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QMUL/Warwick Workshop "Culture, Institutions and Political Economy"

Runs from Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26.

The Quantitative and Analytical Political Economy Research Centre (QAPEC) at the University of Warwick, and the Centre for Globalised Research (CGR) at Queen Mary University London, are organising a workshop on 'Culture, Institutions, and Political Economy'. The workshop will aim to gather scholars working on the question of how culture shapes individual preferences and political behaviour and how these, in turn, affect economic choices.

Date: Tuesday 25 - Wednesday 26 June 2024
Venue: OQMUL, Charterhouse Square Campus,
 Joseph Rotblat Building,
Barbican, London EC1M 6BQ (map)

Local Organisers

Keynote Speakers and Programme

Paola Giuliano (UCLA)

Alberto Bisin (NYU)

Raquel Fernández (NYU)

Vincent Pons (Harvard)
Day 1: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
09:00 - 09:30

Registration & Welcome
09:30 - 10:00

Session 1

Marco Manacorda (QMUL)

The International Transmission of Democratic Values: Evidence form the African Diaspora (with Jacopo Ponticelli and Andrea Tesei)
10:00 - 10:30

Melanie Meng Xue (LSE)

British Industrialization and Cultural Change: Evidence from the Use of Proverbs (with Elliott Ash)
10:30 - 11:00

Federica Liberini (QMUL)

Cultural Identity and Norms of Cooperation and Trust in Italy (with Daniel Sgroi, Michela Redoano, Emanuele Bracco, Ben Lockwood and Francesco Porcelli)
11:00 - 11:30

Omer Moav (Warwick)

The Coevolution of Patience and Cooperation (with Ady Pauzner and Luigi Pascali)
11:30 - 11:45

Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:45

KEYNOTE: Vincent Pons (Harvard)

Keep your Enemies Closer: Strategic Platform Adjustments during U.S. and French Elections (with Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti, Caroline Le Pennec)
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30

Session 2

Luu Duc Toan Huynh (QMUL)

A land of sages: A legacy of former elites and university professors in Vietnam (with Kiet Tuan Duong)
14:30 - 15:00

Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick)

Prescribing antidepressants to children: the relevance of prescribing culture (with Meltem Daysal and Mircea Trandafir)
15:00 - 15:30

Enrico Cantoni (Bologna)

The Effect of Childhood Environment on Political Behaviour: Evidence from Young U.S. Movers, 1992–2021 (with Jacob R. Brown, Sahil Chinoy, Martin Koenen and Vincent Pons)
15:30 - 16:10

Coffee Break
16:10 - 17:10

KEYNOTE: Raquel Fernández (NYU)

Cultural Change
19:30 Dinner - by invitation
Day 2: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
09:00 - 09:30

Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 10:00

Session 3

Nathan Canen (Warwick)

Innovation Adoption by Committee: Evaluating Decision-Making in the FDA (with Matias Iaryczower)
10:00 - 10:30

Eleonora Guarnieri (Exeter)

Male Dominance and Cultural Extinction (with Ana Tur-Prats)
10:30 - 11:00

Michela Redoano (Warwick) / Francesco Porcelli (Bari)

The Effects of Social Capital on Government Performance and Turnover: Theory and Evidence from Italian Municipalities (with Ben Lockwood, Francesco Porcelli, Emanuele Bracco, Federica Liberini and Daniel Sgroi)
11:00 - 11:30

Elliott Ash (ETH)

Better Beings: Eugenics and the U.S. Progressive Movement (with Guohui Jiang, Joachim Voth, and Noam Yuchtman)
11:30 - 11:45

Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:45

KEYNOTE: Paola Giuliano (UCLA)

Cultural transmission in education
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30

Session 4

Sandra Sequeira (LSE)

Zero-Sum Thinking and the 'Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of U.S. Political Divides (with Sahil Chinoy, Nathan Nunn, Stefanie Stancheva)
14:30 - 15:00

Mauro Mare' (LUISS)

A Political Economy approach to tax expenditure. Evidence from a cross-section of countries (with Come Poireir, Francesco Porcelli, Francesco Vidoli)
15:00 - 15:30

Devesh Rustagi (Warwick)

Interdependence of Civic Values and Rules in Commons Management
15:30 - 16:00

Edgard Dewitte (Oxford)

Economic Identities and The Historical Roots of Climate Change Denial in the U.S.
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30

KEYNOTE: Alberto Bisin (NYU)
The Questione Meridionale: Elites and Civil Society (with Giovanni Federico)

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Registration is mandatory to attend this conference. Please click the button below to access the registration form.

Registration will close on Friday 14 June 2024.

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Interdisciplinary Workshop on Digital Health, AI, and Data Governance
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There is No App for This! project is calling for papers for their Interdisciplinary Workshop on Digital Health, AI, and Data Governance due to take place on Tuesday 25 June 2024. View more information and submission guidelines here. The deadline for abstracts is Monday 15 April 2024.

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CANCELLED! Fanon Reading Group
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Todays reading group is cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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