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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Program on Political Economy Seminar
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SUMMARY:Program on Political Economy Seminar
DESCRIPTION:This week's presenter: Nathan Nunn, Harvard University, presents "Understanding Cultural Persistence and Change."From abstract: "We examine a determinant of cultural persistence that has emerged from a class of models in evolutionary anthropology: the similarity of the environment across generations. Within these models, when the environment is more similar across generations, the traits that have evolved up to the previous generation are more likely to be optimal for the current generation. In equilibrium, a greater value is placed on tradition and there is greater cultural persistence. We test this hypothesis by measuring the variability of different climatic measures across 20-year generations from 500–1900." Read the paper here.All interested faculty and students are invited to attend. Co-sponsored by FAS and IQSS, the Program on Political Economy (PE) 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.
LOCATION:Littauer Center, 1805 Cambridge St, Hansen-Mason Room (3rd floor lounge)
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DTSTART:20181025T203000Z
DTEND:20181025T214500Z
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