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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Harvard Seminar on Positive Political Economy
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SUMMARY:Harvard Seminar on Positive Political Economy
DESCRIPTION:The Faculty of Arts and Sciences 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. In general, positive political economy is concerned with showing how observed differences among institutions affect political and economic outcomes in various social, economic, and political systems and how the institutions themselves change and develop in response to individual and collective beliefs, preferences, and strategies. All interested faculty and students are invited to attend.Brown University Professor Stelios Michalopoulos will be presenting, "The Consequences of the French Revolution in the Short and Long Durée."Abstract: This study explores the consequences of the French Revolution in the short and long duree. Specifically, we trace the impact of the emigres' exodus during the Revolution on department-level economic performance. Instrumenting emigres' intensity with local temperature shocks on the eve of the Second Revolution in the summer of 1792, a period marked by major political events like the abolition of the Constitutional Monarchy and bouts of violence, we find that emigres have a non-monotonic effect on comparative development unfolding over the subsequent 200 years. During the 19th century there is a significant negative effect which turns positive during the 20th century. The reversal can be partially attributed to the decline of the local elite and a change in the composition in agricultural land holdings. High-emigration departments have few large landowners and more small ones. This reduction in the share of wealthy individuals in the local population and the fragmentation of agricultural property is consistent with studies arguing for a non-monotonic role of equality in the process of development.
LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K354
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