Political Economy Seminar

See the seminar's full schedule here: Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy Today's Speaker Ethan Bueno de Mesquita (University of Chicago), "Partisan Traps" (with Wioletta Dziuda) Abstract TBA Co-sponsored by FAS and IQSS, the Alberto Alesina...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy (with Martin Mattsson) Today's Speaker Ro’ee Levy (Tel Aviv University), "The Effects of Social Movements: Evidence from #MeToo" Abstract ( link to paper) Social movements...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy Today's Speaker Gemma Dipoppa (Brown University), “How Criminal Organizations Expand to Strong States: Migrant Exploitation and Political Brokerage in Northern Italy”...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Program on Political Economy Today's Speaker Benjamin Marx (Sciences Po), "The Dynamic Consequences of State-Building: Evidence from the French Revolution" (with Cedric Chambru and Emeric Henry) Paper can be accessed...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Program on Political Economy Today's Speaker Helios Herrera (University of Warwick), "Identity-Based Elections" (with Ravideep Sethi) ( Download paper here) Abstract We study electoral outcomes when citizens on either...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Program on Political Economy Today's Speaker Agustina Paglayan (UC San Diego), "Education or Indoctrination? The Violent Origins of Public School Systems in an Era of State-Building" Abstract Why do modern states...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Program on Political Economy Today's Speaker Frederico Finan (University of California, Berkeley), "When Democracy Refuses to Die: Evaluating a Training Program for New Politicians" Abstract Brazil has experienced...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Program on Political Economy Today's Speaker Petra Moser (NYU Stern), "McCarthy and the Red-ucators: Does Political Persecution Change Science" (with Sahar Parsa) Abstract This paper examines the effects of political...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Program on Political Economy Today's Speaker Raquel Fernandez (NYU), "Coming Out in America: Thirty Years of Cultural Change" (w/ Sahar Parsa and Martina Viarengo) Abstract The last few decades witnessed a dramatic...

See the seminar's full schedule here: Alesina Seminar on Political Economy Please note special location and time. Today's Speaker Michela Giorcelli (UCLA, visiting HBS), “Technology Transfer and Early Industrial Development: Evidence from the Sino-Soviet...