Institute of Political Economy and Governance
Seminars 2014-2015
Seminars will take place on Wednesdays from 1.30 to 3 pm, room 24.112 at the Parc de Recerca “Icaria” building, unless indicated otherwise. See map for exact location:
www.upf.edu/campus/en/ciutadella
This is the list of seminars for this academic year 2014-15:
October 22
Allan Drazen (Maryland University)
October 27 – Job Market Seminar: 3 pm, room 24.326
Jeremy Ferwerda (MIT)
“Immigration and Local Redistribution“
October 28 – Job Market Seminar: 4 pm, room 24.300
Robert Braun (Cornell)
“Religious Minorities and Resistance to Genocide“
October 29 – Job Market Seminar: 3 pm, room 24.300
Pablo Barberá (NYU)
“How Social Media Reduces Mass Political Polarization. Evidence from Germany, Spain, and the U.S.“
October 30 – Job Market Seminar: 3 pm, room 24.300
Dídac Queralt (NYU)
“The Conservative Origin of Income Taxation“
November 12
Thomas Fujiwara (Princeton) – joint with UPF’s DEE seminar LPD –
“The Runner-up Effect”, (joint with Santosh Anagol)
November 26 – please note different room, 40S01, Roger de Llúria building –
Shanker Satyanath (NYU)
“Cronyism in Ideological Crusades: The Case of the Argentine Desaparecidos” joint with Esteban Klor (Hebrew University) and Sebastian Saiegh (UCSD)
December 3
Jeffrey Timmons (IE Business School)
“Revealed Corruption, taxation and fiscal accountability: evidence from Brazil” (joint with Francisco Garfías)
December 10
Andrew Eggers (Oxford)
“Electoral Accountability in Multiparty Contests” (joint with Nick Vivyan and Markus Wagner)
January, 28, 2015 – Job Market Seminar on Wednesday at 3.30 pm, room, 23.S05
Thiemo Fetzer (LSE)
“Social Insurance and Conflict: Evidence from India“
February 3 – Job Market Seminar on Tuesday at 3.30 pm, room 24.112
Thorsten Rogall (IIES, Stockholm University)
“Mobilizing the Masses for Genocide“
March 4
Donald Green (Columbia) – joint with UPF’s DEE seminar LPD –
“The Impact of a Radio Campaign against Vote-Buying: Evidence from a Field Experiment Conducted during the 2014 Indian General Election” (joint with Srinivasan Vasudevan)
March 10
Suresh Naidu (Columbia) – joint with UPF’s DEE seminar LPD, please note different day, Tuesday –
“Social Origins of Dictatorships: Elite Networks and Political Transitions in Haiti” (joint with J.A. Robinson and L.E. Young)
March 25
Yotam Margalit (Columbia)
“Informed Preferences? The Impact of Unions on Workers’ Political Views” (joint with Sung Eun Kim)
April 8
Ruben Durante (Sciences Po)
“Attack When the World is Not Watching? International Media and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” (joint with E. Zhuravskaya)
April 15
Enriqueta Aragonès (IAE) – please note different room: 24.009 –
“Imperfectly informed voters and strategic extremism” (joint with D. Xefteris)
April 22
Mathias Thoenig (Lausanne University)
“This Mine is mine! How minerals fuel conflicts in Africa” (joint with N. Berman, M. Couttenier and D. Rohner)
April 29
Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton)
“Education and Human Capital Externalities: Evidence from Colonial Benin” (joint with M. Klasnja and N. Novta)
May 6
Jim Snyder (Harvard)
“Using Newspapers To Measure Power, With An Application to U.S. State Parties, 1877-1977”
May 13
Daniele Paserman (Boston University) – joint with UPF’s DEE seminar LPD –
“Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments: Evidence from the US Congress” (joint with Stefano Gagliarducci) (abstract)
May 20
Vincent Pons (CREST/Harvard Business School)
“Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization” (joint with B. Marx and T. Suri)
May 27
Jens Hainmueller (Stanford) – please note different room: 24.S05 –
“Does Naturalization Promote the Long-Term Social and Political Integration of Immigrants? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland” (joint with D. Hangartner and G. Pietrantuono)
June 3
Laia Balcells (Duke)
“The determinants of low-intensity intergroup violence. The case of Northern Ireland” (joint with Lesley-Ann Daniels and Abel Escribà-Folch) (Abstract)