Barcelona GSE Summer Forum
Balmes Building (UPF) – Balmes 132, Barcelona
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
June 17-18, 2014
Tuesday, June 17
10:00-10:05
Opening Remarks (Carles Boix, Barcelona IPEG)
Session 1
10:05-11:05
MICHAEL CALLEN (UCLA)
“The Political Economy of Public Employee Absence: Experimental
Evidence from Pakistan”
(with Saad Gulzarz, New York University; Ali Hasanainx, Lahore University of
Management Sciences; Yasir Khan, International Growth Centre – Pakistan)
Discussant: Monica Martinez-Bravo (CEMFI)
11:05-11:30
Coffee-break
Session 2
11:30-12:30
ALLAN DRAZEN (University of Maryland, CEPR, and NBER)
“How Do Elected and Appointed Policymakers Act When in Office?
Experimental Evidence on Citizens, Candidates, and Leaders”
(with Erkut Y. Ozbay, University of Maryland)
Discussant: Stefano Gagliarducci (Università di Roma Tor Vergata)
12:30-13:30
JULIA CAGE (Harvard University)
“Media Competition, Information Provision and Political Participation”
Discussant: Fancesco Sobbrio (Catholic University of Milan)
13:30-14:30
Lunch
Keynote Speaker
14:30-15:30
JONATHAN RODDEN (Stanford University)
15:30-16:00
Coffee-break
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Session 3
16:00-17:00
LEOPOLDO FERGUSSON (Universidad de los Andes)
“Political Constraints and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land
Allocation Program in Mexico”
(with Horacio Larreguy, Harvard University; Juan Felipe Riaño, Universidad de
los Andes)
Discussant: Andrea Tesei (Queen Mary, University of London)
17:00-18:00
MARK DINCECCO (University of Michigan)
“Military Conflict and the Economic Rise of Urban Europe”
(with Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato, IMT Lucca)
Discussant: Pablo Beramendi (Duke University)
Wednesday, June 18
Session 4
10:00-11:00
GUY GROSSMAN (University of Pennsylvania)
“The Effects of Administrative Unit Proliferation on Service Delivery”
(with Jan Pierskalla, Ohio State University)
Discussant: Jenna Bednar (University of Michigan)
11:00-11:30
Coffee-break
Session 5
11:30-12:30
ANIRBAN MITRA (University of Oslo)
“Does Mandated Political Representation help the Poor? Theory and
Evidence from India”
Discussant: Torun Dewan (London School of Economics)
12:30-13:30
HANS-JOACHIM VOTH (University of Zurich)
“Bowling for Fascism”
(with Shanker Satyanath, New York University; Nico Voigtlaender, UCLA)
Discussant: Hannes Mueller (Institut d’Analisi Economica, CSIC)
13:30-14:30
Lunch
Session 6
Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27, 08005 Barcelona · Ph: +34 93 542 12 22 · info@barcelonagse.eu · www.barcelonagse.eu
14:30-15:30
MILAN SVOLK (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
“Deliver the Vote! Micromotives and Macrobehavior in Electoral Fraud”
(with Ashlea Rundlett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Discussant: Francesco Squintani (University of Warwick)
15:30-16:30
ANDREW HALL (Harvard University)
“What Happens When Extremists Win Primaries?”
Discussant: Per Pettersson-Lidbom (Stockholm University)
Organizers:
Carles Boix (Barcelona IPEG and Princeton University)
Ruben Enikolopov (Barcelona IPEG, UPF, Barcelona GSE, and NES)
Patricia Funk (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
Stephan Litschig (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27, 08005 Barcelona · Ph: +34 93 542 12 22 · info@barcelonagse.eu · www.barcelonagse.eu