As part of the Affiliate Fellows program at the Stigler Center, fellows will come to Chicago to attend an annual, invite-only, in-person conference aimed at discussing and improving their early research ideas. The goal of this conference will be to bring together academics from different backgrounds to exchange experiences and spur new collaborations that will shape the future of the field of political economy broadly defined. Full details forthcoming.

Learn more about the current cohort here.

Note: This conference is by invitation only.

September 5, 2024


8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. CT Breakfast | Stigler Center Welcome
Filippo Lancieri, Georgetown University/University of Chicago
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. CT PANEL 1 – Shareholder/Stakeholder & ESG
Emilie Aguirre, Duke University
Matthias Breuer
, Columbia University
Michele Fioretti
, Sciences Po
Discussant: Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago
10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. CT Break
10:40 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. CT PANEL 2 – Political Economy/Capture
Benjamin Egerod
, Copenhagen Business School
Barton Lee
, ETH Zurich
Discussant: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, University of Chicago
11:40 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. CT ProMarket Introduction & Media Training
Brooke Fox
, Managing Editor, ProMarket
12:10 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. CT Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. CT PANEL 3 – Finance
Chukwuma Dim, George Washington University
Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University
David Samuel, Singapore Management University
Discussant: Kilian Huber, University of Chicago 
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CT PANEL 4 – Political Economy II
Aneil Kovvali, Indiana University
Filippo Lancieri, Georgetown University/University of Chicago
Marcus Painter, Saint Louis University
Discussant: Adam Chilton, University of Chicago
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT Break
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT PANEL 5 – Industral Organization
Jorge Ale-Chilet, Universidad de los Andes
Andres Gonzalez-Lira, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Discussant: Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago 
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. CT Reception
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. CT Dinner

September 6, 2024


9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. CT Breakfast
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. CT PANEL 6 - Media
Rafael Jimenez
, Bocconi University
Andrey Simonov
, Columbia University
Discussant: Scott Gehlbach, University of Chicago
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. CT Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. CT PANEL 7 – Law
Carsten Koenig
, University of Cologne
Suhas Sridharan
, Emory University
Silvia Vannutelli
, Northwestern University
Discussant: Anthony Casey
, University of Chicago
12:15 p.m. - 12:20 p.m. CT Break
12:20 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. CT Lunch
1:20 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. CT Break
1:25 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. CT PANEL 8 – Political Economy III
Pablo Balan
, Tel Aviv University
Anya Nakhmurina
, Yale University
Krisztina Orban
, Monash University
Discussant: Marianne Bertrand
, University of Chicago
2:55 p.m. Closing Remarks | Conference Adjourns

Conference Organizers

  • Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance & Charles M. Harper Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  • Filippo Lancieri, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University; Research Fellow, Stigler Center, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

 

For more information, contact:

stiglercenter@chicagobooth.edu