2003 PIER Conference on Political Economy

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PIER Conference
University of Pennsylvania

249 South 36th Street
Terrace Room

Philadelphia, PA
19104

United States

Program

Saturday, September 13
9:00-10:15am Torsten Persson (IIES, Stockholm University), Gerard Roland (University of California, Berkely), and Guido Tabellini (IGIER, Bocconi University) “How do electoral rules shape party structures, government coalitions, and economic policies?”
10:15-10:45am Coffee break
10:45am-12pm Marco Battaglini and Roland Benabou (Princeton University) “Trust, Coordination, and the Industrial Organization of Political Activism”
12:00-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-2:45pm Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder, Aaron B. Strauss (MIT) and Michael M. Ting (Columbia University) "Voting Weights and Formateur Advantages in the Formation of Coalition Governments"
2:45-4:00pm David Austen-Smith (Northwestern University) and Timothy Feddersen (Northwestern University) “Deliberation and voting rules.”
4:00-4:30pm Coffee break 
4:30-5:45pm Arianna Degan (University of Rochester and UQAM) and Antonio Merlo (University of Pennsylvania) “Do citizens vote strategically (if they vote at all)?”
6:00-9:0pm Reception and Conference Dinner (by invitation)
Sunday, September 14
9:00-10:15am Andrea Prat (London School of Economics) and David Stromberg (Stockholm University) “The Political Economy of State Television.”
10:15-10:45am Coffee break
10:45am-12pm Kevin Milligan (University of British Columbia) and Michael Smart (University of Toronto “Regionalism and pork-barrel politics.”
12:0-1:30pm Concluding Remarks and Lunch
Additional Information  
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