Thursdays 12:00-1:30 PM, Luce Hall Room 202.
Fall 2018
September 6 - Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University, “Muslim Trade and City Growth before the 19th Century: Comparative Urbanization in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia” (joint with the Comparative Politics Workshop).
September 13 - David Schonholzer, Yale University, “Creative Destruction in the European State System: 1000-1850”.
September 20 - Ugo Troiano, University of Michigan, “Policy Respsonses to the Introduction of the Income Tax” (joint with the American Politics Workshop).
September 27 - Francesco Squintani, University of Warwick, “Networks and Ideology” (joint with the International Relations Workshop).
October 4 - Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago, Paper to be announced. (joint with the Comparative Politics Workshop).
October 11 - Ernesto Dal Bó, University of California (Berkeley), Paper to be announced.
October 25 - In Song Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Mapping Political Communities: A Statistical Analysis of Lobbying Networks in Legislative Politics” (joint with the International Relations Workshop).
November 1 - Avidit Acharya, Stanford University, “Dynamic Campaign Spending” (joint with the American Politics Workshop).
November 8 - Michael Bechtel, Washington University in St. Louis, “Inequality and Redistribution Behavior” (joint with the International Relations Workshop).
November 15 - Olle Folke, Uppsala University, ”Economic Losers and Political Winners: Sweden’s Radical Right” (co-authored with Ernesto Dal B ó, Frederico Finan, Torsten Persson, and Johanna Rickne)
November 29 - Ana María Ibáñez, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), “The Legacies of War: How Does Conflict Shape Migration Responses to Negative Weather Shocks?” (co-authored with Ana Arjona, Julián Arteaga, Juan, Camilo Cárdenas, and Patricia Justino) (joint with the Comparative Politics Workshop).
December 6 - Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago, “The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities” (with Alessandra Fogli).
Faculty co-organizers: Gerard Padro i Miquel (Political Science and Economics) and Tyler Pratt (Political Science)