3rd Summer Workshop on Political Economy
JULY 10-11, 2017
201 Wang Center – Stony Brook University
PROGRAM
(45 minutes Presentation/ 15 minutes Discussion)
Monday, 10 July 2017
| 10:30-10:50 | Registration / Coffee |
| 10:50-11:00 | Opening Remarks |
| 11:00-12:00
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Saltuk Ozerturk (Rice U) “Information Gatekeeping, Access Control and Media Bias,” joint with Hulya Eraslan Discussant: Santiago Oliveros (Essex) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00-14:00
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Carlo Prato (Columbia)
“The Wisdom of the Crowd? Information Aggregation and Electoral Incentives” Discussant: Jacopo Perego (NYU) |
| 14:00-15:00
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Syed Nageeb Ali (Penn State)
“The Perverse Politics of Polarization,” joint with Maximilian Mihm, and Lucas Siga Discussant: Navin Kartik (Columbia) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:30
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Matias Iaryczower (Princeton)
“Collective Hold-up,” joint with Santiago Oliveros Discussant: Tiberiu Dragu (NYU) |
| 16:30-17:30
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Renee Bowen (UC San Diego)
“Legislative Policy Experimentation and Redistribution,” joint with Vincent Anesi (Nottingham) Discussant: Facundo Piguillem (EIEF) |
| 18:30-21:00 | Conference Dinner: Danfords Hotel (Harbordview room) , 25 E Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777 |
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
| 9:30 – 10:30
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Satyajit Chatterjee (Philadelphia Fed):
“Incumbency Disadvantage in US National Politics,” joint with Burcu Eyigungor Discussant: Razvan Vlaicu (IADB) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 12:00
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Wioletta Dziuda (Chicago-Harris)
“Gridlock and Inefficient Policy Instruments,” joint with David Austen-Smith, Bard Harstad, and Antoine Loeper Discussant: Vincent Anesi (Nottingham) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00-14:00
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Dana Foarta (Stanford GSB)
“Unification vs Separation of Regulatory Institutions,” joint with Takuo Sugaya Discussant: Ali Shorideh (Carnegie-Mellon) |
| 14:00-15:00
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Alessandro Dovis (U Penn)
“Fiscal Rules, Bailouts, and Reputation in Federal Governments,” joint with Rishabh Kirpalani Discussant: Leo Martinez (IMF) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:30
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Pierre Yared (Columbia University)
“Commitment vs. Flexibility with Costly Verification”, joint with Marina Halac Discussant: Sebastian Di Tella (Stanford) |
| 16:30-17:30
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Ivan Werning (MIT)
“Saving and Dissaving with Hyperbolic Discounting,” joint with Dan Cao Discussant: Satyajit Chatterjee (Philly Fed) |