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You are cordially invited to attend the "10th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture – Persistent Racial Inequality in the U.S.: An Economic Theorist's Account" delivered by Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University. Professor Loury previously taught at Boston, Harvard and Northwestern Universities, and the University of Michigan. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics (Northwestern University) and a Ph.D. in Economics (MIT, 1976). Full bio. Open to Columbia University affiliates.…

8:45-9:25 Registration 9:25-9:30 Introductions 9:30-10:35 Ray Fisman (Boston), "Tax-Exempt Lobbying" (with Marianne Bertrand, Matilde Bombardini, and Francesco Trebbi) Discussion by Hye Young You (NYU) 10:35-10:50 Coffee break 10:50-11:55 Pierre Yared (Columbia), "Fiscal Rules and Discretion under Self-Enforcement" (with Marina Halac) Discussion by Dana Foarta (Stanford) 11:55-1:00 Vincent Pons (Harvard), "Expressive Voting and Its Cost: Evidence from Runoffs with Two or Three Candidates" (with Clémence Tricaud) Discussion by Marc Meredith (Penn) 1:00-2:15 Lunch 2:15-3:20 Camilo Garcia-Jimeno (Penn), "Women, Rails, and Telegraphs:…

8:45-9:25 Registration 9:25-9:30 Introductions 9:30-10:35 Ray Fisman (Boston), "Tax-Exempt Lobbying" (with Marianne Bertrand, Matilde Bombardini, and Francesco Trebbi) Discussion by Hye Young You (NYU) 10:35-10:50 Coffee break 10:50-11:55 Pierre Yared (Columbia), "Fiscal Rules and Discretion under Self-Enforcement" (with Marina Halac) Discussion by Dana Foarta (Stanford) 11:55-1:00 Vincent Pons (Harvard), "Expressive Voting and Its Cost: Evidence from Runoffs with Two or Three Candidates" (with Clémence Tricaud) Discussion by Marc Meredith (Penn) 1:00-2:15 Lunch 2:15-3:20 Camilo Garcia-Jimeno (Penn), "Women, Rails, and Telegraphs: An Empirical Study of Information Diffusion, Social Learning, and Collective Action" (with Angel Iglesias and Pinar Yildirim) Discussion…