Seminars 2017-2018

Thursdays 12:00-1:30pm - Rosenkranz Hall Room 005

Fall 2017

September 6 - Ryan Powers, Yale University, “Economic Anxiety and Trade Policy Preferences“  (special session held jointly with the International Relations Workshop) 

September 14 - Claudio Ferraz, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, “Money and Politics: The Effects of Campaign Spending Limits on Political Competition and Incumbency Advantage” (with Eric Avis, Claudio Ferraz, and Carlos Varjão)

September 20 - Scott Abramson, University of Rochester, “The Economic Effects of Leaders’ Economic Interests: Evidence from Election by Lot in the Florentine Republic Joint with International Relations” (special session held jointly with the International Relations Workshop)

October 5 - Matthew Winters, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Political Sophistication and Reactions to Political Corruption” (with Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, special session held jointly with the International Relations Workshop)

October 12 - Eoin McGuirk, Yale University, “No Kin in the Game: Moral Hazard and War in the US Congress” (with Nathaniel Hilger and Nicholas Miller, special session held jointly with the International Relations Workshop)

November 2 - Navin Kartik, Columbia University and Yale University, “Reputation Effects and Incumbency (Dis)Advantage”  (with Richard Van Weelden)

November 9 - Jerome Schafer, Yale University, “Time Zones and Turnout: A Natural Experiment on How Time Constraints Influence Elections“ (with John B. Holbein)

November 16 - Christopher Blattman, University of Chicago, “Pushing Crime Around the Corner? Estimating Experimental Impacts of Large-Scale Security Interventions” (with Donald Green, Daniel Ortega, and Santiago Tobón)

November 30 - Shikhar Singh and James Sundquist, Yale University, “Understanding Trade Preferences: Economic Ignorance and Out-Group Anxiety” and Jiahua Yue, Yale University, “International Pressure and Public Attitude Towards International Institutions in China” (special session held jointly with the International Relations Workshop)

December 7 - Carlo Prato, Columbia University, “Electoral Accountability in Multi-Member Districts” (with Peter E. Buisseret)

Spring 2018

January 18 - Christian Salas, Yale University, “Communication with Detectable Deceit“ (with Wioletta Dziuda)

January 25 - Christopher Li, Yale University, “Selection via Middleman: Electoral Control of Bureaucrats“ (with Antoine Loeper)

February 1 - Giovanni Andrettola, Yale University, “Flip-flopping and Electoral Concerns“ (with Nicolas S. Lambert and Niko Matouschek)

February 15  - Wioletta Dziuda, University of Chicago, “Dynamic Pivotal Politics“ (with Antoine Loeper)

February 22 - Sean Gailmard, University of California, Berkeley, “Imperial Politics, English Law, and the Strategic Foundations of Constitutional Review in America” 

March 1 - Steven Callander, Stanford University, “Policy Advice in a Complicated World“ (with Nicolas S. Lambert and Niko Matouschek)

March 7 - J. Lawrence Broz, University of California, San Diego, “Explaining Support for China’s Competing Global Economic Order” (with Zhiwen Zhang and Gaoyang Wang, special session held jointly with the International Relations Workshop, in Rosenkranz Hall, Room 05)

March 29 - Pablo Querubin, New York University, “The Political Class and Redistributive Policies” (with Alejandro Corvalan and Sergio Vicente)

April 5 - Andrew Little, University of California, Berkeley, “The Distortion of Related Beliefs”

April 12 - Cesi Cruz, University of British Columbia, “Buying Informed Voters: New Effects on Voters and Candidates” (with Philip Keefer and Julien Labonne, special session held jointly with the Comparative Politics Workshop)

April 19 - Julia Cagé, Sciences Po Paris, “The Price of a Vote: Evidence from France, 1993-2014” (with Yasmine Bekkouche, special session held jointly with the International Relations Workshop)

April 26 - Arturas Rozenas, New York University, “How Autocrats Manipulate Economic News: Evidence from Russia’s State-Controlled Television” (with Denis Stukal)

Faculty co-organizers: Deborah Beim (Political Science), Giovanni Maggi (Economics), and Milan Svolik (Political Science)