2008 PIER Conference on Political Economy

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PIER Conference
University of Pennsylvania

3620 Locust Walk
1206 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall

Philadelphia, PA
19104

United States

Program

Friday, September 5
2:00-3:00pm Alessandro Lizzeri (NYU), "A Dynamic Model of Deliberation" (with L. Yariv)
3:00-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30-4:30pm Matias Iaryczower (Caltech) "Ideology and Competence in Alternative Electoral Systems" (with A. Mattozzi)
4:30-5:00pm Coffee break
5:00-6:00pm Eddie Dekel (Northwestern), “Buying Shares and Buying Votes” (with A. Wolinsky)
6:30-8:30pm Buffet Reception at MarBar
Saturday, September 6
10:00-11:00am Shlomo Weber (SMU), “Nation Stability and Genetic Diversity” (with K. Desmet, M. Le Breton, and I. Ortuno-Ortin)
11:00-11:30am Coffee break
11:30-12:00pm Dennis Epple (Carnegie Mellon), “The Dynamics of Metropolitan Communities: Voting and Residential Choice over the Life Cycle” (with H. Sieg and R. Romano)
12:30-2:00pm Lunch 
2:00-3:00pm Matilde Bombardini (British Columbia), “Competition and Political Organization: Together or Alone in Lobbying for Trade Policy” (with F. Trebbi)
3:00-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30-4:30pm Brian Knight (Brown), “Media Bias and Influence: Evidence from Newspaper Endorsements"
4:30-5:00pm Coffee break
5:00-6:00pm David Stromberg (Stockholm), “Press Coverage and Political Accountability” (with J. Snyder)
6:30-9:30pm Conference Dinner at Positano Coast
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