Seminar on Positive Political Economy

IQSS, 1737 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA (Map)

The MIT Political Science Department and The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University are sponsoring a seminar on formal and quantitative political research. The Program on Positive Political Economy (PPE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying "economic" behavior in the political process or "political" behavior in the marketplace

Sessions

January 31, 2008
3:30-5:00

Ken Shotts , Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Policy R&D and Legislative Organization

February 14, 2008
3:30-5:00

Massimo Morelli , Economics and Political Science, Columbia University

Strategic Militarization, Deterrence and Wars

February 28, 2008
3:30-5:00

David Baron , Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Morally-Motivated Self-Regulation

March 20, 2008
4:30-6:00

James Snyder , Political Science, MIT

The Wealth of Politicians and Rents to Political Office in the U.S., 1840-1870

April 10, 2008
4:30-6:00

Philippe De Donder , Toulouse School of Economics

Party Formation and Rascism

May 1, 2008
4:30-6:00

John Huber , Political Science, Columbia University

Church-State Separation and Redistribution

April 17, 2008
4:30-6:00

Roger Myerson , Economics, University of Chicago and 2007 Nobel Prize Winner

The Autocrat's Credibility Problem and Foundations of the Constitutional State