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.
- Sept 30: Konstantin Sonin, University of Chicago, “Persuasion on Networks”
- Oct 14: Maggie Penn, Emory University, “Identity and Information in Organizations.”
- Oct 28: Mattias Polborn, Vanderbilt University, “Populism, Stigma, and Political Correctness”
- Nov 4: Marco Tabellini, Harvard, “Legislators’ Response to Changes in the Northern Electorate: the Great Migration and Civil Rights”
- Nov 18: Molly Roberts, UCSD, “Censorship’s Effect on Incidental Exposure to Information: Evidence from Wikipedia”
- Nov 25: Gerard Padro-i-Miquel, Yale, The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Evidence on the Autocrat’s Trade-off∗
- Dec 2: Bryony Reich, Northwestern, “‘Nation Building and Education”
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 2:00pm in Moses Hall, room 223
PERL is sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Economics and Politics
- Sept 9: Manaswini Rao (ARE), “Judges, Lenders, and the Bottom Line: Court-ing Economic Growth in India”
- Sept 16: Pablo Muñoz (Econ), “Workers’ Productivity and Sectoral Choice: Evidence from School Principals”
- Sept 23: Katarina Jensen (Econ), “Immigration and Political Selection: Evidence from Migration Shocks”
- Oct 7: Caroline Le Pennec-Çaldichoury (Econ), “Strategic Campaign Communication: Evidence from 30,000 Candidate Manifestos”
- Oct 21: Nirvikar Jassal (Poli Sci), “Gender, Law Enforcement, and Access to Justice: Evidence from All-Women Police”
- Dec 9: David R. Foster (Poli Sci), “Strategic Symbolic Politics”