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Economics and Politics
- February 4: Marina Dias (Econ): “Voting for Quality? The Impact of School Performance Information on Electoral Outcomes”
- February 18: PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY
- March 11: Shaoda Wang (ARE): “Influence Activities and Bureaucratic Performance: Experimental Evidence from China”
- April 1: Mariana Lopes (Max Planck Institute- Visiting Researcher Haas BPP): “Appointed public officials and local favoritism: Evidence from the German States”
- April 22: Benjamin Krause (ARE): “Taxation Toward Representation: Effects of Tax Collection and Public Goods Provision on Democratic Accountability”
- May 6: David Qihang Wu: “Moral Tribes: Why Do People Join Armed Groups?”