CEPR/Warwick/Princeton/Utah Political Economy Conference 2020
CEPR/Warwick/Princeton/Utah Political Economy Conference 2020
Monday 27 Jan 2020The Department of Economics at the University of Warwick along with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Department of Politics at Princeton University, the Department of Finance at University of Utah and the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) are organising the first CEPR Conference on Political Economy in March 2020.
Friday 20 – Saturday 21 March 2020
Venue: EIEF- Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Via Sallustiana 62 - 00187 in Rome, Italy.
The aim of the conference is to bring together the top theoretical and empirical political scientists and economists across Europe and North America. This conference will also launch the new CEPR Polecon Research Group. A limited number of papers will be presented (10 over two days) to allow maximum time for discussion. The workshop will be held in Rome this year, building on previous successful meetings held at the Warwick in Venice Palazzo since 2013.
Programme
The Conference will feature a range of academics from across the world presenting papers on a number of topics.
Friday, 20 March
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9.30 – 10.00 |
Registration, Coffee and Welcome Remarks from the Organisers |
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Session 1 |
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10:00 – 11.00 |
Romain Wacziarg (UCLA) |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30 – 12.30 |
Gilat Levy (LSE) |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch |
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Session 2 |
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14.00 – 15.00 |
Dominic Rohner and Mathias Thoenig (University of Lausanne) |
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15.00 – 16.00 |
Melis Kartal (Vienna University of Economics and Business) |
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16.00 – 16.30 |
Coffee break |
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16.30 – 17.45 |
Keynote Speaker Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics) |
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19:00 onwards |
Dinner (by invitation only) |
Saturday, 21 March
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Session 3 |
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10.00 – 11.00 |
Charlotte Cavaille (University of Michigan) |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30 – 12.30 |
Ernesto dal Bo (University of California at Berkeley) |
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12.30 – 12.45 |
Helios Herrera (University of Warwick) "Political Economy as a Field: A Few Facts" |
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12.45 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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Session 4 |
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14:00 – 15:00 |
Julia Cage (Sciences Po) |
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15:00 – 16.00 |
Ravideep Sethi (University of Utah) |
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16.00 – 16.30 |
Coffee break |
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16.30 – 17.30 |
Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University) |