2011 PIER Political Economy Conference
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PIER Conference
University of Pennsylvania
3620 Locust Walk
1206 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
1206 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
Philadelphia, PA
19104
United States
Program
| Friday, September 9 | |
| 6:30-8:30pm | Buffet Reception at City Tap House |
| Saturday, September 10 | |
| 10:00-10:30am | 10 Years of PIER Political Economy Conference |
| 10:30-11:30am | Tim Besley (LSE) and Torsten Persson (IEES) "Political Turnover and Institutional Reform" (with M. Reynal-Querol) |
| 11:30-12:00pm | Coffee Break |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Dave Baron (Stanford) "The Industrial Organization of Private Politics" |
| 1:00-2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00-3:00pm | Matt Jackson (Stanford) "History, Expectations and Leadership in the Evolution of Cooperation" (with D. Acemoglu) |
| 3:00-3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Alberto Alesina (Harvard) "On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough" (with Nathan Nunn and Paola Guiliano) |
| 4:30-5:00pm | Coffee Break |
| 5:00-6:00pm | Alessandro Lizzeri (NYU) "Government Policy with Time-Inconsistent Voters" |
| 7:00-9:30pm | Conference Dinner at Positano Coast |
| Additional Information | |
Organizer: Antonio Merlo