Political Economy Workshop

The Political Economy Workshop meets Mondays, 4:15-5:30pm.  All sessions will meet via ZOOM, for Spring 2021, unless otherwise noted. If you have questions, please contact the workshop organizers: Germán Gieczewski, Zhao Li, and Micaela Sviatschi.  To join the PEW-RPPE listserve for weekly announcements, please email Lindsay Woodrick. 

Upcoming Speaker Series Events

PEW: Massimo Morelli

PEW: Massimo Morelli
Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

Institutions matter for the political choice of policies, and hence the consideration of the median voter's preferences should not be considered sufficient. We study theoretically and empirically how different electoral systems affect the level of openness of a country or city, zooming on the labor market as the main source of heterogeneous...

Location: via Zoom
Speaker(s):

PEW: Bruno Strulovici

PEW: Bruno Strulovici
Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: via Zoom
Speaker(s):
Bruno Strulovici
Northwestern
"Can society function without ethical agents? An informational perspective."

PEW: Caroline Le Pennec

PEW: Caroline Le Pennec
Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: via Zoom
Speaker(s):

PEW: Keith Schnakenberg

PEW: Keith Schnakenberg
Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: via Zoom
Speaker(s):
Keith Schankenberg
Washington University in St Louis
TBA

PEW: Ken Shotts

PEW: Ken Shotts
Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: via Zoom
Speaker(s):
Ken Shotts
Stanford
TBA

PEW: John Duggan

PEW: John Duggan
Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: via Zoom
Speaker(s):
John Duggan
University of Rochester

PEW: Oeindrila Dube

PEW: Oeindrila Dube
Mon, May 3, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: via Zoom
Speaker(s):
Oeindrila Dube
University of Chicago

PEW: Monica Martinez-Bravo

PEW: Monica Martinez-Bravo
Mon, May 10, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: via Zoom
Speaker(s):

Past Events

PEW: Anderson Frey

PEW: Anderson Frey
Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

PEW: Jörg Spenkuch

PEW: Jörg Spenkuch
Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

PEW: Federica Izzo

PEW: Federica Izzo
Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

PEW: Ying Chen

PEW: Ying Chen
Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

PEW: James Snyder

PEW: James Snyder
Mon, Oct 5, 2020, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

PEW: Arjada Bardhi

PEW: Arjada Bardhi
Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

Diversity and Evidence in Minipublics. A select sample of citizens, a minipublic, advises a policymaker on the desirability of a policy by discovering citizen-specific evidence. A citizen's incentives to seek evidence hinge on the diversity of the minipublic and the political uncertainty regarding policy adoption.

PEW: Tamar Mitts

PEW: Tamar Mitts
Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

Can the ultra-rich shape electoral results by controlling media outlets that openly propagate their political interests? How consumers discount slanted media coverage is a question gaining urgency as a growing number of billionaires mix ownership of major media outlets with business interests and political agendas.

PEW : Jörg Spenkuch (CANCELED)

PEW : Jörg Spenkuch (CANCELED)
Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

PEW: Federica Izzo (CANCELED)

PEW: Federica Izzo (CANCELED)
Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

PEW: Ying Chen

PEW: Ying Chen (CANCELED)
Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

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