Columbia Political Economy Conference

Faculty Organizers: Suresh Naidu & Carlo Prato

If you would like to attend this conference, press here to register by December 1, 2018.
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Cohen at sc3867@columbia.edu.

Program

Friday, December 14, 2018

8:45-9:25 Light Breakfast

9:25-9:30 Introductions

9:30-10:35 German Gieczewski  (Princeton), “Endogenous Experimentation in Organizations” (with Svetlana Kosterina)

Discussion by Navin Kartik (Columbia)

10:35-10:50 Coffee break

10:50-11:55 Nancy Qian  (Northwestern), “The Fluidity of Race: “Passing” in the United States, 1890-1940″” (with Nathan Nunn and Jaya Wen)

Discussion by Ethan Kaplan (U of Maryland)

11:55-1:00 Stephane Wolton  (LSE), “Understanding the effect of information RCTs, natural experiments, and the accumulation of knowledge” (with Federica Izzo and Torun Dewan)

Discussion by John Marshall (Columbia University)

1:00-2:15 Lunch

2:15-3:20 Milan Svolik  (Yale), “Democracy in America? Partisanship, Polarization, and the Robustness of Support for Democracy in the United States” (with Matthew Graham)

Discussion by Nolan McCarty (Princeton)

3:20-4:25 Emily Sellars (Yale), “When State Building Backfires: Elite Divisions and Collective Action in Rebellion” (with Francisco Garfias)

Discussion by Jenny Guardado (Georgetown)

4:25-4:40 Coffee break

4:40-5:45 Charlotte Cavaillé (Georgetown) and Daniel L. Chen (TSE), “Who Cares? Measuring Attitude Strength in a Polarized Environment” (with Karine Van der Straeten)

Discussion by Alessandra Casella (Columbia)

6:30 Dinner (by invitation only)

• The conference will be held in Room 1501 (15th floor) of the SIPA building.
• Each session consists of 45 mins. presentation, 10 mins. discussion, and 10 mins. Q&A.
• We are grateful to Columbia’s ISERP, PER, and Political Science Department for financial support.
• Wireless access is available via the Columbia University network and does not require a password