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Warwick/Princeton Political Economy Conference

The University of Warwick in Venice, Palazzo Pesaro Papafava
14 - 16 March 2014
Organisers: Francesco Squintani (Warwick) and Adam Meirowitz (Princeton)


PROGRAMME


(Talks to be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes discussion)

Friday 14th March  
9.00 Dinner at Restaurant Vecio Fritolin
Saturday 15th March  
10.00-11.00 Torun Dewan (LSE)
On Good Leaders and their Associates (with Francesco Squintani)
Discussant: Nolan McCarty (Princeton)
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-12.30

Massimo Morelli (Columbia University)
Power Wars (with Helios Herrera, and Salvatore Nunnari)
Discussant: Mark Fey (University of Rochester)

12.30 - 2.00 Lunch
2.00 - 3.00

Rebecca Morton (New York University)
The Effects of Privacy in Voting
Discussant: Erik Snowberg (Caltech)

3.15-4.15 Sandeep Baliga (Northwestern University)
Bargaining with Strategic Moves" (with Tomas Sjostrom)
Discussant: Kris Ramsey (Princeton University)
4.15-4.30 Tea Break
4.30 - 5.30

Dan Bernhardt (University of Warwick)
Vanguards in Revolution: Sacrifice, Radicalism, and Coercion (with Mehdi Shadmehr)
Discussant: Gilat Levy (LSE)

7.00 Dinner
Sunday 16th March

 

9.00 - 10.00

Robin Burgess (LSE)
The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
Discussant: Matt Shum (Caltech)

10.15-11.15 Avidit Acharya (University of Rochester)
Sincere Voting in Large Elections (with Adam Meirowitz)
Discussant: David Myatt (London Business School)
11.15-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30

Matias Iaryczower (Princeton University)
Project Size in Agency Relationships". (with Nemanja Antic ).
Discussant: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita (University of Chicago)

12.30 - 2.00 Lunch
2.00 - 3.00

Ronni Razin (LSE)
Correlation Neglect, Voting Behaviour and Polarization (with Gilat Levy)
Discussant: Alex Hirsch

3.15 - 4.15

Vera Troeger (University of Warwick)
The Politics of Strategic Budgeteering
Discussant: Laura Mayoral (UAE)

Warwick in Venice (for information about the Palazzo Pesaro-Papafava)

 

Directions to the conference venue

Hotel Una 

Hotel Giorgione 

Hotel Ca D'Oro

 

Downloadable Copy of Programme:

Programme (PDF Document)

 

Reimbursement forms:

Expense form (PDF Document)

Bank details form (Word Document)