Student Seminar 2013-2014

Fall 2013

September 20

German Feierherd, PhD candidate in Political Science: “The Populist Road to Land Property Rights”

September 27

Qiuqing Tai, PhD candidate in Political Science: “How Does Western Media Affect Chinese Migrants’ Political Perceptions?”

October 11

Kota Mori, PhD candidate in Economics: “Ideological Differentiation of Japanese Newspapers”

November 1

Gareth Nellis and Nikhar Gaikwad, PhD candidates in Political Science: “The determinants of attitudes toward internal migration in Mumbai”

November 15

Santino Regilme, Fox Fellow in the MacMillan Center, PhD candidate in Political Science and North American Studies at Freie Universitat Berlin: “Does Foreign Aid Undermine Human Rights? Evidence from US-Philippines Relations”

December 6

Johann Caro Burnett, PhD candidate in Economics: “Vote Delegation in International Organizations”

Spring 2014

January 30

Johann Caro Burnett, PhD candidate in Economics: “Optimal Voting Rules in International Organizations”

February 20

Malte Lierl, PhD candidate in Political Science: “Selection or Incentives? Experimental Evidence on the Accountability of Village Leaders in Tanzania”

February 27

Sabrin Beg, PhD candidate in Economics: “Schools and Pork Barrel Spending”

March 6

Jeff Weaver, PhD candidate in Economics: “Is Our Leaders Learning? The Role of Education in Politician Decisionmaking and Public Goods Provision”

April 3

Saby Das, PhD candidate in Economics: “Do ‘Town Hall’ Meetings Aid Local Democracy? Theory and Evidence from Indian Village Councils”

April 10

Lucy Martin, PhD candidate in Political Science: “Taxation, Loss Aversion, and Accountability: Theory and Experimental Evidence for Taxation’s Effect on Citizen Behavior”

April 17

Luis Schiumerini, PhD candidate in Political Science: “Biased or retrospective voters? Incumbency effects in developing democracies”