Political Economy Conference 2013

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Political Economy Workshop
University of Pennsylvania

3730 Walnut Street
JMHH 240

Philadelphia, PA

United States

Political Economy and State Building

 
University of Pennsylvania
Jon M. Huntsman Hall 240
3730 Walnut Street
September 27, 2013
 
Friday, September 27, 2013
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Ethan Ilzetzki (The London School of Economics and Political Science) 
 
"The Political Economy of Fiscal Capacity and Tax Reform"
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Discussant: Camilo Garcia-Jimeno
10:00 – 11:15 a.m. Nicola Gennaioli (CREI-Bocconi)
 
"State Capacity and Military Conflict" (joint with Hans-Joachim Voth)
11:15 - 11:30 a.m. Discussant: Nancy Qian (Yale University)
11:30 - 11:45 a.m. Coffee Break
11:45 – 1:00 p.m. Tristan Reed (Harvard University)
 
"Chiefs: Elite Control of Civil Society and Economic Development in Sierra Leone" (joint with Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson)
1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Discussant: Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown University)
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Lunch 
2:45 – 4:00 p.m. Omer Moav (University of Warwick, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
 
"Geography, Transparency and Institutions" (joint with Joram Mayshar and Zvika Neeman)
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Discussant: Pablo Querubin (New York University)
4:15 – 5:30 p.m. Horacio Larreguy Arbesu (Harvard University)
 
"Monitoring Political Brokers: Evidence from Clientelistic Networks in Mexico"
5:30 - 5:45 p.m. Discussant: Thomas Fujiwara (Princeton University)