Political Economy Seminars
Political Economy seminars are held on Tuesdays from 12:10 to 1:25 pm, unless otherwise noted. Events for the 2015-16 academic year will be added here as they are scheduled.
Questions?
Contact our seminar organizers, Dana Foarta. and David Broockman
Meet the Speaker
Click the * link next to the seminar to view the schedule or email Miriam Torres for an appointment (Stanford GSB faculty only).
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| Winter 2016 | Speaker | Title | Time/Place | Meet the Speaker |
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| January 6 | Sergio Montero Caltech |
Coalition Forming, Campaign Spending, and Election Outcomes: Evidence from Mexico | 12:00 - 1:30 PM E104 |
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| January 26 | Nolan McCarty Princeton University |
Unequal Incomes, Ideology and Gridlock: How Rising Inequality Increases Political Polarization joint with John Voorhies, and Boris Shor | 12:10 - 1:25 PM E104 |
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| February 23 | Keith Schnakenberg University of Kentucky |
Helping Friends or Influencing Foes: Electoral and Policy Effects of Campaign Finance Contributions | 12:10 - 1:25 PM E104 |
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| March 1 | John Zaller UCLA |
Political organization in House nominations (Abstract) | 12:10 - 1:25 PM E104 |
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| March 8 | Suresh Naidu Columbia University |
Political Language in Economics joint with Zubin Jelveh, and Bruce Kogut | 12:10 - 1:25 PM E104 |
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| March 15 | Phil Hoffman Caltech |
The political economy of taxation since 1400: questions that arise in trying to explain why Europe conquered the world | 12:10 - 1:25 PM E102 |
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| Spring 2016 | Speaker | Title | Time/Place | Meet the Speaker |
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| April 5 | Xiao Yu Wang Duke University |
The One Child Policy and Promotion of Mayors in China | 12:10 - 1:25 PM TBA |
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| April 12 | Thomas Fujiwara Princeton University |
12:10 - 1:25 PM TBA |
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| April 19 | Matthew Gentzkow Stanford University |
12:10 - 1:25 PM TBA |
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| April 26 | Daniel Hopkins Georgetown University |
12:10 - 1:25 PM TBA |
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| May 24 | Greg Martin Emory University |
12:10 - 1:25 PM TBA |
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| Fall 2015 | Speaker | Title | Time/Place | Meet the Speaker |
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| September 22 | Peter Buisseret University of Warwick |
Dynamic of Policymaking | 12:10 -1:25 PM E103 |
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| September 29 | Edo Grillo Universita Degli Studi Di Torino (visiting Stanford Political Science Department) |
Redistribution and Social Status joint with A. Gallice |
12:10 -1:25 PM E103 |
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| October 6 | Horacio Larreguy Harvard University Department of Government |
Breaking Clientelism or Rewarding Incumbents? Evidence from An Urban Titling Program in Mexico joint with John Marshall and Laura Trucco | 12:10 -1:25 PM E103 |
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| October 13 | Marina Azzimonti Stony Brook University |
Partisan Conflict and Private Investment | 12:10 -1:25 PM E103 |
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| October 20 | Carlo Prato Georgetown University |
Electoral Imbalance and their Consequences | 12:10 -1:25 PM E103 |
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| November 3 | Mike Golosov Princeton University Department of Economics |
Social Insurance, Information Revelation, and Lack of Commitment joint with Luigi Iovino | 12:10 -1:25 PM E103 |
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| November 10 | Nancy Qian Yale University Department of Economics |
The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-1961 joint with Xing Meng, and Pierre Yared | 12:10 -1:25 PM P102 |
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| November 12 | John Marshall Harvard University |
Political Information Cycles: When Do Voters Sanction Incumbent Parties For High Homicide Rates? | 12:00 - 1:30 PM E103 |
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| November 17 | Bard Harstad University of Oslo |
Conservation Contracts and Political Regimes | 12:10 -1:25 PM E103 |
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| December 7 | Gabriel Lopez-Moctezuma Princeton University |
Sequential Deliberation in Collective Decision-Making: The Case of the FOMC | 12:00 - 1:30 PM E103 |
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| December 8 | Dina Pomeranz Harvard Business School |
Dodging the Taxman Firm Misreporting and Limits to Tax Enforcementjoint with Paul Carrillo, and Monica Singhal | 12:10 -1:25 PM P107 |
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