Political Economy in the Chicago Area (2009)

October 9, 2009 - Gleacher Center, Chicago

The third-annual "Political Economy in the Chicago Area" conference (PECA) took place at Gleacher Center on October 9, 2009. The idea of the conference is to bring together researchers in political economy from the greater Chicago area, present papers, share ideas, and foster a tighter research community. The conference is intended for rigorous theoretical, empirical, and experimental work in the field of political economy.

The one-day conference was hosted by the Ford Motor Company for Global Citizenship at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business' Initiative on Global Markets and the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy's Program on Political Institutions.

View this year's participant list (PDF)

Schedule

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, October 9, 2009
Gleacher Center, Room 206

 

9 - 9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Mattias Polborn - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; “A Political-Economy Model of Taxation and Government Expenditures with Differentiated Candidates”  with Stefan Krasa - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

10:30 - 11 a.m.
Refreshment Break, 206 Foyer

11 - Noon
Matthew Gentzkow - University of Chicago Booth School of Business; “The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics” with Jesse M. Shapiro - University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch, 250 Lounge

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Konstantin Sonin - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management; “A Political Theory of Populism” with Daron Acemoglu - MIT and Georgy Egorov - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break, 206 Foyer

2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
Daniel Diermeier - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management “Legislative Bargaining with Reconsideration” with Pohan Fong - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

3:45 - 4 p.m.
Refreshment Break, 206 Foyer

4 - 5 p.m.
Kerwin Charles - University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy; “Voting and the Labor Market” with Melvin Stephens - University of Michigan.

5 p.m.
Adjourn to Reception and Dinner, 220 Lounge

Conference Organizers

Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, the University of Chicago
Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern University
Francesco Trebbi, the University of Chicago