2009 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 11
6:30-8:30pm Buffet Reception at MarBar
Saturday, September 12
9:00-10:00am Nicola Persico (NYU) “Factions and Political Competition” (with J.C. Rodriguez-Pueblita and D. Silverman)
10:00-11:00am Marco Battaglini (Princeton) “Fiscal Policy over the Real Business Cycle: A Positive Theory” (with S. Coate)
11:00-11:30am Coffee break
11:30-12:30pm Gilat Levy (LSE) “A Dynamic Model of Agenda Formation” (with R. Razin)
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-3:00pm Roger Myerson (Chicago) “Capitalist Investment and Political Liberalization”
3:00-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30-4:30pm Eric Weese (Yale) “Political Mergers as Coalition Formation: Estimates from Japanese Municipal Mergers”
4:30-5:00pm Coffee break
5:00-6:00pm Maurizio Mazzocco (Duke) “Understanding Corruption: Theory and Evidence from Municipal Audit Reports” (with F. Finan)
7:00-9:30pm Conference Dinner at Positano Coast
Additional Information  
  Participant List

(See attached program)